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A Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources report released this fall predicts the state
could end up spending billions of dollars to address PFAS contamination in the water supply.
The agency's fiscal estimate predicted the public water systems could spend nearly $13 million
each year to reduce the levels of the forever chemicals to meet federal drinking water standards.
It also predicted that it would cost around $400 million just to sample 800,000 private wells
and another $125 million to replace private wells with excessive PFAS levels.
In the 2023-2025 biennial budget, $125 million in funding was set aside to address PFAS contamination
but the Republican-controlled Joint Committee on Finance refused to release that money
to the Department of Natural Resources.
The hold-up on releasing that funding centered on whether landowners would be financially responsible
for the cleanup.
In the interim, cities like O'Clair are constructing PFAS filtration facilities
with funding from their own budgets as well as from class action settlements with manufacturers of PFAS.
Democratic state lawmakers have introduced new legislation aimed at capping how much Wisconsinites spend
on their heating and electric bills.
The proposed bill would place a cap on residential energy bills at 2% of the household income.
It would also direct the Public Service Commission to create a new program aimed at providing households
burdened by energy bills with financial relief and automatically enroll those households in the program within three years.
While Wisconsin's heating moratorium can provide residents with peace of mind knowing the services won't be shut off
during the coldest months of the year, those bills still need to be paid eventually.
Utility companies are not required to restart service for non-payment when the moratorium begins.
So residents who fall too far behind on those bills and can't work out a payment plan later can still find themselves
without heat in the winter.
Utility companies have also pursued a number of rate hikes over recent years due to increased costs and infrastructure projects.
For Civic Media News, I'm James Kelly.
A new center in Green Bay.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with Sports.
NFL, the Packers play the New York Giants Sunday in the Meadowlands, Elton Jenkins,
launched for the season after suffering a fractured bone and ligament damage in his left leg against the Eagles.
Sean Ryan will take over its center.
I make the most of it.
Unfortunately, we play a game with, you know, pretty high injury rate.
So it was the next guy up, but my number got called so I got to go out there and perform.
Women's College basketball Wisconsin with a win at home over bowling green, 90 to 78, the Badgers now three and one.
Men's basketball market over Little Rock 89 to 49 NBA.
The bucks losing in Charlotte 111 to 100.
Doc Rivers asked did they find any open shots against the Hornets defense?
I thought there were opportunities.
We just didn't take them.
We were settling on the first option the entire night.
I can't wait to see our sense how many one pass shots that we took tonight.
It's just not how we've ever played, but that's how we played tonight.
That's the Buckstock Rivers with Sports on Mike Clemens.
We have a couple of really nice days coming up here today.
Mostly sunny will be in the mid fifties here by this afternoon.
Tonight mostly clear will drop into the thirties tomorrow.
Another nice sunny day with a light breeze and a high in the upper fifties to low sixties.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
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