Protect Your Drinking Water - Calumet County

This winter aerial view makes bedrock cracksobvious. In places like this, extra care isneeded to prevent surface pollution fromentering groundwater.Report observations of water suddenlydisappearing in a road ditch to the townshipor county road department. This mayindicate a new sinkhole.Minimize risks of groundwater contaminationON YOUR FARM• Develop and followa nutrient managementplan for yourland to optimizeyields without usingmore fertilizer thanWisconsin DNR Spill Hotline: (24 hours/day)1-800-943-0003Report fuel, manure, pesticide, and otherhazardous and solid waste spills immediately!Your call will activate professional responseand clean-up crews.needed. Inquire at the Calumet County LWCD or NRCS forassistance and cost-sharing opportunities.• Do not apply manure, fertilizers, pesticides or other agriculturalchemicals near wells, sinkholes, fractures, exposed bedrockor ditches.• Do not apply manure during frozen or snow-covered conditionsor in areas where machinery is able to scrape bedrock.• Incorporate manure into the soil immediately upon application.• Barnyard runoff can be controlled by a variety of bestmanagement practices. Contact Calumet County LWCD orNRCS for cost share opportunities.(continued on pg. 12)10