Dane County WQM Plan
Update - Fitchburg NE
Dane County WQM Plan Proposed Update
Fitchburg Northeast Neighborhood Amendment
Public comment period now active: March 12 through April 3rd
Please read the
documents listed, ask
questions, or submit
comments.
To learn more, visit
DNR.wi.gov and search
for “water planning in
Wisconsin.”
Proposed
Development
At right is an image of the
proposed Fitchburg NE
Neighborhood
Amendment to the Dane
County WQM Plan. Read
more on this amendment
on the DNR website.
How to submit public
comments
The DNR is interested in
receiving public comment
on the proposal and has
opened a comment
period from Thursday,
March 12, through April 3.
During this time, please
send your comments
regarding the proposed
amendment to Lisa
Helmuth at
[email protected]
or send written comments
to:
Fitchburg NE
Neighborhood Public
Comment WDNR, C/O Ms.
L. Helmuth, WQ/3
PO Box 7921
Madison, WI 53707-7921
Public comments by
April 3rd
The city of Fitchburg has asked the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources to review a
proposed sewer service area amendment that
adds some 986 acres to the central urban
service area of the Dane County water quality
management plan.
The area covers the Fitchburg Northeast
Neighborhood, a development that is being
presented in phases. It contains unique
elements that incorporate diverse features and
open space ideas.
The area proposed for development contains a
variety of water resources, including springs,
wetlands, surface water features, hydric soils
and complex surface and groundwater
hydrology. The proposed development is
adjacent to tributaries to Lake Waubesa
including Swan Creek and Nine Springs Creek
near which diverse high quality wetlands are
located.
DNR is reviewing the proposed amendment
both as a whole and in the specific phases of
development as presented in the amendment
request. The department anticipates issuing a
decision this spring.
Under the Clean Water Act, DNR maintains the
state’s area water quality management
plan. The Fitchburg northeast neighborhood
amendment is proposed as an addition to the
Dane County portion of the statewide area
water quality management plan. Under this
program, the department reviews proposals for
20–year sewer service area boundaries for
conformance with water quality standards and
to ensure that environmentally sensitive areas
are excluded from sewered development and
are protected.
How to submit public comments
The DNR is interested in receiving public
comment on the proposal and has opened a
comment period from Thursday, March 12,
through April 3. During this time, please send
your comments regarding the proposed
amendment to Lisa Helmuth at
[email protected] or send written
comments to:
Fitchburg NE Neighborhood Public Comment
WDNR, C/O Ms. L. Helmuth, WQ/3
PO Box 7921
Madison, WI 53707-7921
CONTACTS: Tim Asplund, DNR section chief for
water quality monitoring, 608-267-7602,
[email protected]; Jennifer Sereno,
DNR communications, 608-770-8084,
[email protected].