New bill would waive requirements for disinfecting water
A legislative committee voted along partisan lines Tuesday to accept a bill that would change how Wisconsin municipalities treat their drinking water, a decision which concerned clean water advocates.
The bill, sponsored by Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, R-River Hills, and Rep. Erik Severson, R-Star Prairie, would alter current rules requiring city water systems to disinfect the water they provide to citizens and prohibit the Department of Natural Resources from enforcing the continuous disinfection of drinking water, according to the Legislative Reference Bureau.