State budget committee releases $10M to clean up PFAS

Marinette, Peshtigo residents closer to aid after lawmakers release $10M to address PFAS

Residents who have been struggling with PFAS contamination in northeastern Wisconsin are one step closer to securing safe water after lawmakers voted to release $10 million from the state’s PFAS trust fund.

$10M in PFAS settlement funds released by Wisconsin finance committee

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s Joint Committee on Finance released $10 million in funding from a per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances settlement to the state’s Department of Natural Resources, with Republican

Budget committee releases $10 million in PFAS mitigation funds

The state DNR plans to spend the funds on private well testing, the installation of new wells and offering blood serum testing for PFAS for individuals who live in Marinette and the Town of Peshtigo.

Joint Finance Committee votes to release PFAS settlement funding

The Wisconsin Joint Finance Committee approved the release of nearly $10 million in PFAS settlement funds to the Department of Natural Resources Tuesday, concluding a years-long process to offer help to residents of Marinette County whose drinking water was contaminated with PFAS chemicals In June 2026, the Marinette County Circuit Court approved a settlement in […]

State budget committee releases $10M to clean up PFAS

The funds are part of a payment made by Tyco earlier this summer in its settlement for causing contamination in Marinette, Wisconsin.

Lawmakers vote to release $10M from PFAS contamination settlement

Lawmakers on the state's powerful budget committee voted unanimously to release $10 million to address "forever chemicals" in northeastern Wisconsin.