Water quality phosphorous hearing for Lake wisconsin

The public will have an opportunity to learn more about and comment on a proposed rule to create site-specific water quality standards for phosphorus on three reservoirs in the Wisconsin River Basin at a public hearing Tuesday, Aug. 13 in Wisconsin Rapids.

The hearing starts at 1:30 p.m. at the Wood County Land and Water Conservation Department River Block, 111 W. Jackson St., Wisconsin Rapids. To allow greater participation, the hearing will be simulcast to the Rhinelander Department of Natural Resources Service Center, 107 Sutliff Ave., and to the Columbia County Health and Human Services, 111 E. Mullett St. in Portage.