Environmental
Wisconsin's 'Groundwater Protection Law' (Wis. Stat. Chapter 160) establishes groundwater quality standards that:
AApply only to municipal water systems
BEstablish preventive action limits and enforcement standards limits for hundreds of contaminants in Wisconsin groundwater✓ Correct
CAre voluntary guidelines for industry
DApply only to lakes and rivers
Explanation
Wisconsin Chapter 160 establishes legally enforceable groundwater quality standards with preventive action limits and enforcement standard limits that apply to activities that may impact groundwater quality.
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Zoning
Local government regulations that control land use by dividing areas into zones specifying permitted uses, building sizes, and densities.
VarianceOfficial permission to use land in a way that does not conform to the applicable zoning ordinance, granted by a zoning board when strict enforcement would cause undue hardship.
Eminent DomainThe power of government to take private property for public use, with the requirement to pay the owner just compensation.
Adverse PossessionA doctrine by which a person can gain legal title to another's land by openly, continuously, and adversely occupying it for a statutory period.
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