Senate Bill 762 establishes a private well testing grant program administered by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to enhance groundwater quality assessment and education regarding well testing. The bill allows for grants of up to $10,000 to be awarded to counties, cities, villages, or towns with privately owned wells for testing and mapping these wells to evaluate groundwater quality and contamination levels. Additionally, grants are available to county health departments and land and water conservation departments for educational outreach related to well testing. Applicants can apply for both types of grants either individually or jointly, and recipients must share their testing results with the DNR and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Center for Watershed Science and Education, while ensuring that no personally identifiable information is included.

Furthermore, the bill mandates that municipalities with privately owned wells inform their residents about the importance of regular well testing. It also includes provisions for the DNR to promulgate emergency rules for the grant program without the usual requirements for demonstrating the necessity of such rules, thereby streamlining the implementation process. The bill aims to improve public health and safety by ensuring better management and understanding of private well water quality in Wisconsin.