1. (1) Definition. In this section, “livestock watering facility” means a trough, tank, pipe, conduit, spring development, pump, well, or other device or combination of devices installed to deliver drinking water to livestock.

2. (2) Cost-share eligibility. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may reimburse costs to establish a livestock watering facility if the livestock watering facility is a necessary component of a prescribed grazing system funded under s. ATCP 50.80, or if all of the following conditions are met:

   1. (a) The livestock watering facility will do one of the following:

      1. 1. Prevent nonpoint source water pollution by replacing livestock access to a stream or other natural drinking water source.
      2. 2. Water livestock that are isolated from a natural drinking water source by another conservation practice under this subchapter.
   2. (b) The livestock watering facility is necessary to achieve water quality objectives.
   3. (c) Installing the livestock watering facility is less expensive than providing environmentally safe livestock access to a natural source of drinking water.
3. (3) Eligible costs. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may reimburse the cost of designing and constructing a livestock watering facility.

4. (4) Ineligible costs. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may not reimburse costs for any of the following:

   1. (a) More than one livestock watering facility when the need for more than one watering facility is created by the segregation or handling of livestock within a manure management system. This paragraph does not apply when the need for more than one livestock watering facility is created by the segregation or handling of livestock within a prescribed grazing system.
   2. (b) A water supply used for purposes other than providing drinking water to livestock.
   3. (c) Installing a livestock watering facility if there is a less expensive way to water livestock, consistent with soil and water conservation goals.

5. (5) Design, construction, and maintenance. A cost-share grant may not reimburse the cost of establishing a livestock watering facility unless all of the following conditions are met:

   1. (a) The livestock watering facility complies with all of the following that apply:

      1. 1. NRCS conservation practice standard 574 spring development (August, 2021).
      2. 2. NRCS conservation practice standard 614 watering facility (June, 2021).
      3. 3. NRCS conservation practice standard 642 water well (August, 2021).
      4. 4. NRCS conservation practice standard 516 livestock pipeline (June, 2021).
      5. 5. Chapter NR 812, related to well construction and pump installation.
      6. 6. NRCS conservation practice standard 561 heavy use area protection (November, 2022).
      7. 7. NRCS conservation practice standard 533 pumping plant (August, 2021).
   2. (b) The landowner agrees to maintain the livestock watering facility for 10 years unless farming operations on the affected land are discontinued.

History

History: CR 01-090: cr. Register September 2002 No. 561, eff. 10-1-02; CR 08-075: am. (5) (a) 1. and 3. Register April 2009 No. 640, eff. 5-1-09; CR 13-016: am. (5) (a) 2. to 4., cr. (5) (a) 6., 7. Register February 2014 No. 698, eff. 5-1-14; CR 14-047: am. (5) (a) 1., 6. Register May 2015 No. 713, eff. 6-1-15; CR 16-012: am. (5) (a) 2., 3., 6. Register August 2016 No. 728, eff. 9-1-16; CR 16-083: am. (5) (a) 4., 7. Register January 2018 No. 745, eff. 2-1-18; CR 23-024: am. (5) (a) 1. to 4., 6., 7. Register May 2024 No. 821, eff. 6-1-24.