As "forever chemical" contamination continues to emerge across Wisconsin, Gov. Tony Evers wants to see the state designate funds to fight back against the substances. In his executive budget released last month, Evers recommended nearly $26 million in funding for testing municipal water systems, remediating contaminated sites, disposing of PFAS-containing firefighting foam, adding 11 employees to the Department of Natural Resources to study the chemicals and setting standards for the chemicals in water. Addressing chemical contamination in water across the state has been a priority for Evers, after declaring 2019 the year of clean drinking water. Since then, the DNR and other agencies, such as the Department of Health Services, have moved to identify and learn more about the major contamination in the state, putting together the PFAS Action Plan. The measures proposed in the executive budget follow the recommendations the committee made in December.