Wisconsin Statutes Public Lands, Waters and Natural Resources (Ch. 23 to 33) § 30.053. Applicability of chapter to artificial water bodies and certain impoundments

(1) Except in subch. V and except as specifically provided otherwise in this chapter, nothing in this chapter applies to an artificial water body, as defined in s. 30.19(1b)(a), that is not hydrologically connected to a natural navigable waterway and that does not discharge into a natural navigable waterway except as a result of storm events.

(2) Except in subch. V and s. 30.10(2)(b), nothing in this chapter applies to an impoundment described under s. 30.10(2)(b) if the impoundment is not hydrologically connected to a stream classified by the department on March 30, 2018, as a class I, class II, or class III trout stream and the impoundment does not discharge directly into a natural navigable waterway.