The Springs of the Lake Wingra Watershed
May 2022 Springs are locations where up-welling groundwater discharges to the earth’s surface, the “Big Spring” (pictured below) on the shore of Lake Wingra in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, is an example. The flow of fresh water from springs helps supply wetlands, streams, rivers, and lakes. Spring flow supplements rainfall and snowmelt that flows …