Wisconsin Code § 31.31

Dams on nonnavigable streams
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Any person may
erect and maintain upon that person’s land, and, with the consent
of the owner, upon the land of another, a water mill and a dam to
raise water for working it upon and across any stream that is not
navigable in fact for any purpose whatsoever upon the terms and
conditions and subject to the regulations hereinafter expressed;
and every municipality may exercise the same rights upon and
across such streams that they may exercise upon or across streams
navigable for any purpose whatsoever.

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