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World Water Day & NEW Watershed Champion 2024

March 18, 2024

2024 NEW Watershed Champion Award

The 2024 NEW Watershed Champion Award has been given to Lynn Terrien of the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay (UWGB) Lower Fox River Monitoring Program.

“The waters of Wisconsin are critical to public health, our economy, and our way of life. We commend and celebrate Lynn’s continued efforts to encourage area youth to protect our most valuable resource, water,” said Tom Sigmund, Executive Director of NEW Water, the brand of the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District.

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Topics: World Water Day

National honors for NEW Water

February 21, 2024

NEW Water was honored with a 2024 Public Information & Education Award from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) for its initiative, “Planning for the Future in Northeast Wisconsin,” a robust communications and education program plan and implementation regardingcritical infrastructure upgrades.

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In the news: Watershed efforts highlighted

January 19, 2024

Tilth Agronomy Talk Radio featured NEW Water to discuss its watershed efforts, as well as its mission, services, and the “half-time flush” phenomenon of home football games.

Check out the podcast, visit: Special Interview Episode: Jeff Smudde - Director of Environmental Programs for  NEW Water (www.tilthag.com)

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Basin Buzz features NEW Water

January 18, 2024

2024 Winter Basin Buzz Edition  - The Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance's "Basin Buzz" features NEW Water’s efforts in the watershed were highlighted in two articles of the most recent issue of the Basin Buzz, a quarterly publication of the Fox Wolf Watershed Alliance. 

Check out a story about aerial seeding and a ribbon cutting ceremony, visit: The 2024 Winter KOF Basin Buzz Newsletter (www.fwwa.org)

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In the news: NEW Water is featured on Building Wisconsin TV

January 15, 2024

Article by: Building Wisconsin TV

Join host Stuart Keith as we catch up with the members of Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 400 in this episode of Building Wisconsin TV to take a closer look at the plumbing in waste water treatment plants. We’ll meet up with Local 400 Business Manager Doug Dokey to start the show and then head to the Heart of the Valley Waste Water Treatment Plant in Kaukauna, WI to meet District Director Brian Helminger along with Local 400 Plumbers Dave Poppe and Tyler Zeh from August Winter & Sons. We’ll then head a little north to Green Bay to visit the NEW Water treatment facility and meet up with Director of Operations Pat Wescott and then catch up with Local 400 Plumber Matt Heus from J.F. Ahern to learn about a technology being used in existing structures called Laser Scanning.

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E-News from NEW Water (Q4 2023)

December 29, 2023

Happy New Year from NEW Water!

Click the image to watch our "Critical Assets: Protecting Your Health, Every Day" video.

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Topics: The Wave - Newsletter

Ribbon Cutting for the “SHED”

December 12, 2023

NEW Water was in the news as a partner on the new S.H.E.D. (SHED) facility.

On November 15, representatives from the Oneida Nation, Outagamie County, Fox Wolf Watershed Alliance, and NEW Water gathered as partners to celebrate a ribbon cutting event of the Soil Health Education and Demonstration (SHED) facility. This 30-acre site serves as a central hub which includes a large shed to house innovative pieces of specialized equipment for farmers to try out, along with numerous demonstration plots. The partnership and facility are intended to encourage more sustainable agricultural practices such as continuous cover to improve soil structure, increase infiltration, minimize runoff and soil erosion, and sequester more carbon.

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Downtown Interceptors Renewal Project

December 4, 2023

NEW Water owns and operates many miles of underground pipes, including a series of larger, deeper pipes called an interceptor system, located throughout our service area. In downtown Green Bay, portions of this system have been in operation since the 1930s, and are in need of improvements in order to continue to function. These improvements are needed to revitalize aging infrastructure to protect public health and the environment. A Public Information Meeting (PIM) has been scheduled regarding the Downtown Interceptor Renewal Project, for 6:00 p.m. on December 4 at the Brown County Public Library, Central Branch.

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In the news: Students monitoring area waterways

October 27, 2023

October 2023 - Spectrum News featured our partnership with UWGB’s Student Monitoring Program, to help educate area youth about the importance of work in the watershed, to protect our most valuable resource, water.

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2023 NEW Water update meeting

October 18, 2023

NEW Water update meeting

NEW Water held a Municipal & Industrial partner update meeting on October 18, 2023 with topics including dye testing, Strategic Plan, Facility Plan, 2024 budget, Adaptive Management, Downtown Interceptor Renewal Project, and Public Service Announcements.

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