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No Needles in the Toilets (*Even Portable Toilets!)

April 22, 2025

Properly Dispose to Protect Our Sewer, Environment, & Our Team

Our community’s sanitary sewer system is built to handle only the 3Ps: Pee, Poop, and toilet Paper. That’s it.

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Topics: NFL Draft

RVs: Need to Dump?

April 21, 2025

Heading to Green Bay for the 2025 NFL Draft and rolling in with your RV? You're not alone! With thousands of fans expected in town, RVers will be packing the streets and parks—and that means full tanks will happen fast. Here's where you can dump your RV waste in Brown County.

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Topics: NFL Draft

Addressing funding challenges

April 2, 2025

NEW Water has joined a state-wide effort to reduce the financial burden of Northeast Wisconsin residents for critical wastewater and water services. Each year, area ratepayers benefit from NEW Water’s participation in the state of Wisconsin’s Clean Water Fund Program, to offset costs for financing projects. For the first time in its history, the program did not have sufficient funding for projects in 2024. Going out to market for loans can mean double the cost of financing for critical water and wastewater projects for Wisconsin families and businesses. The coalition is requesting an increase in the state’s revenue bonding authority to address this shortfall, to ensure water and wastewater infrastructure and maintenance projects can be effectively planned for, to protect public health, and save Wisconsinites money. It is important to note that no general purpose revenue (i.e., taxes) is needed to accomplish this. The clean water coalition consists of other wastewater and water utilities in Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Rural Water Association, the Municipal Environmental Group Water and Wastewater Divisions, as well as the League of Wisconsin Municipalities. NEW Water is currently engaging with municipal partners on this issue.

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National honors for NEW Water

April 2, 2025

NEW Water was honored with a 2025 Public Information & Education Award from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) for its "Critical Assets: Protecting Your Health, Every Day".

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NEW Water in the news

April 2, 2025

The #CleanWaterPod podcast featured innovative and cost effective watershed work happening throughout Wisconsin, including with NEW Water. Erin Houghton, Watershed Programs Manager, shared her thoughts and expertise on happenings.

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2024 Industrial Achievement Award

March 27, 2025

The 2024 Industrial Achievement Award Winners

NEW Water congratulates the following businesses for receiving the Silver, Gold, and Platinum Awards in recognition of consecutive years of full compliance with wastewater discharge standards and requirements for 2024.

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2025 NEW Water update meetings

March 24, 2025

NEW Water update meeting

NEW Water held a quarterly update meeting with municipal and industrial partners on March 24, with topics including funding challenges, strategic financial planning, Capital Improvement Project updates, Inflow & Infiltration updates, and PFAS.

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World Water Day & NEW Watershed Champion 2025

March 21, 2025

2025 NEW Watershed Champion Award

In honor of World Water Day, we are proud to announce the recipient of the 2025 NEW Watershed Champion Award is Linda Gustke, Director of Education at Green Bay Botanical Garden.

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Topics: World Water Day

Enhancing green infrastructure

March 12, 2025

Tree grant update

In March, NEW Water was alerted that transitions underway at the U.S. Forest Service, which is the funding agency behind the grant to purchase trees in our region, may impact the program.

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Annual data summary

February 21, 2025

NEW Water PFAS sample collection summary (Green Bay and De Pere treatment facilities)

As part of our ongoing pollution prevention efforts, NEW Water voluntarily continued sampling at its two treatment facilities in 2024 on a quarterly basis. Starting in spring 2024, NEW Water expanded its PFAS monitoring into the collection system (sewershed** outside of the treatment facilities –see NEW Water service area map) to identify possible sources of PFAS. NEW Water is not currently subject to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) PFAS surface water criteria or monitoring requirements. After a quality assurance/quality control review, an annual data summary has been compiled.

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Topics: PFAS