Ben Young, NEW Water’s Watershed Specialist, has received second place for his drone photograph in the Dutchman Creek watershed, image above, in the 2022 Green Bay Conservation Partners Multi-Media Contest.
Ben Young, NEW Water’s Watershed Specialist, has received second place for his drone photograph in the Dutchman Creek watershed, image above, in the 2022 Green Bay Conservation Partners Multi-Media Contest.
WFRV 'Newsmaker Sunday' (April 2022) - Tom Zalaski, WFRV, featured NEW Water's Executive Director, Tom Sigmund, to talk about the mission, vision, and NEW Water's essential services to our community.
Excerpts and videos from the WFRV story are found below. To watch or read the full interview, please visit: 
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NEW Water applauds local industries, which received Significant Industrial User Awards for achieving permit compliance! Thank you industries for doing your part to protect Wisconsin’s waters!
Topics: The Wave - Newsletter
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 2021.
(Green Bay – March 22) Longtime advocate and educator Dr. Harold ‘Jack’ Day is named this year’s Water Champion by the Green Bay Water Utility and NEW Water.
Topics: World Water Day
(Washington, DC) – On March 16, members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee heard testimony from public clean water utility members of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) during the Committee’s hearing, “Oversight of the Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund Formula”. Among those called to testify were members of the NACWA Board of Directors -- Tom Sigmund, Executive Director of NEW Water in Green Bay, Wisconsin and NACWA’s Vice President, and Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells, CEO of the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District in Cleveland, Ohio.
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With the assistance of a $215,000 Lower Fox River/Green Bay Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) grant from the Fox River Trustee Council awarded in December 2021, over the next three years NEW Water will address water quality, riparian and instream habitat fragmentation, and degraded aquatic habitat by restoring 1,200-1,500 feet of riparian corridors in Ashwaubenon Creek and Dutchman Creek (ACDC). Activities will include in-stream debris removal, selective tree thinning, invasive plant removal, adding in-stream habitat for fish and wildlife, planting of desirable tree species, and seeding the floodplain with native seed mix where there is a lack of quality herbaceous vegetation.
February 2022 Edition - An article in “Insight on Business” featured NEW Water's Silver Creek Project.
Excerpts from the Insight on Business story are found below. To read their full story, please visit: 
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January 2022- In honor of Wisconsin Salt Awareness Week, NEW Water’s Sarah Bartlett was in the news helping promote how to “salt wisely” to protect area waters.
Excerpts from the WFRV story are found below. To read their full story, please visit: 
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