Green Bay, Wis. — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water David Ross visited water utilities in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he recognized the important work of drinking water and wastewater operators who ensure that clean and safe water is consistently provided to the public.
NEW Water and UW-Green Bay have joined forces since 2016 to help Girl Scouts from around Wisconsin earn their “Wonders of Water” badges.
Activities include learning about the infamous water bear microorganism and watching them swim under microscopes; learning about cleaning water by making water filters; learning about aquatic life in “Who’s in your stream?” simulating runoff in a community through an Enviroscape activity; and creating bracelets representative of the water cycle.
NEW Water once again teamed up with the Green Bay Water Utility for its 6th annual World Water Day event on March 20. This year, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) was given the NEW Watershed Champion award for its leadership on the Fox River Cleanup Project, to reduce risk to human health and the environment due to the presence of PCBs in the Lower Fox River.
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR), and those working on the Fox River Cleanup Project, today were honored as the 2019 NEW Watershed Champion. Heading into its 16th season of operations on the Lower Fox River, the goal of the project is to reduce the risk to human health and the environment by reducing the impact of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
Topics: World Water Day
NEW Water teamed up with the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay to help more than 60 Girl Scouts from around Wisconsin earn their "Wonder of Water" badge on November 10, 2018. Activities included learning about the infamous water bear microorganism and watching them swim under microscopes; learning about cleaning water by making water filters; learning about aquatic life in "Who's in your stream? simulating runoff in a community through an enviroscape activity; and creating bracelets representative of the water cycle.
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NEW Water is entering a new era in resource recovery! Our new solids handling facility, Resource Recovery and Electrical Energy, or R2E2 is going online. Public tours are now available, come and check it out!
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NEW Water was pleased to partner with the Green Bay Water Utility for a joint booth at the Green Bay Kids' Day event in June. More than 2,000 children and their families turned out to the water booth to learn about protecting our most valuable resource, water, and to do some "fishing" too!
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NEW Water held its 4th annual Student Monitoring Event with students from Oneida Nation High School and Bay Port High School. The student monitoring initiative is part of NEW Water’s Silver Creek Project, where best management practices are being installed in a 4,800-acre watershed. For this educational component of the project, NEW Water and Oneida Nation staff engaged students in activities including water monitoring, drone technology, and biological monitoring to determine the health of a body of water. Northeast Wisconsin Technical College provided pro bono classroom space in their new Great Lakes Energy Education Center for the event launch; Amy Kox, Associate Dean of Energy & Sustainability, provided students with information on courses offered at the college in environmental fields.
NEW Water is participating in a joint study with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Zilber School of Public Health regarding toxins present along the shoreline at Bay Beach. Data indicates the presence of cyanotoxins, which are harmful to humans and animals.
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Ms. Kelly Ellis was named 2018 “NEW Watershed Champion” for founding the Greater Green Bay STEM Network as well as other contributions in the realm of science, technology, engineering and mathematics essential to effectively care for, and manage, our precious water resources.
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