NEW Water News

Freshwater Collaborative Ag-Water Nexus Course visits Northeast Wisconsin for a fall field trip

On Friday September 9, 2022, Kevin Fermanich and other regional professors, led a group of students from the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Platteville, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Madison, and UW-Green Bay around northeast Wisconsin to visit areas where watershed groups are working with the agriculture industry to implement conservation measures to improve soil health and area water quality. The first stop was to the Soil Health Education & Demonstration (SHED) building in Outagamie County. This facility is the result of a joint collaboration among Oneida Nation, Outagamie County, and NEW Water. The SHED houses shared farming equipment available for farmers to demo and rent, test plots to demonstrate new farming practices, and a meeting area for local educational gatherings.

NEW Water update meeting

NEW Water held an update meeting on October 20, 2022, with topics including PFAS, and Inflow & Infiltration.

NEW Water provides updated weather information on Fox River 

September 2022- NEW Water is excited to have near real-time data collections with the monitoring stations, check it out here.

Excerpts from the WFRV story are found below. To read their full story, please visit:

NEW Water held a Capital Charge Study Workshop on August 2, 2022. 

The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Green Bay and NEW Water partnership continues to help area youth protect our waters

From inspecting microorganisms under a microscope to building filters to represent the earth, area youth participated in a STEAM Superheroes Camp and have earned their “Defenders of the Bay” certificate.

The 2021 Annual Report showcases our accomplishments, highlights, and challenges throughout the year to ultimately protect our most valuable resource, water. Click the image to read the Annual Report!

June 2022 - Treatment Plant Operator (TPO) Magazine featured NEW Water, the brand of the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District, for a collaborative approach to help protect our most valuable resource, water with Adaptive Management.  

May 2022 - The Press Times featured NEW Water, the brand of the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District, for planning for the future with a Facility Plan, so the community can continue to flush the toilet, wash the dishes, and run their businesses whenever they want. 

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.

NEW Water looking to renovate Brown Co. Facilities 

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: