Celebrate Water!
What: Please join NEW Water and partners to celebrate 50 years of the Clean Water Act and NEW Water's 90th anniversary. Participating partners include: University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (UWGB) Chancellor Mike Alexander; UWGB Dean of College of Science, Engineering, and Technology John Katers; U.S. EPA Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water Radhika Fox; U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin; U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher; Wisconsin Sen. Rob Cowles; Wisconsin DNR Secretary Preston Cole; Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach; and others.
When: Join us virtually, via Zoom, to watch the live event on October 18, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.
For those unable to join 'live,' this event will be recorded and posted to NEW Water's website afterwards. Have questions? Contact us here>>
NEW Watershed Update
Nearly a year after its launch, the NEW Watershed Program has implemented more than 20 constructed conservation practices and 4,663 acres of annual operational practices in the rural areas of Ashwaubenon Creek and Dutchman Creek watersheds. Learn more about program efforts to protect our most valuable resource, water here>>
STEAM Superheroes
In July, NEW Water partnered with the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Green Bay for the 7th annual STEAM Superheroes Camp. Staff once again helmed superhero roles Commander CleanWater and Watershed Warrior, to help children defeat evil villain water polluters – Phosphorus Phury, Sinister Sediment, and Unflushables, also played by staff. In its 7th year, the camp aims to teach kids important STEAM (science, technology, engineering, [communication] arts, and math) skills needed for future careers, including at NEW Water, and to teach them how to protect our most important resource, water. “You can protect water by not flushing stuff down the toilet that doesn't belong," said a 10-year-old camper, "only toilet paper, pee, and poop belong down the toilet." Learn more about this year's STEAM Superheroes Camp>>
Collecting (Near) Real-Time Data in the Bay of Green Bay
NEW Water is excited to bring two long-term monitoring stations into a new era of (near) real-time data collection. Learn more>>
WFRV features NEW Water's (near) real-time data and provides an updated weather information on Fox River. Learn more>>
Freshwater Collaborative Ag-Water Nexus Course Visits Northeast Wisconsin
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. Learn more>>
#LoveYourWatershed
NEW Water is continuing watershed work, and is asking for your help! Picking up your leaves this fall is one simple thing you can do to help keep excess nutrients from entering area waters. Fall colors are fleeing, and it’s now time to rake those leaves and keep your nearby storm drain clear to help protect our waterways. Together we can protect One Water! Watch the video here>>
What's New at NEW Water
NEW Water an update meeting on September 6, 2022, with a focus on the 2023 draft budget. See that presentation here>>
NEW Water held a Capital Charge Study Workshop on August 2, 2022. See that presentation here>>