NEW Water is proud to join colleagues at more than 600+ facilities across the state to commemorate Wisconsin Wastewater Professionals Appreciation Day on May 22.
In 2024, Wisconsin State Governor Tony Evers proclaimed May 22 as Wastewater Professionals Appreciation Day, in recognition for their critical role in public health, as well as the Wisconsin Wastewater Monitoring Program, which can be viewed here.
NEW Water is holding an event at the STEM Innovation Center, with County Executive Troy Streckenbach, Dr. John Katers, Dean of the College of Science, Engineering, and Technology at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, and other community partners.
Prior to modern sanitation in Wisconsin, cholera was prevalent, with epidemics sweeping the state in the 1800s (Wisconsin Historical Society: Diseases and Epidemics in Wisconsin). The British Medical Journal declared that sanitation is the most important milestone in more than a century and a half (Reuters: “Sanitation ‘greatest medical milestone’ since 1840").
NEW Water is a water resource utility serving more than 239,000 people in Northeast Wisconsin, enabling the community to flush the toilet, do the dishes, and run their businesses whenever they want. In 2024, NEW Water cleaned more than 14 billion gallons of water for Northeast Wisconsin. That equates to the volume of about 52 Lambeau Fields. Tours are open to the public, and free of charge – learn more, and sign up here: www.newwater.us/tours.
Wisconsin Wastewater Professionals Appreciation Day - Commendations for NEW Water
In Northeast Wisconsin, community leaders offered commendations to NEW Water, the brand of the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District, which has served the community since 1931.