NEW Water News

Wisconsin DNR Named 2019 NEW Watershed Champion

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).

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. 

You're invited!

Witness a new era in sustainability: Tour R2E2

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!

Green Bay Kids' Day 2018

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!

2018 Silver Creek C.R.E.W

NEW Water held its 4^th 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 Partnering on a Study of the Bay

Kelly Ellis named 2018 NEW Watershed Champion

STEM leader celebrated for her contributions to a sustainable community

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.

Happy Holidays!

Best wishes for the Holidays and the coming New Year!

Educating and Engaging Our Community 

NEW Water teamed up with the Green Bay Water Utility to help more than 3,000 middle school students learn about our watershed, and careers in water.  The Greater Green Bay Chamber of Commerce's annual "Find Your Inspiration" event was held at the KI Center.  NEW Water is proud to help address the identified community need to get youth thinking about their future careers.

Partnering for Water Quality

NEW Water has donated an innovative piece of farm machinery to Brown County, thanks to a grant from the Fund for Lake Michigan. An InterSeeder dedication ceremony occurred at the historic Deiderich Family Farm.