NEW Water update meeting

NEW Water held an update meeting on October 31, 2024 with topics including 2025 budget, project updates, grants for trees, the CMOM Program, and Public Service Announcements.

New Executive Director at NEW Water

NEW Water has announced a change in leadership: Nathan Qualls, P.E., will assume duties as Executive Director on Dec. 23, 2024. NEW Water’s current Executive Director, Thomas W. Sigmund, P.E., will retire in January 2025.

Nathan Qualls, P.E., will lead water resource utility serving Northeast Wisconsin

NEW Water, the brand of the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District, has announced a change in leadership: Nathan Qualls, P.E., will assume duties as Executive Director on Dec. 23, 2024. NEW Water’s current Executive Director, Thomas W. Sigmund, P.E., will retire in January 2025.

On September 5, 2024 NEW Water hosted a field day in Ashwaubenon Creek and Dutchman Creek (ACDC), with Lower Fox Demonstration Farms and watershed partners, to showcase new advancements in cover crop planting, drone seeding.  Drone seeding is an innovative agricultural technique that employs drones to distribute seeds over fields. This method is particularly effective for planting cover crops, which winter rye and red clover seeds were used in a standing corn crop, before the main crop is harvested. 

NEW Water will receive grant funding from the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program to support educational outreach initiatives to increase awareness about Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers announced the grants for coastal communities to “support quality of life, foster economic development, protect and improve the Great Lakes resources, and create resiliency in Wisconsin’s coastal communities.”

July 2024 - NEW Water was featured on WFRV's “Sustainably Speaking” segment, highlighting the two long-term water quality monitoring stations, which bring some data collection parameters to (near) real-time and post them online for the public to utilize.

Defenders of the Bay: Young heroes take on villains to save our waterways

Summer is heating up with the latest edition of NEW Water’s STEAM Superheroes Camp, now celebrating its ninth fantastic year of partnership with the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Green Bay. This year, the camp wasn’t just about learning – it was about battling the forces of villainy to protect and educate kids about our most valuable resource, water.

Green Bay Facility North Plant Clarifier Rehabilitation, estimated: $41M.

The first of 12 clarifiers has been turned over to the contractor; expected completion is 2026. NEW Water’s clarifiers, or large basins, have been in continuous operation since 1975, each holds about a million gallons of wastewater, and facilitate a critical step in cleaning water for our community. The project is part of our Facility Plan, which outlines upgrade and renewal needs to allow NEW Water to continue to provide reliable service to our community.

Wastewater Professionals Day

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers proclaimed May 22 as Wastewater Professionals Appreciation Day, in recognition for their critical role in public health, as well as participation in the Wisconsin Wastewater Monitoring Program.

In Northeast Wisconsin, community leaders offered commendations to NEW Water.

The NEW Business Review featured an article on NEW Water highlighting the importance of protecting Wisconsin’s precious waterways – for the best interest for our economy, our health, and our way of life.