NEW Water News

Tilth Agronomy Talk Radio featured NEW Water to discuss its watershed efforts, as well as its mission, services, and the “half-time flush” phenomenon of home football games.

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2024 Winter Basin Buzz Edition  - The Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance's "Basin Buzz" features NEW Water’s efforts in the watershed were highlighted in two articles of the most recent issue of the Basin Buzz, a quarterly publication of the Fox Wolf Watershed Alliance. 

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Article by: Building Wisconsin TV

Join host Stuart Keith as we catch up with the members of Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 400 in this episode of Building Wisconsin TV to take a closer look at the plumbing in waste water treatment plants. We’ll meet up with Local 400 Business Manager Doug Dokey to start the show and then head to the Heart of the Valley Waste Water Treatment Plant in Kaukauna, WI to meet District Director Brian Helminger along with Local 400 Plumbers Dave Poppe and Tyler Zeh from August Winter & Sons. We’ll then head a little north to Green Bay to visit the NEW Water treatment facility and meet up with Director of Operations Pat Wescott and then catch up with Local 400 Plumber Matt Heus from J.F. Ahern to learn about a technology being used in existing structures called Laser Scanning.

NEW Water was in the news as a partner on the new S.H.E.D. (SHED) facility.

On November 15, representatives from the Oneida Nation, Outagamie County, Fox Wolf Watershed Alliance, and NEW Water gathered as partners to celebrate a ribbon cutting event of the Soil Health Education and Demonstration (SHED) facility. This 30-acre site serves as a central hub which includes a large shed to house innovative pieces of specialized equipment for farmers to try out, along with numerous demonstration plots. The partnership and facility are intended to encourage more sustainable agricultural practices such as continuous cover to improve soil structure, increase infiltration, minimize runoff and soil erosion, and sequester more carbon.

October 2023 - Spectrum News featured our partnership with UWGB’s Student Monitoring Program, to help educate area youth about the importance of work in the watershed, to protect our most valuable resource, water.

NEW Water update meeting

NEW Water held a Municipal & Industrial partner update meeting on October 18, 2023 with topics including dye testing, Strategic Plan, Facility Plan, 2024 budget, Adaptive Management, Downtown Interceptor Renewal Project, and Public Service Announcements.

October 2023 - WBAY featured NEW Water for our participation in the COVID in wastewater study in Wisconsin, which has earned national attention for excellence.

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On September 1, 2023, Congressman Mike Gallagher (8^th District) honored NEW Water Executive Director Tom Sigmund with a Congressional Record Presentation.

Above photo caption, left to right: Congressman Gallagher; Wisconsin Sen. Rob Cowles; Tom Sigmund, NEW Water Executive Director; Mike Grimm, The Nature Conservancy; Wisconsin Rep. Joel Kitchens.

“NEW Water uses innovative approach to reach DNR limits”

April 22, 2023- The Press Times covered our organization’s cost-effective approach to permit compliance, through Adaptive Management. This approach will also achieve greater environmental gain for generations to come. 

"Consistent small actions can make a big difference"

Central States Water Magazine featured an article from Wisconsin Section President and NEW Water Treatment Lead, Jake Becken, which talks about how "a few small actions each day can make a huge difference."

Excerpts from the Central States Water magazine are found below, .