Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District

"The main objective of the research facility will be to test new technologies, so they can be implemented at larger scales, said Bill Graffin, public information manager at the sewerage district. The first project slated to begin once the facility is up-and-running is a two-year pilot project that will help reduce sewer overflows and backups during heavy rain events." https://lnkd.in/ge2QJz74

Milwaukee beaches welcome BeBot and PixieDrone to tackle water pollution, enhance cleanup efforts, and protect freshwater ecosystems. Learn more about how you can join the effort to reduce plastics with plasticfreemke. https://lnkd.in/gDEKCVMJ

“The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Director of Integrated Watershed Management, Bre Plier, said this is all green infrastructure — using vegetative space and native planting to reduce water runoff into the storm sewer system. The green infrastructure project is also protecting our waterways. Highway stormwater runoff is extremely dirty and carries many pollutants from oil to vehicle fluids to salt. During heavy rain events or when snow is melting, these chemicals can drain untreated into Milwaukee rivers and Lake Michigan. This infrastructure site will help prevent water runoff from entering directly into the Kinnickinnic River.” https://lnkd.in/dYypMxAZ

Is your yard sending rainwater toward your home or away from it? The grading around your home is a common cause of water entering your basement. Learn if your grading is a problem and how you can fix it. https://lnkd.in/dHb6GpH https://lnkd.in/excW3j54

“The benches are being painted by students, ArtWorks for Milwaukee, Inc. interns, and will ultimately be featured — and sat on — at the Green Tech Station, a green infrastructure research and demonstration site near 31st Street and Capitol Drive. Green Tech Station is a former-brownfield that now hosts outdoor tours to showcase different practices that help manage stormwater. And these benches will help tell — and illustrate — that story.” https://lnkd.in/dDKytifH

Today, MMSD announced plans for an unprecedented clean-water lab to test new technologies that could revolutionize wastewater treatment, leading to improvements in public health and drinking water supplies worldwide. The $13 million research lab will be located at MMSD’s Oak Creek reclamation facility, allowing water technology businesses, universities, scientists, and inventors to partner with the district to test new concepts and ideas on a large scale at a working treatment plant. Based on research and experience, industry experts believe the new concepts, installed at just one of two regional treatment plants in Milwaukee, could lead to $90 million in savings over 20 years. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/d4M_RSQz #WaterTechnology #WastewaterTreatment #ResearchLab #EnvironmentalInnovation The Water Council

This summer, our Fresh Coast Team has been working in the city of Cudahy planting rain gardens and installing rain barrels! The team had a great time working with the Fresh Coast Ambassadors installing Wisconsin native plants at Cudahy City Hall. They also installed a rain barrel adjacent to the garden to capture water from the downspout! These additions complement the porous pavers Cudahy’s City Hall had installed in their parking lot years ago! Cudahy City Hall serves as a great example of Green Infrastructure!

Please help protect our water and the environment by dropping off your hazardous household chemicals and items at one of MMSD's three FREE collection sites, which are open all year for Milwaukee County residents (NO businesses). For hours, locations, and a list of what you can and cannot bring: https://lnkd.in/gVB59YW

“With an estimated 50,000 visitors in Milwaukee this week for the RNC, Sandra McLellan – a professor at UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences – and her team are looking at the bacterial changes in wastewater due to the influx of people. It’s a continuation of their work with the Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene, which is examining a variety of issues, including COVID, influenza and other bacterial changes in Milwaukee wastewater." https://lnkd.in/g_vmjgRP

The vegetation you see at the Green Highways Becher St. Overpass project site is the beginning of revegetation of the site with native plants. The native plant seeds establish themselves in year one and take two to three years to mature. Early species to take hold this summer are the grasses, such as rye grass, little bluestem, and Indiangrass. Other additional native plant species that you’ll see this summer and in following years include wild bergamot, yellow coneflower, and prairie blazing star. The photo shows native plant growth at MMSD Headquarters: year one native plant growth on the left and year three native plant growth on the right. https://lnkd.in/gQFmdaP4 Wisconsin Department of Transportation #greeninfrastructure