Milwaukee Water Works must begin a search for a new superintendent now that its longtime head, Carrie Lewis, has moved on to another utility.Lewis came on board as the utility’s water quality manager — the first to hold that position — in 1995, two years after Milwaukee dealt with a severe cryptosporidium outbreak.“I was the first water quality manager and both the utility and the city were quite terrified,” Lewis told the Milwaukee Business Journal. “I am really proud of getting confidence back in the Milwaukee Water Works.”In 1997, Lewis was named superintendent. Most recently she has been spearheading efforts
News Briefs: Milwaukee’s Water Utility Head Moves On
In this week’s news briefs, Milwaukee’s longtime water superintendent leaves for a job in Maine, and New York lawmakers push for a bill that would create a formula-based program for distributing water and sewer infrastructure funds.
Feb 23, 2017
| by Kyle Rogers |
















