As communities across the country work to replace the lead in their water distribution systems, a consistent issue has been funding. In...
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Eagle Nesting Site With Webcam Planned at Wisconsin WWTP
There could be some happy bald eagles and even happier birdwatchers in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, next spring thanks to a nesting site...
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News Briefs: EPA Announces Proposed Rule for Great Lakes CSO Notification Procedures
The EPA has released a proposed rule that would affect 182 Great Lakes communities and how they provide public notification about CSO...
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Year in Review: The Top 10 Stories of 2016
With 2016 coming to a close, we’re taking another look at the headlines of the past year that grabbed readers’ attention. These...
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Trace Vanilla and Cinnamon in the River? Must Be Thanksgiving
What is Thanksgiving’s impact on local waterways? That’s a question the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences hopes to answer.On Thanksgiving...
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News Briefs: Florida Utility Plans Big Infrastructure Investment to Improve Hurricane Preparedness
In the wake of the strain Hurricane Matthew put on collections systems on Florida’s east coast in late September and early October,...
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Project Engineer Finds Familiar Ground in Rhinelander Downtown Streetscape Project
During the week, Frank Brey can often be seen walking the torn-up streets of downtown Rhinelander, Wisconsin, wearing his bright lime-green shirt...
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Phosphorus Allies: Unraveling Wisconsin’s Dairy/Wastewater Connection
Phosphorus — a water-quality nemesis and the target of tighter treatment regulations — might actually be bringing point-source and nonpoint source dischargers...
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Moving Down the Street: A Look at the Rhinelander Downtown Streetscape Project
The Downtown Streetscape Project in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, has progressed steadily this summer as crews remove the combined sewer and install new storm and sanitary...
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Ghostbusters? How About Mud Chasers?
Everybody remembers the Ghostbusters, the 1980s film stars who tracked down ghosts in New York City.But Mud Chasers?It’s the name of a brand-new...
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News Briefs: California Water Agencies Reduce Conservation Targets
Despite drought conditions that persist in California, 84 percent of the water agencies in the state have a conservation target of zero...
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EPA Grant Program Provides Boost to Cities’ Stormwater Management
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants totaling more than $2 million will help 13 U.S. cities build green infrastructure projects aimed at improving...
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City Finds Good in Old Pipe
Just a few blocks away from the brunt of the work on the Downtown Streetscape Project in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, sits a large...
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Photo Gallery: Rhinelander Downtown Streetscape Project
The Downtown Streetscape Project in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, is in full swing this summer as crews remove the combined sewer and install a...


















