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Water Quality News
Sweet Water in the News
February 6, 2013
Brookfield, Elm Grove join Menomonee River pollution control effort
www.brookfieldnow.com
January24, 2013
Wauwatosa Providing Expertise in Clean Water Initiative
www.wauwatosa.patch.com
December 26, 2012
www.expressmilwaukee.com
December 22, 2012
Municipalities Honored for First-of-its-Kind Effort to Clean Up Menomonee River
www.greenfield.patch.com
December 19, 2012
www.news.wpr.com
December 18, 2012
11 Municipalities Collabrate On New System To Clean Up the Menomonee River
www.joycefdn.org
December 12, 2012
Watershed Permit Issued for Menomonee River
www.milwaukeeriverkeeper.org
October 12, 2012
Falls Agrees to Patner with DNR for New Clean Watershed Permit
www.m.menomoneefallsnow.com
September 13, 2012
Fox Focus on Respect Our Waters Campaign
www.fox6now.com
September 12, 2012
Sweet Water Announces Request for Proposals for 2012 Water Quality Mini-Grant Program
www.thewheelerreport.com
August 9, 2012
Respect Our Waters to Participate in August 11 Farmers Market
August 9, 2012
Respect Our Waters to Participate in August 9 Farmers Market
August 6, 2012
Real Racine and Sweet Water --Clean Beaches Bring the People and Awards
August, 2012
Oak Creek Acorn -- community newsletter
Storwater Education Campaign -- "Sparkles"
August 2012
Respect Our Waters Campaign (it's in the rotation, be patient)
Clean Wisconsin
August 2012
River Alliance of Wisconsin
July 25, 2012
Respect Our Waters to Participate in July 25 Summer Concert
July 15, 2012
Respect Our Waters -- interview with Jeff Martinka, Sweet Water, and Susan Greenfield, Root-Pike WIN
July 5, 2012
Regional Ad Campaign Aims to Stop Water Pollution
www.caledonia.patch.com
July 5, 2012
Regional Ad Campaign Aims to Stop Water Pollution
www.menomoneefalls.patch.com
July 5, 2012
Some Clever and Fun PSA's Created by Sweet Water and Root-Pike WIN
www.linkedin.com
July 4, 2012
Respect Our Waters to Participate in July 8 Concert in the Park
www.oakcreek.patch.com
July 3, 2012
Sparkles, water spaniel, Stars in Water Ads
www.kenoWI.com
July 3, 2012
Sparkles the spaniel rehabs locals' water habits
www.bizjournals.com
July 2, 2012
Behind-the-Scenes at the Sparkles Ads
Kenosha News
July 2, 2012
Kenosha News
June 27, 2012
Sweet Water, Root-Pike WIN:
Water groups join forces to conduct public education campaign
www.wispolitics.com
June 27, 2012
Public Can Help Keep Rivers and Lake Clean
www.milwaukee.cityandpress.com
June 27, 2012
Dog Puppet Uses TV Pulpit to Protect Waterways
www.wn.com
June 26, 2012
Dog Puppet Uses TV Pulpit to Protect Waterways
www.jsonline.com
June 26, 2012
www.milauwkeemag.com
June 21, 2012
Public Can Help Keep Rivers and Lake Clean
www.fox6now.com
May 16, 2012
www.wauwatosanow.com
May, 2012
Shock Treatment -- Can Sweet Water's ad campaign succeed?
www.milwaukeeMag.com
also available in print, Volume 6, 2012
May 1, 2012
www.urbanmilwaukee.com
April 30, 2012
1000 Friends of Wisconsin: Sweet Water awards nine water quality mini-grants to area partners
www.wispolitics.com
April 24, 2012
Southeast Wisconsin Watersheds Trust's Clean Rivers Clean Lakes Conference
http://thewatercouncil.wordpress.com
April 20, 2012
Clean Rivers a Clean Lake Make
www.jsonline.com
April 12, 2012
Composter Helps Out Hart Park Planting Day with Gift of 'Black Gold'
www.wawautosa.patch.com
March 13, 2012
Milwaukee River Basin watersheds and the Milwaukee Harbor Estuary: public meeting March 13
www.bayviewcompass.com
February 28, 2012
Public Meeting March 13 -- Milwaukee River Basins/Milwaukee Estuary TMDL
www.bayviewcompass.com
February 28, 2012
Sweet Water: Public information meeting, March 13, 2012,
www.wisbusinesss.com
December 16, 2011
Sweet Water Announces Award to Local Groups
www.wispolitics.com
November 22, 2011
Sweet Water Announces 2nd Round for Proposals for Green Inrastructure Mini-Grant Program
www.wisbusiness.com
November 14, 2011
MMSD Begins Work on Water Quality Studies
www.jsonline.com
November 14, 2011
Sweet Water: First stakeholder worshop, November 14, for the development of total maximum daily loads for hte MKE River Watersheds and the MKE Estuary
www.wisbusiness.com
November 14, 2011
www.wispolitics.com
November 14, 2011
Sweet Water Hosts Water Policy Forum
www.wispolitics.com
November 14, 2011
Sweet Water Hosts Water Policy Forum
www.wisbusiness.com
November 14, 2011
Sweet Water Hosts Water Policy Forum and
First Stakeholder workshop, November 14, for the Development of TMDLs
http://www.thewheelerreport.com
October 24, 2011
Sweet Water Welcomes Brett Wallace, DOT SE Region Operations Director, to Steering Council
The Wheeler Report/statewide
October 24, 2011
Sweet Water Welcomes Brett Wallace, DOT SE Region Operations Director, to Steer Council
wispolitics.com
October 2, 2012
Free Water Conference Wednesday in Milwaukee (Jeff Martinka one of the presenters)
www.thepoliticalenvironment.blogspot.com
September 23, 2011
www.joycefdn.org
September 2, 2011
MMSD gets storm-water grant
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/128958743.html
September 2, 2011
EPA Awards $100,000 Grant to MMSD for Stormwater Control Plan
topix.com/brookfield-wi
August 31, 2011
EPA Awards $100,000 Grant for Menomonee River Stormwater Control
WauwatosaNOW
August 31, 2011
EPA Choose Milwaukee Region for New Watershed Permit Procedure
thepoliticalenvironment.blogspot.com
August 31, 2011
EPA Grant Awarded to MMSD and Menomonee River Communities
WisPolitics.com
August 29, 2011
Grant to Help MMSD Streamline Permitting Process
DailyReporter.com
August 29, 2011
The Real Water Park
http://www.1kfriends.org/posts/
1000 Friends of Wisconsin
August 18, 2011
New Campaign Focuses on Keeping Storm Water Clean
http://www.wisn.com/health/28896966/detail.html
wisn.com
August 18, 2011
New Anti-water pollution campaign illustrates how casual littering can hur the water
witi-20110817-water-pollution,0,7678072
Fox6Now.com
August 18, 2011
Ad Campaign to Urge Care of "Real Water Park"
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/127983488.html
August 18, 2011
urbanwilderness-eddee.blogspot.com
August, 2011
The Real Water Park
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs024/1103691007752/archive/1107173426983.html
River Alliance of Wisconsin/Word on the Stream e-news
August 18, 2011
New Campaign Aims to Reduce Residential Water Pollution
BizTimes.com
July 31, 2011
Bay View Compass
July 25, 2011
Restoring the Kinnickinnic River
WUWM Lake Effect
http://www.wuwm.com/programs/lake_effect/le_sgmt.php?segmentid=7778
June 1, 2011
Marquette students' green design could catch water on S. 6th St.
Journal Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/122915183.html
May 1, 2011
Restoring the Root: Parallel Plans Look to Restore the River
The Journal Times
April 26, 2011
40,000 pounds of household hazardous waste collected
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/120627479.html JSOnline
April 2, 2011
Water and Community: A Street Art Exhibit for Whitefish Bay
http://whitefishbay.patch.com/articles/water-and-community-a-street-art-exhibit-for-whitefish-bay
May, 2011
Rain Barrel Street Art Project -- Sweet Water Mini-grant recipient
www.wfbcivicfoundation.org
April 27, 2011
www.whitefishbaynow.com
April 1, 2011
Public Misinformed on Water Pollution
The Bayview Compass
http://bayviewcompass.com/archives/6732
February 8, 2011
Myths About Water Pollution
Murphy's Law/Milwaukee Magazine
http://www.milwaukeemagazine.com/murphyslaw/default.asp
February 3, 2011
Water Views Don't Mesh With Reality – Op Ed/Jeff Martinka
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/115226089.html
January, 2011
The Joyce Foundation: Progress Notes
January 31, 2011
Sad, sad, sad... attitudes found in survey
Water Words That Work
http://waterwordsthatwork.com/2011/01/31/sad-sad-sad/
January 25, 2011
American Planning Association
January 25, 2011
The Milwaukee Area's Water Perception
Milwaukee Riverkeeper
http://www.milwaukeeriverkeeper.org/content/milwaukee-areas-water-perception
January 25, 2011
Podcast—Water Quality Attitudes Survey Results Presented to the Rotary Club of Milwaukee
Rotary Club of Milwaukee
http://www.box.net/shared/nfvdfyj7i3
January 25, 2011
Presentation of Water Quality Attitudes Survey Results to the Rotary Club of Milwaukee
Sweet Water
http://www.scribd.com/doc/47494525/Sweet-Water-intro-survey-MKE-Rotary-Club-1-25-2011-2
January 25, 2011
New Survey Shows Milwaukee Area Residents Concerned About the Future of River and Lakes
1000 Friends of Wisconsin
January 25, 2011
New survey shows mixed feelings on water issues
Public Policy Forum
http://milwaukeetalkie.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-survey-shows-mixed-feelings-on.html
January 25, 2011
Survey Reflects Local Attitudes Toward Water Quality
WUWM
http://www.wuwm.com/programs/news/print_news.php?articleid=7630
January 24, 2011
Survey questions water pollution awareness
American Towns
http://www.americantowns.com/wi/milwaukee/news/survey-questions-water-pollution-awareness-3586613
January 24, 2011
Public at odds with researchers on water pollution sources
JSOnline.com
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/114500704.html
January 24, 2011
Information About Area Water Resources, Public Attitudes, Released at Events
The Political Environment
http://thepoliticalenvironment.blogspot.com/2011/01/information-about-area-water-resources.html
November 29, 2010
Sweet Water RiversReport newsletter spotlighted on The Joyce Foundation website
http://www.joycefdn.org/content.cfm/sweet-water-trust-fall-newsletter
November 16, 2010
Watershed Action Teams in Action -- Menomonee Watershead Action Team (video link)
www.usgs.gov
Fall 2010
A Symphonic Approach to Water Management: The Quest for New Models of Watershed Governance
Tracy Meehan, III
Journal of Land Use
Volume 26.1
A Symphonic Approrach to Water Management: The Quest for New Models of Watershed Governance
September 15, 2010
Jeff Martinka interview on WUWM Lake Effect
WUWM.com
Lake Effect September 15, 2010
September 14, 2010
Jeff Martinka interview on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee (WYMS)
RadioMilwaukee.org
88Nine Sweet Water Part 1; 88Nine Sweet Water Part 2
August 2010
Sweet Water work on watershed permit included in Watershed Recommendations (P. 9) of 2010 Water Quality Management Plan Update
http://dnr.wi.gov/water/basin/milw/wtplans/MI03/MI03_WTPLAN.PDF Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
June 2, 2010
Sweet Water given Public Policy Forum “Salute to Local Government” Private-Public Cooperation award
Public Policy Forum
Salute to Local Government Award
May 25, 2010
Common Council approves Milwaukee River protection ordinances
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/94843489.html
May 22, 2010
Milwaukee river project story mentioning Sweet Water’s efforts
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/94673054.html
April 2010
Sweet Water profiled in Environmental Defense Fund Report: Green, Clean, and Dollar Smart (see pp. 8-9) (Note: large file)
Environmental Defense Fund
http://www.edf.org/documents/10811_Green,_Clean_and_Dollar_Smart.pdf
March 19, 2010
Business column citing Sweet Water as example of water researched-based progress:
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/business/90421009.html
February 22, 2010
Martinka hired at Sweet Water Executive Director
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/business/84919542.html
Sweet Water Co-sponsor of Water for Haiti Event:
January 22, 2010
Milwaukee Business Journal
http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2010/01/25/story6.html
January 20, 2010
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/82127432.html
January 19, 2010
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/82119527.html
July 7, 2009
Sweet Water Receives $1.9 million grant from Joyce Foundation
Milwaukee Business Journal
http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2009/07/06/daily22.html
Press Releases
December 18, 2012
Municipalities Honored for First-of-its-Kind Effort to Clean Up Menomonee River
December 17, 2012
Media Invited to Reception Honoring First-of-its-Kind Work to Clean Up Menomonee River
October 9, 2012
Great Rakes for the Great Lakes
September 19, 2012
Sweet Water's Summary Statement to the City of Milwaukee's Green Team
September 11, 2012
Sweet Water Announces Request for Proposals for 2012 Water Quality Mini-grant Program
June 26, 2012
Water Groups Join Forces to Conduct Public Education Campaign
April 30, 2012
Sweet Water Awards Nine Water Quality Mini-Grants to Area Partners
April 27, 2012
8th Annual Clean Rivers, Clean Lakes Conference to be held April 30 at Discovery World
February 24, 2012, and March 13, 2012
Public Information Meeting, March 13, 2012, for the Development of Total Maximum Daily Loads
December 16, 2011
Sweet Water Announces Green Infrastructure Mini-Grant Awards
November 22, 2011
Sweet Water Announces 2nd Round for Proposals for Green Infrastructure Mini-Grant Program
November 14, 2011
Water Policy Forum on Water Quality Trading, WI Phosphorus Regulations and Adaptive Management
November 14, 2011
1st Stakeholder Workshop for the Development of TMDLs for Milwaukee River watersheds and Milwaukee Estuary
November 11, 2011
Media Invited to 1st Stakeholder Workshop for the Development of MKE River Basin TMDL
October 24, 2011
Sweet Water Welcomes Brett Wallace, DOT SE Region Operations Director, to Steering Council
Sweet Water Welcomes Brett Wallace, DOT SE Region Operations Director, to Steering Council
August 31, 2011
EPA to Fund New, Cooperative Approach to Improve Menomonee River Water Quality
8-31-11 EPA WSB Permit Grant Press Release final.8.29.11
August 18, 2011
Sweet Water Launches "Real Water Park" Education Campaign
SweetWaterLaunchesRealWaterParkEducationCampaign_FINALrls
July 19,2011
Sweet Water Announces 2011 Water Quality Mini-Grant Program
Sweet Water Announces 2011 Water Quality Mini-Grant Program
July 11, 2011
Water Quality Projects Get Boost From New Fund
Water Quality Projects Get Boost From New Fund
May 15, 2011
Marquette Students Show Off Green Design
Marquette Students Show Off Green Design
April 23, 2011
Help Keep Our Rivers and Lake Michigan Clean
Help Keep Our Rivers and Lake Michigan Clean
January 25, 2011
Sweet Water Announces Telesurvey Results
Sweet Water Telesurvey Results 1-25-2010
December 15, 2010
Sweet Water Recommends Puttting Sidewalks on "Low-Salt Diet" to Protect Environment
Put Sidewalks on "Low Salt Diet"
September 16, 2010
Sweet Water Announces 11 Grants to Improve Water Quality of Greater Milwaukee Watersheds
2010 Sweet Water Mini-grant Award Recipients Announced
September 13, 2010
Clean Rivers, Clean Lake Conference Media Advisory
Clean Rivers, Clean Lake Conference Media Advisory
September 7, 2010
Clean Rivers, Clean Lake Conference Press Release
Clean Rivers, Clean Lake Conference September 15
August 23, 2010
How to Improve Regional Water Quality and Reduce Stormwater Runoff To Be Focus of “Clean Rivers, Clean Lake Conference” Sept. 15
7th Annual Clean Rivers, Clean Lake Conference
July 14, 2010
Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust, Inc. Announces Partnership for Watershed Newsletter
July 14 RiversReport Partnership Announcement
June 18, 2010
Sweet Water Selected by the Public Policy Forum for Private-Public Cooperation Award
June 11.pr.public.policy.forum.sjh[1]final.6.17[1].docx
June 14, 2010
Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust, Inc., Announces Water Quality Mini-Grant Program
Minigrant press release 6-14-10.final.docx
June 11, 2010
American Rivers to Present Free Stormwater Workshop Led by National Stormwater Expert on June 17
SWWT.press.release.Stormwater Best Management Practices Workshop.doc
May 25, 2010
Forum on Phosphorus Offered at UWM WATER Institute This Thursday
Phosphorus Forum press release 5-25-10.docm
April 1, 2010
100-Gallon Challenge Issued to Mark 40th Earth Day
100 Gallon Challenge final press release 4-1-10.doc
December 9, 2009
Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust Announces New Executive Director
Martinka_press_release_Dec_2009.doc
July 7, 2009
Sweet Water and its Environmental Partners Get Boost to Improve Water Quality in the Milwaukee River Basin
www.prnewswire.com
July 7, 2009
Sweet Water Trust and its Environmental Partners Get Boost to Improve Water Quality in the Milwaukee River Basin
SWWTJoyceFoundationGrantPressReleaseFinal070209.pdf
Water Quality News
April 28, 2011
WUWM reporter Susan Bence and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson talk about the potential loss of phosphorous protections contained in the Wisconsion State budget
http://www.wuwm.com/programs/news/view_news.php?articleid=8370
March 21, 2011
Falk to Raise Water Defense – Federal Grant Will Help Pay for Work
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/118407069.html JSOnline
January 20, 2011
UW-Milwaukee Starts Water Think Tank - JSOnline
http://siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=UW-Milwaukee_Starts_Water_Think_Tank__-_JSOnline JSOnline
September 14, 2010
Story on Approval of Phosphorous Rules
http://www.milwaukeenewsbuzz.com/?p=249018 Milwaukee News Buzz
August 4, 2010
Story on EPA Chief Lisa Jackson visiting Milwaukee and meeting with metro Milwaukee's water industry leaders
http://www.jsonline.com/business/99951324.html JSOnline
June 16, 2010
Story on UWM Research Connecting Lake Michigan Bacteria to MKE Child Illness
http://www4.uwm.edu/news/stories/details.cfm?customel_datapageid_11602=3339895 UWM News
May 27, 2007
Governor Doyle Signs Great Lakes Compact
http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2008/05/26/daily6.html Milwaukee Business Journal