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Collaborating to secure healthy and sustainable

water resources throughout five watersheds

of Southeastern Wisconsin

Upper Milwaukee River Basin Water Quality ForumOzaukee County Courthouse

Port Washington, WI

January 23, 2013


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Our SoutheasternWisconsin Watersheds

Area:

Watershed: (in sq. miles)

Kinnickinnic River 24.7

Menomonee River 135.8

Milwaukee River 700.0

Oak Creek 28.2

Root River 197.6

Lake Michigan Direct

Drainage Area 40.7

Total Square Miles: 1,127.0

Number of Counties: 9

Number of Local Municipalities: 83


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SEWRPC 2009RegionalWater Quality Plan

Update

Milwaukee Metropolitan

Sewerage Districts2020 Facilities Plan

Public Policy Forums2006 Water Panel

Joint water quality initiativeformalized withWisconsin DNR

The Formation of Sweet Watera Result of Two Major Initiatives

Urban and rural nonpointpollution identified

as key issue

A Blue Ribbon panel

identified sharedobjectives for the

Greater Milwaukee watersheds

Plans conclusion:

A watershed approach is neededPanels conclusion:

Regional collaboration is essential

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Sweet Waters Goals

Make measurable progress inimproving regional water resources(with specific goals for pollutant

reductions and land restoration) Support land use practices thatimprove water quality

Forge relationships to find &leverage funding

Recommend policies to producelasting water resource benefits

Implement cost-effective projectsresulting in measurable improvements

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Sweet Waters Steering Council

Officers: Nancy Frank, UW-Milwaukee Urban Planning Dept. Tom Grisa, City of Brookfield Dept. of Public Works David Lee, We EnergiesMembers: Preston Cole, City of Milwaukee Dept. of Public Works

Sharon Gayan, Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources Susan Greenfield, Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network Michael Hahn, SE Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission Andy Holschbach, Ozaukee County Land Management Dept. Scott Mathie, Metropolitan Builders Association Peter McAvoy, UWM School of Freshwater Sciences Neil Palmer, Village of Elm Grove Karen Schapiro, Milwaukee Riverkeeper Kevin Shafer, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Dan Stoffel, Washington County Board Brett Wallace, Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation

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Communi-

cationsCommittee

Prioritizing

projects

Trackingemerging

issues

New waterquality

trading &phosphorus

efforts

Watershed-basedstormwater

permittingeffort

Menomonee

River

KinnickinnicRiver

MilwaukeeRiver

TotalMaximum

DailyLoad

(TMDL)projects

Researchefforts in

publicknowledge

RegionalStormwater

OutreachCampaign

WatershedActionTeams

Science

Committee

PolicyCommittee

Sweet

Water

Newbacteria

markers

Oak Creek

Sweet Water Structure

Watershed ActionTeams to follow:

Root River

Ruralnonpointpollution

reductionwork

CleanWisconsin

Clean Wisconsin,Milwaukee RiverkeeperRiver RevitalizationFoundation, American Rivers

SixteenthStreetCommunityHealthCenter,AmericanRivers

Midwest EnvironmentalAdvocates,Clean Wisconsin,Milwaukee Riverkeeper

RiverAlliance of

Wisconsin

CleanWisconsin,MilwaukeeRiverkeeper

Root-PikeWatershedInitiative Network


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Sweet Waters Key NGO Partners:
http://www.riverrevitalizationfoundation.org/


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Sweet Waters 2011 Water Quality Survey(388 respondents in three watersheds)

Survey

Respondent % Actual % in WatershedsMilwaukee Co. 71% 71%Waukesha Co. 13% 13%Washington Co. 8% 7%

Sheboygan Co. 4% 4%Ozaukee Co. 2% 2%Fond du Lac Co. 2% 2%

Spanish speakers 1% 8%

Aged 60 or over 43% 16%

White 72% 72%

Female 59% 51%

Household income$50,000 or greater 32% 49%


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Knowledge of our watersheds

A stream or

river

42%

An inland lake

13%

Lake Michigan

44%

Don't know

1%

What is the closest body of water to your home?


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Values: lack of individualresponsibility towards water quality

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

I do not see a role for myself in protecting the

regions water resources.

The actions of individuals do not have an

impact on water quality and quantity

Being a good steward of the environment is

an important part of my faith.

I have a responsibility to future generations

to protect the regions water resources.

% agreeing


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Key Take-aways from theSweet Water Tele-survey

Most residents believe that sewerage overflowsand industrial waste are key to area waterproblems

Many residents dont know they are near a river Their valuation of water and their sense of

personal impact on water quality is very low

BUT, they are willing to help, and to learn more So Sweet Water and its partners will focus on

those opportunities in the coming years


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So, Sweet Waters Outreach Efforts

Are Essential


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Public Stormwater Education -A $250K, 2-year Partnership Underway


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Sweet Water Teams Are Active inMultiple Watersheds


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Residential Stormwater BMP Projects(Kinnickinnic River watershed)


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Sweet Waters Mini-grants$130K to Civic Groups in First 3 Years


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Advancing New RegionalWater Quality Policy Efforts

Four third-party TMDLs underway, with SweetWater in key stakeholder outreach role

Root River restoration plan underway, with$300K in funds bridging a key border

New efforts to institute water quality trading

Promotion ofadaptive management optionfor phosphorus

Coordination of efforts to adopt new

watershed-based storm water permits


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New Menomonee River WatershedBased Storm Water Permit

Adopted December 2012

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For more info, visitswwtwater.org

Or contact

Jeff Martinka,Sweet Water: the Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust, Inc.

414-382-1766 [email protected]

Thanks!
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