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Collaborating to secure healthy and sustainable

water resources throughout five watersheds

of Southeastern Wisconsin

A Sweet Water RecapClean Rivers, Clean Rivers Conference

April 25th

, 2013

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Our Southeastern

Wisconsin 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

Total Perennial River Miles: 600+

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SEWRPC 2009RegionalWater Quali ty Plan

Update

Milwaukee Metropol itan

Sewerage Districts2020 Facil it ies Plan

Public Policy Forums2006 Water Panel

Joint water quality initiative

formalized with

Wisconsin DNR

The Formation of Sweet Water

a Result of Two Major Initiatives

Urban and rural nonpoint

pollution identified

as key issue

A Blue Ribbon panel

identified shared

objectives for the

Greater Milwaukee watersheds

Plans conclusion:

A watershed approach is needed

Panels conclusion:

Regional collaboration is essential

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Sweet Waters Goals

Make measurable progress inimproving regional water resources(with specific goals for pollutantreductions and land restoration)

Support land use practices that

improve water qualityForge relationships to find &leverage funding

Recommend policies to producelasting water resource benefits

Implementcost-effective projectsresulting in measurable improvements

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Sweet Waters Steering CouncilOfficers:

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

Don Berghammer, Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation Preston Cole, City of Milwaukee Dept. of Public Works Brian Depies, Yaggy Colby Associates 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. Peter McAvoy, UW-Milwaukee 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 Ursula Twombly, Continuum Architects & Planners 5

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Sweet

Water

Sweet Water Basic Structure

Science

Committee

Watershed

Action

Teams

Policy

Committee

Communications

Committee

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Prioritizing

projects

Tracking

emerging

issues

New waterquality

trading &

phosphorus

efforts

Watershed-

based

storm

water

permitting

effort

Menomonee

River

Kinnickinnic

River

Milwaukee

River

Total

Maximum

Daily

Load

(TMDL)projects

Research

efforts in

public

knowledge

Regional

Stormwater

Outreach

Campaign

Watershed

Action

Teams

Science

Committee

Policy

Committee

Sweet

Water

New

bacteria

markers

Oak

Creek

Sweet Water NGO Structure

Future Watershed

Actio n Team s:

Root River

Rural

nonpoint

pollution

reductionwork

Communications

Committee

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Key Sweet Water NGO Partners:

http://www.riverrevitalizationfoundation.org/

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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 outreach role

Efforts to institute water quality trading in WI Promotion ofadaptive management option

for phosphorus

Secured $300K for Root River restoration plan,now underway, bridging a key border

Fostering a new-in-US watershed-based

storm water permit partnership

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New Menomonee River WatershedBased Storm Water Permit

Adopted November 2012

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Finally, Sweet WatersOutreach Efforts Are Essential

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Public Stormwater Education -A $270K, 2-year Partnership Underway

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For more info on Sweet Waters work visit

www.swwtwater.orgwww.facebook.com/SE.WI.WatershedsTrust.org

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