New episode: Wisconsin Utilities and Farmers Work Together to Improve Water Quality

The Clean Water Pod

Season 3, Episode 5:

Wisconsin Utilities and Farmers Work Together to Improve Water Quality

Join podcast host Jeff Berckes to explore the Clean Water Act!

Photo credit: NEW Water, the brand of the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District.

Hear from two Wisconsin-based utilities about their efforts to reduce phosphorus through adaptive management practices, such as cover crop planting and no-till farming. Both projects emphasize collaboration, cost-effectiveness, and the role of community engagement to improve water quality.

About our guests:

Erin Houghton is the Watershed Programs manager at NEW Water – the brand of the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District.

Mike Gilbertson, Watershed Programs coordinator, and Martin Griffin, director of Ecosystem Services, both serve at the Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District.

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About the Clean Water Pod

Through perspectives and stories from across the country, the “Clean Water Pod” explores the challenges and successes of restoring and protecting water quality. Season three is focused on innovative solutions within the Clean Water Act 303(d) Program.

This podcast is funded by a grant through the U.S. EPA and produced by Flip the Field and NEIWPCC.

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NEIWPCC is collecting and producing stories highlighting Clean Water Act 303(d) program successes as part of an EPA grant. Contact Beth Malcolm to learn more about opportunities to share your success stories.

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