Wisconsin Articles

Emission regulations for diesel trucks in California are becoming an expensive burden on small businesses. By 2020, nearly every truck in California...

The first wastewater treatment plant in Waukesha, Wis., was built in 1890. While some of the original pipes from that era are...

Just about every day Danna Olsen works in her garden, carefully weeding and watering. It's not a big garden, but it's hers."I...

An unusually heavy snowmelt and series of rainstorms in the Northwestern portion of Wisconsin are causing septic systems to back up. According...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Jeremy Cramer, who was superintendent of the Stevens Point Wastewater Treatment Plant at the time this article was researched and...

Members of the Wisconsin Onsite Water Recycling Association (WOWRA) donated and installed a standard residential private onsite wastewater treatment system for a...

There’s no doubt Wisconsin has some of the best sand in the world. The state’s Department of Natural Resources knows it —...

Wisconsin has requested a federal disaster declaration to help local governments cover the cost of repairing broken water mains, frozen water towers...

Some people who live in older neighborhoods in Madison, Wis., are surprised to find Kevin Miller at their door, asking to look for...

In Madison, Wis., water is part of the culture. The city is home to Lake Monona and Lake Mendota, which act as...

“Out of sight, out of mind” might be one way to describe the nation’s leaky municipal water system. But when pipes begin...

For Gary Hanson, wastewater is more than flows, lift stations and chemicals. Over the last 38 years, it has been his life’s...

NEW Water, the brand of the Green Bay, Wis., Metropolitan Sewerage District, has taken an innovative approach to decreasing phosphorus levels in...

Monetary relief could be on the way for municipalities across Wisconsin now that an application for federal disaster relief is in the...