Join this infrastructure meeting (by Zoom) on Thursday, August 5, from 3 to 5 pm to discuss Wisconsin’s Drinking Water and Wastewater, both of which received grades of C- (between mediocre: requires attention and poor: at risk) on the ASCE Infrastructure Report Card. This series of meetings has been developed by the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Municipal water utilities have water quality issues, including lead, bacteria, nitrates, arsenic and radium. Both water and wastewater utilities have aging water treatment and distribution infrastructure. Wastewater utilities face challenges of growth, more intense storm events and new wastewater discharge regulations for compounds such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Authors will give 20-minute presentations and then begin a live Q&A conversation with panelists and audience on how to raise the grades for drinking water and wastewater.

Presenters: Carl Sutter, P.E., Director American Society of Civil Engineers – WI Section (presenting on Drinking Water) and Jennifer Hurlebaus, P.E., Wastewater Lead Author, ASCE-WI Section 2020 Infrastructure Report Card

Justin Bilskemper, P.E., is the Lead Author of the Drinking Water section

Panelists:

Karen Dettmer, Superintendent, Milwaukee Waterworks
Steven B. Elmore, Bureau Director, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Chanz Green, City of Ashland Utility Manager for Water and Wastewater
Shyquetta McElroy, Coalition on Lead Emergency (COLE), Parent’s Lead
Denise Schmidt, Administrator, Division of Water Utility Regulation and Analyses, Public Service Commission (PSC) of Wisconsin

LWV-WI is hosting meetings on all categories of the ASCE Infrastructure Report Card. Please continue to check our Events Calendar for new category meetings and check the LWVWI.org website for videos of past meetings.

For more information on each category meeting, please visit the LWVWI.org Events Calendar. If you have any questions, you can contact us at or 608-256-0827.