Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District

COVID-19 Downward Trends Continue

But wastewater sampling is showing an uptick in the amount of virus present.

Baldwin Works to Secure More Than $187 Million for Wisconsin in Omnibus Appropriations Legislation

Federal funding delivers support to local projects in Wisconsin championed by Senator Baldwin during the Congressional appropriations process

Farrow, ‘Margaret Thatcher of Wisconsin,’ Dies At 87

First women Lt. Governor in state history had five-decade career in public service.

Help Plan The Century City Park

MMSD solicits feedback for new park near 35th and Capitol that could emphasize play, nature or gathering.

Great Lakes Get $1 Billion for Clean Up

Funding from infrastructure law will help with remediation in Milwaukee Estuary.

New Plans Aims To Grow 13th Street

Extension of KK River Trail, traffic calming for Oklahoma Ave and safety improvements for S. 13th Street.

Army Corps, MMSD Revitalizing Honey Creek

6,700 feet of concrete lining will be removed from stream bed.

State Approves $96 Million Harbor Cleanup Facility

Part of federally-backed effort to remove "area of concern" designation from Milwaukee's waterways.

MMSD Gets $42 Million Loan For Stormwater Projects

Low-interest federal loan will help fund sewerage district's green infrastructure projects.

Statement from Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson

On the passing of Mark Nicolini.

Rite-Hite’s New Headquarters

Corporate campus filling city's Reed Street Yards as company relocates from suburb of Brown Deer.

Oil Spill’s Spread Could Have Been Halted?

Komatsu criticized for not calling local officials to prevent spread of 400 gallons of oil.

Manzanet & Stone to Lead MMSD Commission in 2022

Spill Sends 400 Gallons of Oil Into Milwaukee Waterways

"Oil transfer error" at Komatsu Mining campus.

How Can Milwaukee Save Its Parks?

Policy researchers, public officials say new tax revenue, and public-private partnerships.

A Green Infrastructure Plan For Lynden Hill

Upgrade of area near 23rd and McKinley part of bigger plan to capture 8.5 million gallons of stormwater.

Urban Spaceship Will Land In Milwaukee

National urbanism conference on November 9 on the future of cities. Urban Milwaukee members can get free tickets, while supplies last.

Senator Baldwin Applauds House Vote to Pass Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Bipartisan legislation creates Wisconsin jobs and rebuilds Badger State infrastructure

Wisconsin Local Leaders Support Passing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Making a Major Federal Investment in Rebuilding Water Infrastructure

Praise for Senator Baldwin’s work on bipartisan legislation that will help local communities replace dangerous lead service lines, address dangerous PFAS chemicals, and improve resiliency of infrastructure

Forum Names 2021 Local Government Award Winners

Five of winners picked by Wisconsin Policy Forum are local organizations and individuals.

Baldwin Works to Secure More Than $176 Million for Wisconsin in Senate Appropriations Package

Federal funding would deliver support to local projects in Wisconsin championed by Senator Baldwin during the Congressional appropriations process

HNTB Expanding Downtown Office

Engineering firm moved Downtown in 2019, added 20 employees and hopes to hire 30 more.

City Could Issue Citations For Failing To Disconnect Downspouts

But focus will be on hiring contractors to complete work, keep stormwater out of Deep Tunnel.

Officials Celebrate Tent City Replacement

Joint effort by city, county, state and MMSD worthy of national emulation?

Flood Control Helps Milwaukee Watershed

MMSD, conservationists have preserved 11,000 acres to help reduce flooding caused by climate change.

Climate Change Is Already Unfolding in Wisconsin

The past decade was warmest, wettest on record. UN Report warns of irreversible climate change.

Rite-Hite Building To Right Height

New headquarters will fill Reed Street Yards business park.

River Hills Wetland Development Sparks Controversy

Residents oppose village board's plan to build 60 homes in area of unique watershed.

EPA Administrator Tours Pulaski Park

Michael Regan calls MMSD and county project to revitalize KK River a national model.

The Downspout Police Are Coming

Disconnecting downspouts is part of strategy to reduce Deep Tunnel overflows into Lake Michigan.

MMSD Deconstructing Former We Energies Building For Flood Abatement Project

Jackson Park will also see changes as part of multi-year effort.

Bay View Wetland Restoration Gets Boost From Grant

Stormwater retention effort part of restoration of Grand Trunk site, Lake Michigan cleanup.

Milwaukee Church Breaks Ground with MMSD on 1.8 Million Gallon Green Infrastructure Project

Contaminated Canal To Become Restored Wetland

MMSD and partners working to fill Burnham Canal.

DNR To Host Public Meeting On Dredging Materials In The Milwaukee Estuary Area Of Concern

Prepare for Spring with a Rain Garden Workshop

Plus, Pi Day at Lakefront Brewery, a virtual Northern Lights presentation and a craft fair in Brookfield.

Shorewood Debates Affordable Housing

CDA board opposes extending TIF district for affordable housing. How will village board vote?

Green Wave Sweeping the State

Economic prosperity and environmental progress can work hand-in-hand.

Hotels Fight City Hall, Win $500,000

Marriott and Springhill Suites win settlement. And council debates assessments.

Massive Harbor, River Cleanup Moving Forward

Project expected to cost over $100 million, take six years to complete.

Rite-Hite Finds Its Footing

Foundation work underway on new corporate headquarters.

Rite-Hite Expands Planned Headquarters

Warehouse equipment specialist will relocate from Brown Deer to Milwaukee.

City Clears Way For Big Sewer Project

84-inch-wide pipe is first phase of 40-million gallon stormwater project to prevent sewer overflows.

$1.6 Billion Adopted Budget Raises Fees, Cuts Police

City's fiscal challenges continue to mount under state restrictions, rising costs.

45 Projects To Improve Century City Area

Trails, parks and road diets designed to improve residents' health and safety.

City, MMSD Advance 40-Million Gallon Stormwater Plan

Improvements would prevent flooding in Capitol Dr. neighborhood and add parkland.

Lincoln Park Becoming A Little Bigger

County merging former residential parcel into surrounding park.

MPS Revamps Southgate Playfield

Playfield with 77% less asphalt opens. Plus: alll the week's real estate news.

City-County Planning Public Trail Improvements Along Lincoln Creek

Plan targets neighborhoods with racial, health and public access disparities.

MATC Creating Campus Gateway, Demolishing Building

College will better integrate with The Brewery District, Deer District.

City Improving Kinnickinnic River Trail Access

Federal project will improve on-street access to off-street trail.

MMSD Proposed 2021 Budgets Seek 1% Increases

Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers and KK River Neighbors in Action Lead Initiative for New Southside Green Space, Awarded Two MANDI Awards

MANDI Award-winning project transforms vacated space into thriving neighborhood asset where people of all ages engage with their natural environment in a healthy way

Inside the KinetiK Apartments in Bay View

New, uniquely-shaped apartment building is about "play" and "joy" -- and views.

Government Pier Has Stunning Views

The pier stretching a half-mile into Lake Michigan offers some of the city’s best views

MMSD Saves $4 Million With Strategic Bond Sale

The Curious Campaign of Michele Bryant

Why is a Democratic state senator’s chief of staff running against another Democratic senator?

More Water Infrastructure Funding Needed

Federal spending for water pipelines, sewage system, etc. is just one-eighth of what it was in 1970s.

City Refreshing South Side Park

North portion of park was once site of restaurant with dolphin tank.

Apartments Rising Alongside Office Tower at River One

First phases of $100 million complex taking shape in Harbor District.

City Secures Funding To Redevelop, Expand Century City Park

Park will quadruple in size as of MKE Plays redevelopment.

Rite Hite’s New HQ Approved

Plus: Walker's Point apartment plans dropped, while another neighborhood building sells.

City Rezoning Lot for Future North Side Trail

Future trail would run along Lincoln Creek.

Bring Your Tires and TVs, Drop Off Centers Are Still Free

Milwaukee's two drop-off centers are now open Sundays, with no fees through at least the end of May.

Rite-Hite Unveils Reed Street Yards HQ Design

Company plans five-story office building, two-story R&D facility for Walker's Point.

$7.5 Million for Local Farmland Protection Reduces Flooding & Benefits Lake Michigan

Port Renaming Boat “Larry Sullivan” After 53-Year City Employee

Sullivan retired last week after nearly three decades as port's chief engineer.

River One Rises Over Harbor District

Michels' new office building hits the heights.

Milwaukee Will Cut Down 900 of Its Ash Trees

Federal grant funds replacement of trees ravaged by Emerald Ash Borer.

Rite-Hite Will Move HQ, 300 Employees to Reed Street Yards

Company will relocate from suburban Brown Deer.

South Side Playfield Will Get Overhaul

Modrzejewski will see new life under plan from Milwaukee Recreation.

KK River Project An Award Finalist

Partners includes MMSD and Sixteenth Street Community Health Center.

City Moves to Fire Deconstruction Firm

Spencer Renovation unresponsive to city officials, not working on city-owned homes.

UWM Gets Okay to Partially Demolish Columbia Hospital

Plus: Council could delay convention center expansion, MSOE expanding nursing facilities.

Five Libraries to Add Green Infrastructure

$1.6 million for green roofs, porous pavement, bioswales, trees and more.

City Plans Walker’s Point Water Trail

A Water Centric City tells its story. Trail could include a beach, public art, other attractions.

Police To Lease Two Buildings During DNC

Locations well outside Downtown for "security-related purposes" during convention.

Tracking Four Downtown Tower Proposals

Real estate news from Walker's Point, the East Side and Near West Side caps a busy week.

City, Partners Creating 13th Street Plan

Effort will focus on charting future of Crisol Corridor.

Veolia Water Milwaukee Union Employees Ratify New Contract

$29 Million Partnership to Clean Up Harbor

DNR, city, county, MMSD want to take harbor off the list of polluted waterways.

DNR, EPA Sign Agreement to Proceed on Milwaukee Estuary Cleanup to Eliminate 32-Year-Old Area of Concern Designation

Great Lakes Legacy Act Agreement Accelerates Contaminated Sediment Cleanup in Milwaukee

MMSD Accelerating Green Program to Reduce Overflows and Protect Lake Michigan

Efforts to increase green infrastructure in the region received a major boost today.

MPS Playgrounds Going Green

Better for students and less stormwater runoff pours into sewer system.

Storm Ready Preparations for 2020 as Heavy Rain Possible for Third Year in a Row

Green Project at ‘Tent City’ Site Finalized

City, state, MMSD cooperate on stormwater project. But its timing raises questions.

Devine & Manzanet to Lead MMSD Commission in 2020

Dan Devine is serving his third term as Mayor of West Allis, elected first in 2008.

See The Canstruction of Local Landmarks

Plus: Associated gives Milwaukee Center new name & upgrades, mass timber building tops off.

Committee Okays Reed Street Yards Fix

Sewer being relocated to accommodate development. But by which company?

Bucks Player Plans Brady Street Building

Plus: American Family announces plans, Mount Mary plans new housing, buildings change hands.

City Creating Green Project Under I-794

MMSD-funded infrastructure on state land to capture 150,000 gallons of stormwater in a heavy rain.

Milwaukee Riverkeeper annual report on river health shows drop from 2017 to 2018

Historic rainfall levels in 2018, land-use practices, failing infrastructure and other human activities, in both urban and rural parts of the Milwaukee River Basin, ultimately led to the decline in grade (C- to D).

Journal Square Will Be Hundreds of Apartments

Plus: Packed week of affordable housing news, and Cheesehead expansion.

Open house Tuesday on joint stormwater project under I-794

Meeting to also explore long-term vision of site

RACM Okays $3.4 Million Reed Street Yards Fix

New sewers being built to help attract future tenants, possibly Rite-Hite HQ.

The Quiet Plan to Save Grand Avenue

Actually written 10 years ago. Civic leaders discuss how public private partnerships revived Downtown.

Deconstruction Effort Is Underway

After a year of false starts by the city, a $1.2 million, 50-home effort is underway.

Few Local Water Systems Test for PFAS

DNR says 2 of 125 treatment plants in state submitted results for toxic PFAS chemicals.

Lurie’s Bay View Proposal Revived

Plus: MPS unveils new schoolyards, Cambria hotel opens, Athea expanding chemical plant

RACM Approves Land Use for Meat Processing Plant

While council stalled financing package, RACM okays land use change affecting Strauss Brands.