NEW Water - The brand of the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District - 2021 Annual Report - Report - Page 18
Power of Partnerships:
#StrongerTogether
At NEW Water, we believe in the power of
partnerships to protect our most valuable
resource, water. In 2021, our partners at Brown
County Hazardous Waste prevented 257,302
pounds of hazardous materials, including
pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and mercury,
from entering the NEW Water system and the
environment. Through our annual Significant
Industrial User Awards Program, we honored
31 area industries for doing their part to protect
Wisconsin’s waterways.
We celebrated World Water Day in March by
honoring our partner in water, the Green Bay
Water Utility with a NEW Watershed Champion
Award, for their outstanding work to remove lead
service lines from our community. Through a
grant, NEW Water participated in the East River
Resilience Collaborative, a community effort to
tackle flooding and water quality problems.
Also in 2021, a unique circular reclaimed water
system went online at the Green Bay Packaging
Paper Mill, in partnership with NEW Water. We
celebrated the water reuse project with a “live”
virtual launch event with Green Bay Packaging,
Brown County, and the City of Green Bay.
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