2025 Webinar Registration
We partner with WI Land and Water to host and promote the four webinars, registration below!
Keep scrolling to the bottom of the page to view recorded webinars from previous WI Stormwater Week.
WI Stormwater Week is the SAME week as National Stormwater Awareness Week and National Estuaries Week!
When you’re not at our webinar events, check out what National Stormwater Week has for free educational webinars throughout the week here: https://www.stormwaterawareness.org/.
Learn more about Estuaries Week and get involved with a National Estuarine Research Reserve near you by visiting https://estuaries.org/get-involved/national-estuaries-week/.
Cleanup 101
Monday, Sept. 22 (12 - 1:00 PM)
Tune in to learn how to host a cleanup from Jessica Schultz, Executive Director with Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance, and how to involve students in cleanups from Mike Aprill, a Science Teacher with Sheboygan South High School and the Wisconsin State Lead for SubjectToClimate.
What are the benefits of shoreline restoration?
Tuesday, Sept. 23 (12 - 1 PM)
Speakers Keir Peckham with Natural Landscapes and CW Purpero, and Katie Reed with Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance, will discuss the benefits of shoreline restoration, programming related to their organizations, and tips for WI residents
What’s an illicit discharge?
Wednesday, Sept. 24 (12 - 1 PM)
What is an illicit discharge (ID)? Speakers Adelle Keppers, City of Superior & Maureen McBroom, City of Watertown, will explain what an ID is vs. a large spill, best practices (dry weather screening at outfalls), and steps WI residents can take to contact when they see an ID.
How to engage the community in stormwater education?
Thursday, Sept. 25 (12 - 1 PM)
Speakers Paul Mech, Director of Education with Discovery World, and Darius Jordan, Manager of School and Community Outreach with Discovery World, and Adam Bechle, Coastal Engineering Specialist with WI Sea Grant, and Lisa Neeb, Green & Healthy Schools Program Manager with Reflo will discuss their stormwater outreach & education programming and how they engage their communities.
2024 Webinars
Is Stormwater Treated?
Recorded on September 26th, 2024
Milwaukee and Superior are the two cities in Wisconsin with combined sewers and treatment. Megan Hõgfeldt, Water Resources Specialist for the City of Superior Environmental Services Division and Cari Roper, with the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, will discuss the differences between combined and separate sewers and treatment.
A Salty Situation
Recorded on September 24th, 2024
Allison Madison, Program Manager for Wisconsin Salt Wise, discusses the environmental issues associated with road salt that are negatively impacting freshwater resources in Wisconsin and throughout the United States.
Laura Herrick, Chief Environmental Engineer for the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (SEWRPC), showcases the Regional Chloride Impact Study.
2023 Webinars
Leaf-free Streets for Clean Waters
Recorded on August 10, 2023
Phil Gaebler (City of Madison) and Christal Campbell (Dane County Land and Water Resources Dept. and the Madison Area Municipal Stormwater Partnership) explain how timely removal of street leaves before the rain can help keep our waters clean. They share information on a recent U.S. Geological Survey study that evaluates how leaf collection and street cleaning can reduce nutrients to local waters and how partners in Dane County used the results to create a community engagement program to keep streets leaf-free before the storm.
Managing Water Where it Falls
Recorded on August 9, 2023
The Rain Collection Webinar includes Chris Schultz (Senior Project Manager, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District) and Megan Högfeldt (Water Resources Specialist, City of Superior) discussing backyard practices that increase stormwater infiltration. Watch to learn why rain collection is important, how to install a rain garden and rain barrel, and how these backyard practices benefit homeowners.