The Water Resources Committee routinely meets during the spring and fall conferences each year. 

The 2023 Spring Conference Water Resources meeting was held in person on May 4, 2023.  The meeting summary can be found here: May 4, 2023 Meeting Summary.

The committee met virtually following this year's Fall Conference on November 10, 2022 at 10 am.  The meeting summary can be found: APWA WI Chapter Water Resources Meeting Summary November 10, 2022.

For the 2022 Spring Conference, the Committee met in-person at the conference hotel on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 5:30 pm.  The meeting summary is found May 5, 2022 Water Resources Committee Meeting Summary. 

Mission Statement: The mission of the Water Resources Committee is to provide education and information that will raise awareness and promote environmentally conscious and cost effective management and improvement of water resources throughout the State of Wisconsin. 

• Maintaining a statewide database of Stormwater Utility fees and credit policies,
• Keeping municipalities and their consultants informed on stormwater best practices, and
• Tracking legislation that affects stormwater permittees throughout the state.

Caroline Burger (Carollo Engineers, Inc.) is the current Water Resources Committee Chair, through 6/30/2024.  Please contact her with questions about the committee.

The documents below include presentation files from past conferences.  

APWA also maintains a listing of storm water utilities established in the State of Wisconsin, including the population served, ERU size where applicable and annual cost for a typical single family home. It was last updated 3/8/2022 and is available HERE.

Past APWA conference water resource presentations are accessible below or through these links:

• W Main Street Culvert Replacement, Howard Crofoot and Dan Dressens, November 2022.
• Preparing Undergraduates for Careers in Public Works, Mike Penn, November 2022.
• National Frequency Precipitation Standard, Sandra Pavlovic; October 2022.
• Green Infrastructure Lessons Learned by Jonathan Bronk and Phil Gaebler, May 2022.
• "Lincoln Street Stormwater Treatment Facility" by Theran Jacobson, Carla Fischer, and Mike Wegner, November 2021
• "WICCI Infrastructure Working Group Summary of Products" by Rob Montgomery, Bu Wang, and Daniel Wright, November 2021
• "Environmental and Water Law Updates" by Don Gallo, May 2019 in Oshkosh
• "Meeting Stormwater and Infiltration Requirements within an Urban Street R/W" November 2018 in Sturgeon Bay
  
• 2016 Stormwater Utility Survey Presentation by PSC-Wisconsin
• 2018 Stormwater Utility Survey Report by Western Kentucky University

• "MS4 Public Education Activities" November 2017 in Wausau

• "Two Sides of the Green Infrastructure Coin" by Jaren Hiller and Nathan Guequierre, May 2016 in Stevens Point
• "TMDLs and Phosphorous Compliance: Reconnaissance, Creative Solutions and Partnerships," May 2016 in Stevens Point

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