Water Wise in Wisconsin: Charting the Course for our Water Future

Submitted by brother duck on March 14, 2007 - 4:52pm.

Water-Wise in Wisconsin: Charting the Course for our Water Future

On March 17, come out to Carroll College in Waukesha for workshops that address conserving, improving, maintaining and advocating for sustainable water resources. Keynote speaker will be Peter Annin, author of Great Lakes Water Wars.

Registration begins at 8:30 am. Registration fee is $15 at the door, price of admission includes a lunch that is only guaranteed to those who have already pre-registered by March 12.

Location: Carroll College.
Time: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm.
Contact: For more information on registering, contact Rosemary Wehnes at
rosemary.wehnes@sierraclub.org or 414-453-3127. Or click here: http://www.thedatabank.com/dpg/273/mtgregister.asp?formid=meet&c=7665606

Click here for directions to the Carroll College campus:
http://www.cc.edu/campus/directions.asp?nav=5179.

See below for the itineray of workshops for this Saturday Water Wise event:

Time Water~Wise 2007 Schedule of the Day Location
8:30 am Registration and Coffee Campus Ctr Lobby
9:00 am Introduction: Steve Schmuki, WEAL President
Welcome: Dr. Jane Hopp, Dean of Natural and Health Sciences Division, Carroll College
Welcome: Waukesha Mayor, Larry Nelson
Ballroom
9:15 am –
10:15 am Keynote Speaker: Peter Annin,
Author, The Great Lakes Water Wars
Ballroom
10:30 am – 11:15 am

Workshops:
Session ONE High Efficiency Toilets –Save Water Without Sacrificing Performance
Rob Zimmerman,
Kohler Co.

Room 125 Green Building:
Green Living Begins at Home
Constance Lindholm, Wisconsin Green Building Alliance

Room 206 Pharmaceuticals in Natural Waters: Sources and Implications
Joseph J. Piatt, Ph.D.
Carroll College

Room 212 Open Meetings, Public Records: Accountability and Accessibility
Brent Denzen, J.D.
Midwest Environmental Advocates

Room 106 Waukesha Water Utility Conservation Plan

Nancy Quirk, P.E.
Waukesha Water Utility

Ballroom Water: A Recyclable Resource

Todd Stair, V.P.
Herr Environmental

New Hall OAK Room
Campus
Center
and
New Hall Rooms

11:30 am –
12:30 pm Lunch Speaker: Jack Kaestner, Executive Chef, Oconomowoc Lake Club
Enjoy the Connection: Local Food and Clean Water
Campus
Center
Cafeteria
12:45 pm – 1:30 pm

Workshops: Session TWO
Home Water Audit

Dennis Briley,
RENEW Wisconsin

Room 125 Toxins in Water
and Your Health
Laura Anderko,
RN, Ph.D.
U W- Milwaukee College of Nursing

Room 212 Nice Lawn,
No Chemicals!

Darrell Smith,
Natural Oasis Landscaping

Room 124 SE Wisconsin Water Supply Planning Study – Early Findings: Water Conservation and Groundwater Recharge
Bob Biebel, SEWRPC

New Hall OAK Room The Ethics of Water and Global Warming
Dale Olen, Ph.D., Ecopsychologist

Room 106 SE Wisconsin Groundwater and Lake Michigan: How Do They Interact?

Daniel Feinstein, USGS

Room 206 The Great Lakes Compact: Public Involvement is the Key to Success
Keith Reopelle, Clean Wisconsin

Ballroom
Campus
Center
and
New Hall Rooms

1:45 pm – 2:30 pm

Workshops: Session
THREE Rain Gardens and Landscaping for Stormwater Management
Cheryl Nenn, Friends of Milwaukee’s Rivers

Room 106 What To Do About Radium ?

Lee Trotta, P.G.
Crispell-Snyder

Room 212 Sustainability: Living within a Water Budget
Nancy Frank,
U W – Milwaukee
Urban Planning

New Hall OAK Room Restoring the Great Lakes
Emily Green,
Sierra Club Midwest Region

Ballroom Stormwater Toolkit: Protecting Our Water Resources
Brent Denzen, J.D.
Midwest Environmental Advocates
Room 125 The Mukwonago River
Nancy Gloe, P.G. Friends of the Mukwonago River

Room 206
Campus
Center
and
New Hall Rooms

2:45 pm –
4:45 pm

Drawings
at 2:50 pm Water~Wise and Green Beer (It’s Magically Delicious!)
Network. Socialize. Jump start your St Paddy’s Day celebration! Drawings for water-saving goodies.
Join your fellow Water-Wisers in the PIT Bar on the lower level of the Campus Center after the conclusion of the third session of workshops. Green beer and soda will be available. Drawings will be held for several water-saving items. You must turn in your conference evaluation (and be present) to enter and win. Festivities will begin around 2:45 p.m.
Savvy Water-Wiser “Must-Haves”: One wooden rainbarrel; two standard-issue plastic rainbarrels; one natural lawn care treatment (for lawn up to 6000 sq feet); two dual-flush toilets; 4 low-flow showerheads; Sierra Club calendars.

Campus Center:
The “PIT”
Lower Level Lobby