Recycling & Stormwater Education Meeting December 14, 2017 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Community Recycling & Stormwater Education Meeting

December 14, 2017

Waukesha County Department of Parks & Land Use - Land Resources Division

Stormwater Agenda (1:30 – 2:30)

 Welcome and Introductions  Stormwater workshop planning  Stormwater Information/Education Work Plan

• Highlight 2017 successes
• Updates/revisions for 2018 (review draft)

 DNR updates

Recycling Agenda (2:30 – 3:30)

Stormwater Workshop - March 21, 2018

Updates on Waukesha County regulatory developments:

 Survey datum conversion  Shoreland zoning and impervious surface limits  County stormwater database availability as tool for municipal partners

TMDL development and compliance

 Municipal case studies  Milwaukee watershed  Bacteria standard  Leaf collection and phosphorus

Send suggested topics, projects or speakers to lhauge@waukeshacounty.gov

2017 Accomplishments

Annual Stormwater Workshop

 Theme: “Green

Infrastructure”

 110 in attendance

including presenters

 Rating: 3.5 / 4.0 2017 Waukesha County

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“Green Infrastructure”

Thursday, March 30 7:30 am - 4:00 pm

Location: Ruekert & Mielke Bldg. W233N2080 Ridgeview Pkwy (Hwy F just north of I-94), Pewaukee

Rain gardens Green roofs Permeable pavement Bioretention

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2017 Accomplishments

Stenciling

 4 groups participated in stenciling

in 4 different communities: Hartland Merton Oconomowoc New Berlin

2017 Accomplishments

News Releases/Newsletters

 Annual “Recycling and Clean Water Newsletter” direct mailed to 138,186 households  Tax inserts included for 53,644 households

2017 Accomplishments

Presentations 23 groups and over 660 people

 New Program – “Nature Quest”

• Offered in 3 County parks

 Swimming lessons at County beaches  2 Boy Scout merit badge classes

• Environmental Science
• Soil and Water Conservation
• Reaching 58 scouts.

2017 Accomplishments

Displays

 25 different events  15 communities  Retzer Nature Center  Attendance estimates over

13,000 people

2017 Accomplishments

Rain Gardens/Rain Barrels

 Provided 7 rain garden programs

for 108 people

 40 rain barrels sold in annual sale

2017 Accomplishments

Yard Waste Composting

 Hosted 4 home composting

workshops for 47 people

 Sold 37 compost bins at annual sale  Processed/Composted 4000 tons of

waste from municipalities

2017 Accomplishments

Citizen Stream Monitoring

 Trained 9 new volunteers for

Level 1

 Volunteers monitored 26 sites  6 additional sites monitored by

County

 Phosphorus data collected at 3

sites with state funding Sussex Creek, Scuppernong Creek and Pewaukee River

 Annual appreciation event

attended by 22 volunteers

2017 Accomplishments

School Teachers and Students

 Project WET training to 14 staff in

Waukesha School District and Camp Whitcomb

 2 Tour/Training opportunities in

summer for teachers with 40 attending

 48 presentations to over 3377

students –18% increase from last year

 10 field experiences to about 750

students – a 20% increase

 Using new technology in field study

including digital microscope and infrared thermometer

2018 Work Plan

 Newsletters/News Releases

• Included tax inserts



Displays/Handouts

• Grand opening is not set—probably will coincide with earth day activities at Retzer

 Yard Waste Processing/Composting

• Included home composting education in goals

 Education for Homeowners Associations

• Town of Delafield has agreed to work with us

 Teachers/Students

• Made Project WET as-needed and included more emphasis on summer training for teachers

Looking Ahead

 New permanent display on water quality in Retzer Nature Center

• Nature Center has over 25,000 visitors annually—7,500 in programs and the

remainder in special events, planetarium shows and visitors

• New educational programs are being developed to utilize the space

 Cooperative Environmental Education agreement

• Agreement between Waukesha County, Waukesha School District and Carroll

University to do collaborative K-12 environmental education

• K-5th grade are currently being pilot tested while middle school and high school

will be developed in 2018—full launch by fall of 2018

 New Traveling Display

• Will be developing new traveling display that will correspond with permanent

Retzer display

 Monthly Updates

• Mid-January will be bi-monthly
• March will contain all the end of year reporting for 2017

Waukesha County Construction Site Erosion Control and GIS Workshop

 WHO? Local building inspectors, municipal planners & staff  WHAT? Half-day seminar  WHEN? Mid-January 2018 (date and time T

.B.D.)

 WHERE? Room AC155-159 in the Waukesha County Administration

Center

 Agenda:

• Construction site erosion control planning & implementation
• GIS tools for site planning & evaluation

DNR Updates- Marissa Thalen

Stormwater Specialist Marissa.Thalen@Wisconsin.gov