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 o Highlight 2017 successes o 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 Waukesha County 2017 Accomplishments Stormw St mwater ter Worksh kshop Annual Stormwater Workshop “Green Infrastructure”  Theme: “Green A Infrastructure”  110 in attendance including presenters C  Rating: 3.5 / 4.0  Rain gardens  Green roofs  Permeable pavement  Bioretention Thursday, March 30 7:30 am - 4:00 pm Location: Ruekert & Mielke Bldg. W233N2080 Ridgeview Pkwy (Hwy F just north of I-94), Pewaukee

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 o  Swimming lessons at County beaches  2 Boy Scout merit badge classes Environmental Science o Soil and Water Conservation o Reaching 58 scouts. o

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 o Displays/Handouts  Grand opening is not set — probably will coincide with earth day activities at Retzer o  Yard Waste Processing/Composting Included home composting education in goals o  Education for Homeowners Associations Town of Delafield has agreed to work with us o  Teachers/Students Made Project WET as-needed and included more emphasis on summer training for teachers o

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 o remainder in special events, planetarium shows and visitors New educational programs are being developed to utilize the space o  Cooperative Environmental Education agreement Agreement between Waukesha County, Waukesha School District and Carroll o University to do collaborative K-12 environmental education K-5 th grade are currently being pilot tested while middle school and high school o 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 o Retzer display  Monthly Updates Mid-January will be bi-monthly o March will contain all the end of year reporting for 2017 o

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: o Construction site erosion control planning & implementation o GIS tools for site planning & evaluation

DNR Updates- Marissa Thalen Stormwater Specialist Marissa.Thalen@Wisconsin.gov