The Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern spans roughly 10 miles spread across three rivers and includes Milwaukee’s inner and outer harbor. Cleaning this area requires dredging the riverbeds and lakebed to remove contaminated sediment, but where does it go? The… Read more
Berkeley Ecology Law Quarterly recently published a law review article by Sarah Martinez. This article is a work product from her time as a Water Policy Specialist at the Center for Water Policy. Her research sheds light on the enduring… Read more
The School of Freshwater Sciences offers a graduate “Practicum” course. Professor Scanlan designed the practicum to model a water consulting firm with public-sector clients. In Spring 2023, the graduate students donated their time to the City of Milwaukee’s Environmental Collaboration… Read more
Over 20 years ago, the Center for Water Policy’s Director, Melissa Scanlan, began researching the front-line dilemmas Wisconsin’s water trustees at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources face when they implement the laws that give life to the Public Trust… Read more
The implementation of effective policies, regulations, and infrastructure is essential to create inclusive coastal areas that cater to the needs of both residents and tourists. However, policy tools of exclusion have been used over time in ways that systematically and… Read more
In February 2023, the Center for Water Policy co-hosted a statewide conference to evaluate a decade of research and experience implementing Wisconsin’s phosphorus rules and their impact on water quality. We are helping to shape future phosphorus research and policy… Read more
The Center’s researchers Andrian Lee and Melissa Scanlan conducted a legal analysis on PFAS Contamination in Wisconsin’s Public Drinking Water Supplies to compliment Dr. Laura Suppes’ April 2023 Earth Month Webinar on Assessing Illness Risk from PFAS Drinking Water Exposures… Read more
The Center for Water Policy’s Director, Melissa Scanlan, and Water Policy Specialist, Misbah Husain, tackled pressing questions about funding priorities in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021. The Act prioritizes “disadvantaged communities” when allocating more than $50 billion… Read more
The Center for Water Policy contributed to and edited an article, published in the April 2022 Nelson Issue Brief. The Brief features research that addresses excess nutrient concentrations, mostly nitrogen and phosphorus, in surface water. Nutrient pollution degrades recreational and… Read more
Flooding is the most common – and expensive – natural disaster in the United States. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is key to helping communities manage the costs of severe flooding by providing options for flood insurance. However, climate… Read more
