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\"\"<\/a>UWM researchers occupy top floor<\/em><\/h3>\n

The Global Water Center, a water research and business accelerator established by the Milwaukee Water Council, officially opened Thursday with a visit from Gov. Scott Walker.<\/p>\n

The center, in the Walker\u2019s Point neighborhood, brings together a confluence of industry, academia and government resources with the goal of provide leading-edge technology and solutions needed to succeed in the world water marketplace.<\/p>\n

The 100,000-square-foot, seven-story building will be Milwaukee\u2019s headquarters for attracting and creating new businesses, and for addressing local and global water-quality technology and policy issues.<\/p>\n

Perched atop the new center, on the seventh floor, are labs from faculty and student researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee\u2019s School of Freshwater Sciences.<\/p>\n

But the building also houses offices of the Water Council, Badger Meter, A.O. Smith Corp., Veolia Water North America, UW-Whitewater\u2019s Institute for Water Business, the Greater Milwaukee Committee and Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. The law firm of Michael Best & Friedrich also will open an office there.<\/p>\n

It features high-tech, shared, core facilities, including a state-of-the-art water flow lab. In addition, the building has accelerator space for new, emerging water-related companies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe opening of the Global Water Center is another significant step forward for Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,\u201d said Chancellor Michael Lovell. \u201cOur operations on the seventh floor will help our university engage in research and commercialization of research opportunities that previously were not possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lovell added that the center is less than a mile from a huge addition being constructed at the School of Freshwater Sciences, where occupancy is only 13 months away.<\/p>\n

This building\u2019s redevelopment also serves as a catalyst for the future development of the Reed Street Yards, which has been designated by the City of Milwaukee as a site for a water-technology research park<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Water Council is a nonprofit organization coalescing the Milwaukee region\u2019s water companies, research institutions and education programs to train talent and build new partnerships.<\/p>\n

Major sponsors of the opening include UWM, A.O. Smith Corporation, Badger Meter, Veolia Water NA, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), MillerCoors, Siemens, UW-Whitewater and Wipfli.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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