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Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District’s Pumping Station 15 project wins national infrastructure sustainability award

May 5 open house includes tours of underground pumps and energy efficient features MADISON, WIS. – Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District’s new Pumping Station 15 has earned the first Envision Gold Award for sustainable infrastructure in the State of Wisconsin. The award, presented by the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure, rates projects based on their environmental, social and economic impacts and benefits. The Pumping Station 15 project was completed with formal acceptance by the Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Commission in March;

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World Water Day program highlights conservation and sustainability efforts at Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

MADISON, Wis. – In celebration of World Water Day, Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District will host a special program and tour focused on water conservation, wetland restoration and sustainability on Thursday evening, March 22. The event is free and open to the public with a tour of the District’s sustainability award-winning facilities and presentations on wetland and habitat restoration efforts. “This year’s World Water Day is focused on exploring nature-based solutions to the water challenges of the 21st century – a call to action we take very seriously,” said Michael Mucha,

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Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District ships record volume of phosphorus out of watershed

MADISON, WIS. – As part of ongoing efforts to improve regional water quality, Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District shipped a record volume of phosphorus out of the watershed in 2017. The phosphorus was shipped out as tiny pellets of struvite fertilizer under the brand name Crystal Green. Michael Mucha, the District’s chief engineer and director, said removing the phosphate-based mineral advances goals for resource recovery even as the utility achieves a 96 percent phosphorus reduction in the wastewater stream.

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