In the wake of Milwaukee’s catastrophic 2010 flood, Clean Wisconsin and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, along with the Century City Triangle Neighborhood Association and Northwest Side Community Development Corporation, have engaged thousands of residents to install green infrastructure like rain barrels and rain gardens, capturing more than 2 million gallons of stormwater per year. This summer, we hit a major milestone—we installed our 700th rain barrel!
This work complements major stormwater infrastructure projects from the City of Milwaukee and MMSD, including three large stormwater detention basins to hold rainwater and allow it to drain slowly to Lincoln Creek.
Find out more about community engagement and green infrastructure in Milwaukee and beyond: https://www.cleanwisconsin.org/our-work/resilient-sustainable-communities/community-engagement/
