We, as a community, need to come together with our city leaders and leaders at MMSD to aggressively address this problem and devise innovative solutions to fix our old and failing infrastructure. Efforts to install more green infrastructure and practices to collect, treat, and infiltrate storm water need to be massively scaled up to make a difference.
We urge the community to advocate for the proposal that moves the beach further south to the “rocky beach,” which has dramatically better water quality due to better water flow and a better location across from the breakwater opening. South Shore Beach only had “good” water quality 41% of the time in 2018—it had an “advisory” or “closed” status 59% of the time.
This month we’re featuring Shorewest REALTORS in our Business Member Spotlight. Shorewest proved their commitment to community and our rivers at last year’s Spring River Cleanup!
Join the Senior Water Advocacy Network (SWAN) for a fun and exciting time on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences’ The Neeskay, its primary research vessel.
Even though the wilderness is largely gone, paddlers can still find connections to our natural and human past along every stretch and around every corner of the Milwaukee Urban Water Trail.