Environmental\nissues in our waterways are rising around the world as the stormwater runoff\nwater quality brings concerns to the community. Protect Wisconsin Waterways\n(PWW) is working with community members, UW-Whitewater Creative Marketing\nUnlimited (CMU), and the Rock River Stormwater Group to make a difference in\nmany different communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Protect\nWisconsin Waterways is a stormwater education outreach initiative to help\nimprove the health of the waterways. (Protect Wisconsin Waterways, 2019) With water\nbeing a natural resource to everyone, PWW is working with many people to clear\nthe waterways and make them a clean stream. One of the main waterways this\nprogram watches is the Rock River. This river is a main concern for community\nmembers between Beaver Dam to Beloit. Cheyanne Broeckel, a resident in the city\nof Beloit, states \u201cI take walks along the river and it is disappointing when\nthe water isn\u2019t clear and it looks cloudy.\u201d Cheyanne isn\u2019t the only community member that has\nnoticed these issues in the waterway. Other community members around the different\nmunicipalities have also realized these rising issues. The health of the\nwaterways affects many different areas such as sustaining wildlife, recreation,\nbusiness, and community development as a whole. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Community\nmembers are coming together to understand the issue of the waterways and learn\nways that they can help. Pollution is collected from parking lots, driveways,\nand roads throughout the basin which flows directly into the waterways. (Protect\nWisconsin Waterways, 2019) Wes Enterline, President of the Rock River\nStormwater Group, states \u201cOne of the main reasons why the Rock River is cloudy\nis because the untreated water from the rain and snowmelt pollutes the river\nitself and its tributaries.\u201d Wes works very closely to PWW as his group works\nto educate and reach community members to help them make the waterways better\nnot only the environment but also their small communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Rock River\nStormwater Group believes that keeping the waterways healthy is not a natural\nprocess but a project that people need to put effort into to make a difference\nfor their community. PWW focuses not only on the impact that they can have on\nthe waterways right from their backyard but also the work they need to put\ntogether to help the Rock River by keeping the pollutants out of the path of\nstormwater runoff. (Protect Wisconsin Waterways, 2019) PWW is in the process of\ncreating programs for community members to pitch in and help protect their\nwaterways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every year, PWW\nputs on a program called the clean sweep where community members in the\ndifferent municipalities come together in their city to spend time cleaning\nexcessive garbage out of the waterway. Kate Amerling, UW-Whitewater AMA President,\nstates \u201cI live very close to the Rock River, so it is a little part of home. I\nhelp protect Wisconsin waterways by participating in the clean sweeps and I am\na part of the storm drain protective program.\u201d They also have volunteers who\nare considered stream monitors. A stream monitor watches the health of the\nstreams by recording stream flow and clarity as well as cataloging all the\ncreatures living within the water. (Protect Wisconsin Waterways, 2019)\nUW-Whitewater students that belong to CMU also work together to go door to door\nin the municipalities to inform residents, who have storm drains in front of\ntheir house, about what they can do to help keep the waterways healthy. The\nwork that PWW puts together to create a learning experience for the community\nwill help maintain the health of the waterways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The many events\nthat PWW puts together to keep the communities informed continues to grow each\nyear. Watch for events on their website for specific dates at\nprotectwiwaterways.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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