Midwest Water Analysts Association

Tour of the Global Water Center, Milwaukee, WI

Various speakers from several startup entrepreneurs including an alternative to BOD testing, microbial ID by DNA, and stormwater mitigation using green infrastructure.

Wendella boat tour of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan

Tour of the McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum

Speaker: Tom Minarik from Metropolitan Water Reclamation District spoke on water quality changes in the Chicago area waterways.

Tour of Advanced Waste Services, Milwaukee, WI

Tour of Miller Brewery, Milwaukee, WI

Tour of Ryerson Woods Conservation Area, Deerfield, IL

Tour of Chicago Botanic Gardens, Glenview, IL

Tour of the Fox River Water Pollution Control Center in Brookfield, WI.

Tour of Growing Power, Inc. in Milwaukee, WI.

Tour of Crossbow Water Resin Regeneration Facility in Glenwood, IL

Open discussion of water treatment technologies for laboratories and ion exchange resin regeneration for deionized water.

Tour of the Root River Steelhead Facility and the Racine Drinking Water Plant

Tour of the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, IL

Speakers: Kurt Dreisilker on permeable pavement and Kay McKeen from SCARCE on watershed management and recycling

Tour of the Waukegan Lakefront and Coke Remediation Site (AOC)

Speakers: John and Ann Mahan - Wild Lake Michigan presentation

Tour of Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Stickney Plant, Lab, Research Facility and Greenhouse

Speakers: Rick Gore - A Novel Approach to Ascaris Analysis in Biosolids and Lakhwinder Hundal - Occurrence of Endocrine Disrupting Contaminants (EDCs) in Effluent and Biosolids.

Tour of the Great Lakes WATER Institute in Milwaukee, WI.

Speakers: Jim Lubner (overview) and Rebecca Klaper (PPCPs) from the WATER Institute

Presentation and Tour by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County - Thorium Remediation and Restoration Project

Tour of the NSSD Zion Township Sludge Recycling Facility

Speakers: Bill Soucie from Central Lake County Joint Action Water Agency - Our Fresh Water Ocean and Brian Dorn from North Shore Sanitary District - Overview of Zion Township Sludge Recycling Facility

Tour of Discovery World/Pier Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI

Speakers: Brad Eggold from WDNR - L. Michigan yellow perch management and Rob Flood from North Shore Sanitary District - A biological assessment of North Shore Sanitary District's Point Sources

Tour of the Brookfield Zoo & Water Quality (no speaker)

Tour of the Deep Tunnel at Jones Island WWTP in Milwaukee, WI

Speaker: Jane LeCapitaine of United Water Services

Tour of the Chicago Botanic Gardens in Glencoe, ILL

Speaker: Joe Merencik - Aquatic Botanist for the Gardens - The Chicago Botanical Garden's Aquatic Plants and Urban Lakes Studies Program

Tour of the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation in Dundee, ILL

Speaker: Our tour guide Colleen gave an overview of the facility and detailed information during the tour

Tour of the Milwaukee County Zoo

Speaker: Tom Burzynski from the WDNR - Sturgeon Reintroduction into the Milwaukee River

Tour of the Kenosha Water Utility

Speaker: Dave Lewis from the Kenosha Water Utility on their 20 MGD US-Filter-Memcor Micro-Membrane Filtration Plant

Tours of the Sheboygan Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility and the Sheboygan Water Treatment Plant

Speaker: Toni Glymph from the WDNR - Beach Classifications and closings around the state of Wisconsin

Joint meeting of the Northern Illinois Water Analysts and the Midwest Water Analysts with tours of the Argonne National Laboratory and the DuPage County Public Works Southeastern Regional Water Facility

MMSD Lab Tour & Pelagos Boat Tour in Milwaukee

Speaker: Dr. Sandra McClellan of the Great Lakes Water Institute - Detecting Sources of E. coli in the Nearshore Waters of Lake Michigan

Tour of the Central Lake County JAWA Water Treatment Plant in Lake Bluff, IL

Speaker: Brian Jensen, P.E. of the North Shore Sanitary District - A New Method of Sludge Disposal

Tour of Lake Front Brewery and Lab in Milwaukee & Tour of Denis Sullivan (schooner)

Tour of Culligan Plant in Northbrook, IL

Speakers: 1) Monica Tishler of Benedictine University - Wild Goose Chase: The Microbiology of Goose Feces 2) Bill Soucie of Central Lake County JAWA - Ultraviolet Disinfection and Ion Exchange in Drinking Water Treatment 3) Speaker from Culligan - Point of Use Products.

Tour of Linnwood Water Treatment Plant in Milwaukee

Speakers: Barb & Ken Wardius - Wisconsin Lighthouses (slide presentation)

Behind the scenes tour of Shedd Aquarium

Speaker: Rick Barbiero & Mark Tuchman - Phytoplankton & Zooplankton Communities in Lake Michigan

Tour of the Root River WDNR Fish Hatchery Facility & Tour of the Racine Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants

Tour of Waukegan Harbor (Johns Manville Site and dredging disposal area) & Tour of W.G. Jackson - USEPA Research Vessel

Tour of WEPCO Power Plant near Kenosha, WI

Speaker: Bruce Ramme - Beneficial Re-use of Power Plant Coal Ash

No Meeting

Tour of the Great Lakes WATER Institute & Tour of the Maritime Center (now Pier Wisconsin)

Speaker: Matt Coffaro - Disappearance of the Yellow Perch in Lake Michigan

Tour of the Jardine Water Treatment Facility in Chicago

Speaker: Krystyna Markiewicz of the Chicago Water Dept. - Water Purification - Principles and Concerns

Tour of the Green Bay Metro Sewerage District Plant and Lab

Speaker: Bruce Johnson of the Fox Wolf Basin 2000 - Fox-Wolf River Basin

Tour of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Plant and Lab in Chicago

Speaker: Alan Stark of the Chicago Water Plant - Hands on Guide to the Internet

Behind the scenes tour of the John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago

Speaker: Kent Semmen of the Shedd Aquarium - Recent Developments in Drinking Water

Tour of Eaglebrook Environmental Laboratories in Scherrerville, IN