Lawmaker pushes institute land for UWM school

Editorial cartoon

Published: March 23, 2012
Tags: cartoon, Great Lakes Water Institute, Joe Sanfelippo, Marina Dimitrijevic, pollution, runoff, South Shore Beach, Sue Black

Milwaukee County wants to study moving South Shore Beach

Published: March 21, 2012
Tags: Great Lakes Water Institute, Joe Sanfelippo, Marina Dimitrijevic, pollution, runoff, South Shore Beach, Sue Black

Bacteria, runoff pollution and bird waste have clotted Bay View’s South Shore Beach, leaving room only for the most adventurous swimmers.

Coal ash from failed bluff won’t pose significant risk, officials say

Published: November 3, 2011
Tags: Alliance for the Great Lakes, bluff, coal ash, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Great Lakes Water Institute, power, We Energies

By Dinesh Ramde Associated Press Milwaukee — Environmental officials say decades-old coal ash hurled from the grounds of a Wisconsin power plant into Lake Michigan during a landslide this week probably doesn’t pose a significant environmental risk. Officials this week rushed samples of tainted water and spilled ash to laboratories to analyze the debris that [...]

UW-Milwaukee targets two sites for water school (VIDEO)

Published: June 3, 2010
Tags: Great Lakes Water Institute, Milwaukee 7 Water Council, Reed Street Yards, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, UWM Real Estate Foundation

By Sean Ryan and Joe Yovino The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee on Thursday announced plans to split its School of Freshwater Sciences between two properties in Milwaukee. The university’s Great Lakes WATER Institute at 600 E. Greenfield Ave. will get a $50 million, four-story addition. The university will also try to raise more private money for [...]

Contamination clouds Milwaukee water school (UPDATE)

Published: December 11, 2009
Tags: Colon, contamination, Great Lakes Water Institute, Greenfield, Greenfield Avenue, Luljak, research, School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

By Sean Ryan Cleanliness comes before construction for those planning a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences project. But money comes first. “We have to find the money,” said state Rep. Pedro Colon, D-Milwaukee, “and we have to make sure that those funds fit for the required projects. So, technically, it has to fit [...]

UWM water school could wash away blight

Published: October 21, 2009
Tags: blight, Freshwater Sciences, Great Lakes Water Institute, Milwaukee, south side, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com The stretch of waterfront land that repels people on Milwaukee’s south side could attract the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Freshwater Sciences project. But there’s a reason people avoid the land east of First Street along Greenfield Avenue, and it likely will cost a lot of money for construction work to make that reason [...]