Events

MMSD proposes to update the Chapter 11 rules to promote the best results from construction, operation, and maintenance of the sewerage system, and promote pollution prevention and waste minimization for the region we serve. The public hearing will be held at MMSD headquarters (260 W Seeboth St, Milwaukee, WI 53204) on January 21, 2026, at 2 pm, and the comment period is open until January 21, 2026.

Please join us for a virtual meeting on Thursday, January 8, 2026, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM to learn more about the Small Business Enterprise program updates, ask questions, and share feedback.  RSVP required, please register. 

Join the Wisconsin Maritime Museum on January 8, 2026, at 6:30 pm for an illuminating evening with Kevin Schafer, Executive Director of MMSD, as he takes you behind the scenes of how MMSD’s innovative, watershed-wide approach helped reduce the August 9-10, 2025 storm impacts.

This event is FREE and takes place on Thursday, January 8th, at 6:30 PM at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum (75 Maritime Drive, Manitowoc, WI 54220), or you can watch it virtually. Please register here.

Join us on Tuesday, January 20th, from 4:00-7:00 PM at the Milwaukee Public Library, Tippecanoe Branch (3912 S. Howell Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53207) to meet the project team.

In February of each year, we open our pre-order online sale, with in-person pickup in June. We offer dozens of hardy native wildflowers and grasses to take the guesswork out of what to buy for a beautiful rain garden. Rain gardens can help reduce the risk of ​​​​​sewer overflows and water pollution by naturally absorbing stormwater runoff from hard surfaces into the ground. 

To be notified of MMSD's next Rain Garden Plant Sale, upcoming Rain Barrel workshops, and news, sign up for our Fresh Coast Guardians newsletter.