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Rain Barrels and rain gardens now help capture more than 80,000 gallons of water when it rains in just one section of Greenfield, Wisconsin. The Green Solutions Greenfield Program targeted one of the most densely populated watersheds in the State of Wisconsin.

The MMSD Commission today re-elected John Hermes and Kris Martinsek as chair and vice chair for 2017.

The City of Milwaukee's award winning housing construction at Westlawn Gardens is a model for sustainability and managing water where it falls. The entire complex can capture and store 158,000 gallons of water each time it rains.

Green luminaries ultimately help protect our rivers and Lake Michigan by adapting practices that harvest rainfall for other uses or mimic nature by draining it into the ground to reduce water pollution. Green luminaries like the projects highlighted below are led by true champions who recognize not only the need to manage stormwater, but also the…