Title: Fox River & Total Phosphorus; a status update from Wisconsin DNR
Speaker: Nick Lent
Due in part to an expanded network of interested and/or regulated parties, there is more in stream water quality data than ever before to help characterize and evaluate total phosphorus conditions in in the Fox River and its tributaries. Join Nick Lent from the Wisconsin DNR for a status update on the Fox River and Total Phosphorus. This update will briefly cover past and present water quality data and summarize where things may be headed as the WDNR begins work on development of a water quality model known as a Total Maximum Daily Load to address excess total phosphorus and sediment conditions in the Fox River Basin. This presentation will also provide an overview of some compliance alternatives that have recently been selected by point source permit holders in the area to improve and protect water quality.

Title: Salt in the Environment: Water Quality Update for the Fox River Basin
Speaker: Justin Poinsatte

The Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission has an ongoing study on the introduction of chloride to the environment and its environmental impacts within Southeastern Wisconsin. This study aims to provide a comprehensive inventory of the historic and present sources of chloride loads to surface and groundwater resources; an assessment of the effects chloride has on the environment, and in particular on the surface and groundwater resources of Southeastern Wisconsin; address current research and emerging technologies and policies related to mitigating chloride’s environmental effects; and identify alternative means as well as formulate recommendations to achieve desired chloride levels and abate its undesirable environmental impacts. Justin will share preliminary study results for the Fox River and discuss opportunities to evaluate water quality trends throughout the entire basin.