Living the Good (Remediated) Life at Carroll University
They may not realize it, but a group of Carroll University undergraduate students is living in popular new residence halls with a curious back story. Ayres environmental engineer Lynn Scherbert knows the story well: She managed the project that transformed a once-blighted, vacant industrial area of Waukesha, Wisconsin, into a thriving student housing complex. The… Read More »
Tags: Carroll University, Environmental Engineering, Grants, Redevelopment, Waukesha, Wisconsin
This 85% Water Rate Increase Is a Good Thing
You wouldn’t necessarily look at an 85% water rate hike as a real day-brightener, but for the Village of Lena in northeastern Wisconsin, it’s relatively good news for its 250 water customers. Customers could have seen a 117% rate increase to help pay for a radium removal plant currently under construction, as pictured above. But… Read More »
Tags: EPA, Lena, Municipal Engineering, Radium, Water, Wisconsin
Wauwatosa Goes Green on Bike-Friendly Street
What’s black and red and green all over on North Avenue in the Wisconsin city of Wauwatosa? That’s the newly reconstructed black asphalt roadway with its red-painted crosswalks and, most prominently, its bright green bike lanes and bike boxes along 16 city blocks. Wauwatosa leaders and others celebrated the City’s first bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly roadway… Read More »
Tags: Bicyclists, Bike Box, Pedestrian Safety, Traffic Engineering, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
