SWWT (Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust)
Milwaukee Riverkeeper is a member of SWWT (the Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust). SWWT is collaborative effort to achieve healthy and sustainable water resources throughout the Greater Milwaukee Watersheds.
Primary Purposes of SWWT
Primary Purpose 1:
To achieve water resource goals and objectives – such as clean water, conservation, and ecological function – through innovative and sustainable practices.
Primary Purpose 2:
To improve water quality in the Greater Milwaukee Watersheds to support a healthy regional economy and improve quality of life.
Primary Purpose 3.
To test and then implement innovative approaches and practices that will achieve improvements in water resources in a cost-effective way.
Primary Purpose 4:
To build partnerships and enhance collaborative decision-making and joint project implementation, engaging government, business, the building industry, agriculture, environmental, and other stakeholder organizations to obtain broad agreement and recommend where to invest funds to get the greatest benefit.
Primary Purpose 5:
Through collaborative action, to increase the region’s success in attracting new funding and leverage existing funding for water quality and water resource improvements.
The Greater Milwaukee Watersheds are defined as the watersheds of the Kinnickinnic River, Menomonee River, Milwaukee River, Root River, and Oak Creek; Lake Michigan direct drainage; the Milwaukee Harbor estuary; and nearshore Lake Michigan. These are the watersheds that were included in the Southeast Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission's Regional Water Quality Management Plan.
For more information on SWWT, visit their homepage http://www.swwtwater.org/
