Why become a Water Star community?

First, to be publicly recognized for your good work through designation ceremonies and local and state-wide media releases.

Second, to promote your community as a responsible unit of government and a good place for people to live and businesses to locate and thrive.


Who can become a Water Star community?

Water Star is designed for all types of municipalities including cities, villages, counties and towns. We recognize that larger villages, cities and towns may have an easier time meeting the requirements to be designated a Water Star. The Water Star Steering Committee is interested in working with smaller and more rural municipalities to make this program work well for them.

watertower What is the Water Star program?

Water Star is designed to honor municipalities who do outstanding work to provide their communities with safe and abundant groundwater; lakes and streams protected from polluted runoff; maintain and enhance desirable aquatic habitats; and provide appropriate recreational opportunities for their citizenry.

Water Star guides, inspires and celebrates the work that top municipalities of all sizes do to protect and improve their water resources.

Water Star believes municipalities who meet these challenges should be thanked and celebrated. Download the Water Star brochure (pdf) for more information.

2012 Municipal Water Resource Management Webinar Series: Details and Registration Information
All Programs Noon - 1:00 every other Thursday from Sept 6 - Dec 13.
Sign up for the series. Attend only the programs that fit your schedule and interests.

Sept. 6, Porous Pavement in Tight Spots
Sept. 20, BMP Maintenance, Ponds Over the Long Haul
Oct. 4, Leaf and Lawn Waste Disposal From a City That Has Tried it All
Oct. 18, The Utility of Stormwater Utilities / Plus: Wellhead Protection Incentive Program
Nov. 1, Salt and Deicing That Gets the Job Done and Minimizes Environmental Impact
Nov. 15, Energy Capture from Wastewater Treatment Plants
Nov. 29, Illicit Discharge, Detection, and Elimination - New Guidance From DNR
Dec. 13, Dam Removal and Maintenance - A Tale of Three Dams

Archived presentations and webinar recordings from the 2011 Municipal Webinar Series

apply now!

pond
houses and water front