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The Water Council is proud to be on the cover of the fall issue of H2O Global News! Check it out to learn more about water’s role in climate solutions…. Read More

In conjunction with the National CHIPS and Science Act, the National Science Foundation last year created its new Regional Innovation Engines program to catalyze critical technology ecosystems across the U.S…. Read More

Dean Amhaus, president and CEO of The Water Council, and Matt Howard, vice president of water stewardship, were interviewed by CNN Arabic in a story about water scarcity in the… Read More

In August 2022, a group of business, educational and community leaders met to discuss a vision for Wisconsin in 20 years. We see Wisconsin as the go-to place for manufacturers and utilities to find water and energy solutions in a changing environment. As solutions are discovered, we will shepherd them through the startup, scaling and commercialization process to quickly make them available to anyone who needs them. In short, Wisconsin will export water and energy resiliency solutions to the rest of the world.

An Entrepreneurial Tale of Two Cities By Tom Still, president of the Wisconsin Technology Council I had a chance to compare and contrast recently at two very different events: The… Read More

A recent ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) curtails the power of the EPA to address wetland protection and pollution, limiting its scope in control over water pollution… Read More

During a fireside chat on the UW-Madison campus in March, a leader in the National Science Foundation’s newest and most hands-on program gave a tip of the hat to what… Read More

Milwaukee grew along the shores of the Great Lakes, and there was a time when its communities and industries paid little attention to what it was dumping in its water. Today, Milwaukee is a global leader in managing water naturally through a collaborative, watershed-based approach that serves as a model for other cities. But more work remains to be done, and Milwaukee will rely on its collaborative network more than ever in the coming years as it undertakes the largest cleanup effort in Great Lakes history.

Western U.S. states have been negotiating for months over how to address the Colorado River’s shrinking water levels, which have worsened from overuse and more than two decades of drought… Read More

The UN Water Conference, the first such event in 46 years, was billed as a marquee attraction, a chance to corral public and political attention and train it on the… Read More