MILWAUKEE, Sept. 30 – U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet announced today that The Water Council has been selected as one of four new Regional Innovation Cluster awardees, adding to its portfolio of high-performing regional innovation networks across the country.

The Global Water Center, located in Milwaukee’s Walker’s Point Neighborhood, solidifies Milwaukee’s position as a world water hub. The Milwaukee area holds a $10.5 billion stake in the market, which accounts for 4 percent of the world’s total water business. “The opening of the Global Water Center is one of the most significant steps for…

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Sep. 2, 2011) – The Milwaukee Water Council today announced it is pursuing the development of a Water Research & Business Accelerator Building at 223 W. Pittsburgh in Milwaukee’s Historic Fifth Ward. The building will house water-related research activities for universities, existing water-related companies, the Water Council, and companies promoting business development and accelerator space for new, emerging water-related companies.

In a ceremony attended by 200 water leaders, the Clean Water America Alliance presented the 2011 U.S. Water Prize recently to the City of Los Angeles, Milwaukee Water Council, National Great Rivers Research & Education Center, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, and the Pacific Institute. “Today, our water challenges highlight concerns throughout our…

The 2-year-old Milwaukee Water Council trade group, which leads the city’s ambitions to become a global center of water technology, on Friday announced that it has hired its first executive director. The high-profile position went to Dean Amhaus, 51, who currently works as president of Spirit of Milwaukee Inc., a one-man civic promotion agency that’s…

The United Nations on Tuesday will designate Milwaukee as a U.N. Global Compact City, making it one of 13 such cities worldwide, in a move that will help the region promote its image abroad as an international hub of water technology. The 5-year-old U.N. program obligates member cities to showcase progress on issues that involve…