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Video Archives
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2/25/2013
NEW Video: MMSD 2012 Year in Review
Acres of green roofs, milestones in Greenseams, salmon navigating a rehabilitated river and more. See some of the MMSD highlights from last year.
11/1/2012
VIDEO - Progress on the Kinnickinnic River
See what happens when you remove concrete from an urban river, reducing the risk of flooding and creating a more natural channel.
10/25/2012
Video - Salmon Run on the Menomonee River
Low water levels in the river make it easy to spot some monster salmon heading upstream.
10/2/2012
Greenseams Video Tours 104 Acres in Franklin
Take a video tour of MMSD's latest Greenseams purchase that links together 104 acres of land in Franklin, Wisconsin.
1/6/2012
VIDEO - What You Can Do About Basement Backups
Reducing the risk of basement backups will take community-wide solutions, time and money. Improvements will not guarantee an end to basement backups, but doing nothing will make things worse.
11/18/2011
Kinnickinnic River Concrete Removal
A section of the Kinnickinnic River is shedding its concrete, making room for a safer, environmentally friendly design.
3/17/2011
2010 Year in Review Video
Floods and powerful storms created a challenging year for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) in 2010. Check out some amazing footage and see some of the significant projects we worked on during the year.
9/12/2010
VIDEO - June Storms
See the Kinnickinnic River racing through its concrete channel after heavy rain in the Milwaukee area. Several strong storms in June, combined, produced up to 10 inches of rain at one of the District's rain gauges.
6/18/2010
VIDEO - Protecting Jobs from Flooding
Falk employs hundreds of people in the Milwaukee area, but is prone to flooding during heavy downpours. The federal government recently granted $2.3 million to help reduce the risk of flooding at Falk and make hundreds of jobs more secure.
1/26/2010
2009 Year In Review VIDEO
From mining a new Deep Tunnel, cleaning 72 billion gallons of water and purchasing our 2,000th acre of water absorbing soil, we got a lot done in 2009 at the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. Check it out!
12/16/2009
Greenseams Now Protecting 2,000 Acres of Land
Take a tour of a Greenseams property and see what water absorbing soils look like in a NEW video that explains what the program is all about.
11/4/2009
NEW Video Promotes Proper Disposal of Household Chemicals
MMSD's Household Hazardous Waste Program has kept millions of pounds out of the environment and Lake Michigan.
10/15/2009
Blue Science on Lake Michigan Video
For 30 years, we've collected water quality samples on Lake Michigan and local rivers, creating one of the largest water quality data bases in the Great lakes. Take a voyage with us on the Pelagos.
8/27/2009
Greendale Bioswales Help Protect Lake Michigan
New road construction in the Village of Greendale includes a quarter mile of green infrastrucure that will filter polluted runoff from nearby yards, parking lots and streets.
11/8/2008
Sewer School Video
Video highlighting the wastewater treatment process, along with interesting facts about Water Quality.
11/30/2007
Milorganite - - How do we make that stuff?
Check out this video of how milorganite is made.