Sustainable Development Goal: 6 Clean Water and Sanitation

EPIC Fidecoagua: Strengthening a local payment for ecosystem services program

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Creating a conservation action plan to improve water quality and ecosystem conditions in the Koshkonong Creek Watershed

A group of graduate students from the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison worked collaboratively with Friends of Koshkonong Creek to create a conservation action plan to improve water quality and ecosystem conditions in Koshkonong Creek. Koshkonong Creek consists of lower and upper watersheds. Koshkonong Creek is listed under the Wisconsin […]

Establishing a citizen science application for watershed data collection

This class took initial steps to create a GIS geodatabase, hub website, and citizen science application for the Friends of Koshkonong Creek and local stakeholders. UniverCity Year Contact Info: UniverCityAlliance@wisc.edu […]

Designing Innovative Waste Stream Diversion Opportunities

The Town of Gilbert is a fast-growing community in the East Valley of the Phoenix Metro Area. With a population of over 270,000 residents who are eager to have a positive impact on their community, the Public Works Department Environmental Services Division is interested in exploring new, innovative ways to divert waste from landfills while […]

Fleet & Equipment Optimization and Efficiency

The Town of Gilbert’s Environmental Services Division manages solid waste services for the quickly-growing Town of over 270,000 residents. With a fast-growing population resulting in increased need for solid waste services, the Environmental Services Division is interested in exploring how the Town may more efficiently manage its fleet and equipment to continue to provide high-quality […]

Residential Xeriscape Plan Design

As a sprawling metro region, the City of Phoenix is a desert city with warm temperatures year-round. As an alternative to lush, green lawns, the City prioritizes the use of xeriscaping as a sustainable alternative to typical residential landscaping. With an emphasis on irrigation reduction, xeriscaping includes functional use of plants to reduce water use […]

Expanding the website for the Friends of Koshkonong Creek

A digital studies student continued the website improvement project for Friends of Koshkonong Creek, enhancing the design, adding photos, and refining the information presented to best communicate with site users. UniverCity Year Contact Info: UniverCityAlliance@wisc.edu […]

Exploring green infrastructure ideas for the Koshkonong Creek Watershed

This report is a compilation of seven unique strategies that address Koshkonong Creek flooding through environmental sustainability engineering solutions. The strategies include: Implementing floating solar panels and a riparian buffer as a solution to farm field flooding and excess phosphorus in the Koshkonong Creek Koshkonong Creek Park for flooding and phosphorus mitigation Dairy farms to […]

Growing a stakeholder network for Koshkonong Creek clean-up and maintenance

Due to increased development within the Koshkonong Creek watershed and achanging climate, overall health of the watershed has worsened. Our team’s project goal isto identify how to improve the overall health of the watershed as well as the best outreachstrategies to inspire community stakeholders related to the future sustainability of theKoshkonong Creek watershed. UniverCity Year […]

Exploring governance options for the Koshkonong Creek Watershed

The health of a water body is intrinsically linked to the use of the surrounding land. This inescapable truth poses a significant challenge to those who seek to manage watersheds of all sizes, as the land that these watersheds encompass is utilized by a diverse group of stakeholders. Their diverse range of interests inherently results […]

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