GREAT LAKES PROJECT
Forging New Pathways for Improved Water Quality and Climate Resiliency in the Great Lakes
Billions of gallons of untreated sewage and stormwater end up each year in one of the nation’s greatest natural resources, the Great Lakes. Moonshot seeks to help transform the management of sewage and stormwater in the Great Lakes and deliver cleaner, healthier waterways for the communities.
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WHAT RESOURCES DOES MOONSHOT HAVE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM?
Moonshot has created a collective of water utility professionals who will be working with their peers at the utility.
IDENTIFY
Identify communities suitable to pilot a replicable process of transformation, with a focus on underserved communities
FUNDRAISE
Help utilities access State Revolving Funds and other BIL funding to finance capital upgrades
ASSESS
Conduct an assessment of the utilities' technical, management and financial (TMF) conditions
DOCUMENT
Document of best practices, case studies and preparation of modules
IMPLEMENT
Identify and implement projects to optimize sewer collection systems, combined sewer systems, wastewater treatment
PRACTICE
Build a Community of Practice for ongoing cooperation and implementation of best practices
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GREAT LAKES PROJECT AREAS OF IMPACT
Western Lake Erie Basin in MI
Areas of Impact:
Nutrient Removal
Operational Optimization
Gary, IN
Areas of Impact:
Capital Projects & Funding, Green Infrastructure, Climate Resiliency
Lima, OH
Areas of Impact:
Capital Projects & Funding
Nutrients
Environmental Compliance
Toledo, OH
Areas of Impact:
Operational Optimization
Resiliency
Climate
Akron, OH
Areas of Impact:
Operational Optimization
Capital Projects & Funding
Resiliency
Rockwood, Michigan
Areas of Impact:
Optimization of Nutrient Removal, Capital Projects & Funding
Oconto, Wisconsin
Areas of Impact:
Climate resiliency, capital projects and funding, Inflow and Infiltration Reduction
MOONSHOT'S GREAT LAKES COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE (CoP)
Moonshot's Community of Practice Approach brings together peer water utilities sharing a common focal point, supported and guided by Moonshot’s team of broadly experienced advisors.
Peers: Utilities Managing Discharging into the Great Lakes
Focal Point: Sharing Knowledge Practices and Experiences
Common Ground: Improving Water Quality in the Great Lakes
