District history: Biomonitoring at the District
History of biomonitoring at the District, including water quality monitoring, fish surveying, and macroinvertebrate sampling.
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Home / News & Resources / Blog /District history: When Nine Springs could have disappeared
In the 1970s, a proposal surfaced to close the Nine Springs plant and instead build a county-wide system sited north of Lake Mendota.
District history: Handling biosolids in the early years
As long as we've had wastewater treatment technology in the Madison-area, we've needed effective ways to handle, treat and dispose of biosolids and sludge.
District history: The inventor extraordinaire
Read about former lab manager Greg Zelinka and his patented invention, the BOD Auto EZ, an instrument to measure biochemical oxygen demand.
District history: Early resistance to transferring infrastructure control
It took over three years from the formation of the District until control of the City of Madison's intercepting system and treatment plants were transferred to the District.
How the first Commissioners built the District from the ground up
In 1930, the District's first Commissioners were appointed by Dane County to oversee an operations with no facilities, employees or money.
