World Water Day Tours & Tasting

Sunday, March 19, 2017

press release: World Water Day takes place from March 18 to 25, 2017 with a theme that “No Water is Waste Water”. Locally, Fitchburg’s Nine Springs Golf Course is hosting an event starting at the Clubhouse featuring a special tasting of Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District’s (the District’s) new Nine Springs Effluent Pale Ale (EPA), beer brewed locally with water sourced from the District’s treatment facility. Two tours of the Nine Springs Effluent Irrigation Pilot and potential concepts for improving stormwater treatment for the watershed will also be held starting at 1:30pm and 3:00pm. Tours will be guided by Rick Eilertson, Friends of Capital Springs Recreation Area (FOCSRA), and Public Works Staff from the City of Fitchburg. Further information can be found at www.friendsofcapitalsprings.org or calling Rick Eilertson at 608-402-5862. Partners for this event include: the District, FOCSRA, City of Fitchburg, and the Nine Springs Golf Course.