Tag Archives: Marion Dunn Pond

A Look at Storm Water Management Pond #5

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Steve Glass

The City of Madison Engineering Division has, over the years as the City has expanded, installed six storm water detention ponds on UW-Madison Arboretum property.  This is Pond #5 on Monroe Street. The storm water pond in Curtis Prairie is … Continue reading →

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Madison Engineering Division Considering Additional Sites for Aluminum Sulfate Application

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Steve Glass

Watershed planners are recommending that either the Odana Golf Course Pond or the Secret Pond storm water pond in the UW-Madison Arboretum be considered as potential sites for the addition of alum to capture phosphorous in storm water runoff.  This … Continue reading →

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Visionary Plans for Monroe Street and Lake Wingra Watershed

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Steve Glass

Recently we’ve been covering green infrastructure programs locally and nationally.    For example earlier posts described the Wisconsin Environmental Initiative’s “Clean Clear Waters Challenge”; and at the national level the Natural Resource Defense Council’s “Rooftops to Rivers” Emerald City program. … Continue reading →

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Rainy Morning Scenes Around the Watershed

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Steve Glass
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Update on Alum Application to Arboretum’s Marion Dunn Pond

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Steve Glass

As you recall this blog has reported on the proposal from City of Madison Engineering Division to add aluminum sulfate (alum) to the Arboretum’s Marion Dunn storm water pond on Monroe Street.   Now, we have learned that the City has … Continue reading →

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The Mustard Grove

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Steve Glass

It may sound like a new upscale restaurant or the name of the latest “new urbanism” housing complex in Madison. But it’s none of these, although it is of relatively new origin and is an unusual entity. The Mustard Grove … Continue reading →

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An Alternate (Global) View of Phosphorus (P)

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Steve Glass

Limited Global Supply Spurs Research to Conserve and Reuse Vital Nutrient While Some Seek To Bury (P) In Pond Bottoms Others Strive to Salvage It. Without phosphorus there would be no life.  It is critical from the cell membrane level … Continue reading →

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Madison Engineer Reveals Social Experiment Intent of Alum Application

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Steve Glass

Proposal Designed to Test Public Acceptance of Treating Rainfall As If It Were Part of Sanitary Sewer System Weakened Commitment to Promote Rainfall Infiltration Signals Policy Shift The City of Madison Engineering Division has designed its alum application trial project … Continue reading →

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Aldo Leopold and the Lake Wingra Watershed

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Steve Glass

Aldo Leopold knew the Lake Wingra Watershed like the back of his hand.   One wonders what he would say about its condition today? Leopold lived just outside the Lake Wingra Watershed boundary on Van Hise Avenue near West High School … Continue reading →

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Alum Application Trial Public Info Meeting Scheduled

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Steve Glass

The City of Madison Engineering Department announced publicly on Tuesday Feb. 26, 2013,  that it will hold a public information meeting next Thursday March 7 at 6:30 pm in Predolin Hall, Room 114 of Edgewood College.  The purpose of the … Continue reading →

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