City of Superior Environmental Services Division

06/02/2026

What is F.O.G.? 🤷‍♀️

➡ Fats, oils, and grease (F.O.G.) are organic materials derived from animal and plant sources. 🦆🐷🥑🧈🫒

While FOG will go down the sink drain when warm, it causes problems when it cools. 😱 When cooled, it congeals causing clogs or blockages (pictured below). As the FOG builds up, it restricts the flow in the pipes and can cause untreated wastewater to back up into homes or businesses.

👎 The result of this is human health and environmental hazards, and high costs for cleanup and restoration. 🤑

SOURCES OF F.O.G.:
• Butter, margarine, & lard
• Bacon, pork, turkey, chicken, beef, fish, lamb, & other types of animal fat
• Salad dressings, sour cream, & mayonnaise
• Olive, canola, vegetable, & other oils
• Gravy & other sauces
• Avocados

🥓 Learn more by visiting https://www.superiorwi.gov/775/FOG

06/01/2026

💧 We had a great time on Faxon Creek last Thursday! Thank you, Katy with Water Action Volunteers and Dr. Kurk Schmude for leading the event! 💧

We found a few dragonfly larva, mayfly larva, net-spinning caddisflies, 2 types of leaches, a damselfly larva, black fly larva, scuds, orb snail, and several other invertebrates! 😍🙌

➡ Learn more about the Water Action Volunteers by visiting https://wav.extension.wisc.edu/

05/24/2026

💧 Join us for a Faxon Creek Macroinvertebrate Field Day! 💧

➡ This FREE event has a registration limit of 20 people and is for 10+ aged participants. ❗️You need to register to attend❗️

During the event, learn from local expert, Dr. Kurt Schmude about the macroinvertebrates that live in Faxon Creek. 😁 Following Dr. Schmude’s discussion, Water Action Volunteer (WAV) Program Coordinator, Katy Bradford, and Rivers Educator, Emily Heald, will provide a WAV Macroinvertebrate Training. 🐢🙌

🐟 When: Thursday, May 28 (5 - 7 PM)

🦆 Location: Bridge in Central Park, Superior, WI

🐝 Audience: Age 10+

🌿 Registration Form: https://forms.office.com/r/9N2CY0YDJK

⭐ Questions? Connect with Megan at 715.395.5841

05/23/2026

⭐ Happy Memorial Day Weekend!⭐

The City of Superior Environmental Services Division will be closed on Monday, May 25, 2026. Normal operating hours will resume on Tuesday, May 26, 2026.

➡️ For questions, call 715.394.0392

05/22/2026

💩🌊⭐ Happy Wastewater Professionals Day! ⭐🌊💩

To honor Wisconsin wastewater professionals, Gov. Evers has declared May 22, 2026, as Wastewater Professionals Appreciation Day. 🎉

Did you know?! 🤷‍♀️
• Wisconsin is one of six national centers across the country (California, Colorado, Houston, New York, North Carolina). Learn more: https://www.cdc.gov/wastewater/about/centers-of-excellence.html
• Each site serves as a regional leader in wastewater surveillance implementation and coordination, working closely with the CDC.

Wastewater treatment facilities do important work that helps monitor for certain diseases in Wisconsin and protect waterways from pollution. 🙌

❤️ Thank you, wastewater professionals, for all that you do!! ❤️

05/12/2026

⭐ Welcome to the Adopt-a-Storm Drain Program, Cameron! ⭐

We're grateful that you want to protect Superior's streams and Lake Superior from trash, leaf litter, and other pollutants! 🙌😁

➡ Learn more about the City of Superior Adopt-a-Storm Drain Program by visiting: https://www.superiorwi.gov/668/Adopt-a-Storm-Drain-Program

05/01/2026

⭐ This week kicked off our Annual 5th Grade WWTP Tour season!! ⭐

Fifth graders from Bryant Elementary and Cathedral School toured our facility and got to see our new Wastewater Process Mural! 🤩 The mural provides an overview of the entire process including where wastewater comes from and where it goes! 💩

We look forward to these tours every year and love working with the fifth grade teachers and educators! 😁🥰

➡ Connect with Megan to schedule a tour! [email protected]

04/27/2026

Check out Faxon Creek in Central Park, Superior, WI! 🦆🐢🌧️

Faxon Creek expands in Central Park when we have big rain events, so cool! 😍

04/23/2026

🌞🌎The Earth Day Cleanup on Mortorelli Drive was so fun! 🌎 🌞

During the cleanup, students keep track of the litter data by tallying all types of trash they picked up. They picked up a total of 2,365 pieces/items of trash!😱🙌 Out of those 2,365 items picked up were 616 to***co products! Yuck! 🤢

Most found items:
🥤 Plastic pieces: 1,045
🚬 Cigarette butts: 535
🍬 Food wrappers: 153

Thank you Mrs. Correll's Fourth Graders from Cooper Elementary, Northwestern Middle and High School FACT students, and Superior Spartan High School Pledgemakers for all of your hard work! 👍😄 And to the partners that helped make today happen! Northwest Wisconsin Lung Health Alliance

Picking up that trash on the side of the road made a difference for our local stream, Faxon Creek, Lake Superior, and wildlife and plants! 🤩🌊🐟🐢🎋

04/23/2026

⭐ 🚽 Are you curious about the Wastewater workforce and treatment process?! 🚽 ⭐

Join for UW‑Superior’s Lake Superior Research Institute second event in its speaker series, “Finding Work: On the Water, In the Water, For the Water,” with “After the Flush: Exploring Careers in Water Resource Recovery.”

💧 WHEN: Thursday, May 7, from 5:15-7:45 PM
💧 WHERE: Event will start at Thirsty Pagan Brewing and concluding with a tour of Superior’s Wastewater Treatment Plant.
💧 WHAT: Join for FREE Pagan pizza with a discussion lead by Wastewater Professionals and a tour at the City of Superior Wastewater Treatment Plant.
💧 REGISTRATION for PIZZA: https://uwsuperior.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6Dz7X0L1578K2rk

➡ Learn more by visiting: https://bit.ly/3OXqNQ3

🙌 Event partners: Cafe Scientifique Twin Ports, Resource Renew, Lake Superior Research Institute - LSRI, & City of Superior Environmental Services Division.

UW‑Superior’s Lake Superior Research Institute will host the second event in its speaker series, “Finding Work: On the Water, In the Water, For the Water,” with “After the Flush: Exploring Careers in Water Resource Recovery” on Thursday, May 7, from 5:15-7:45 p.m., beginning at Thirsty Pagan Brewing and concluding with a tour of Superior’s Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3OXqNQ3