Visiting a water reclamation facility might not be on everyone’s must-see list, which was certainly true for Laurie Beyer. But visiting Milwaukee’s Jones Island Water Reclamation Facility turned out to be a delightful surprise for the Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, resident.“Everything was done perfectly,” she says. “I loved the way it was laid out.”Beyer and her husband visited the plant Sept. 19 during Doors Open Milwaukee — an annual weekend event sponsored by Historic Milwaukee Inc. that offers free tours of more than 150 buildings and organizations in the city.In the past seven years, since the plant has been managed and operated by
Milwaukee Opens the Doors on Wastewater
How'd you like 2,100 guests knocking at your door? Well, they were more than welcome at Milwaukee's Jones Island Water Reclamation Facility, which just set an open-house attendance record.
Oct 15, 2015 | by Sharon Verbeten |














