Jones Island Water Reclamation Plant

Plan Your Visit During Doors Open: 

• To visit Jones Island Water Reclamation Plant in-person, attendees will be required to reserve a free ticket in advance.
• This facility will not be open to walk up visitors this year.  
  

Click here to book a ticket.

Learn about the Jones Island Water Reclamation Plant:

Opened in 1926, this facility was designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1974. World-renowned for pioneering the way in modern wastewater treatment technology, Jones Island was also one of the first facilities in the world to produce a fertilizer as the by-product of the water reclamation process: Milorganite® . Capable of treating more than 300 million gallons a day, the facility is owned and governed by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) and operated and maintained by Veolia Water Milwaukee. Virtual visitors will learn about the history of Jones Island, the water reclamation process, MMSD programs, the making of Milorganite, and Veolia North America, a global environmental services company.

Video Tours: Check the videos below to take a virtual tour of the Jones Island reclamation plant, learn how Milorganite® fertilizer is made, and about how our actions can protect our drinking water, Lake Michigan, and help reduce the risk of sewer water backing up into your basement or overflowing into our waterways.

Member of Plastic Free MKE: Passionate community members, small business owners, engineers, agencies, local non-profits—all make up the Plastic-Free MKE coalition. Some members were born and raised here, some are new to the city, but all, are proud to call Milwaukee home and working hard to keep it that way. Together with other local community groups Plastic-Free MKE is working to eliminate single-use plastics in our city. Learn More.

Thanks to Veolia for supporting Doors Open as a sponsor!