Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
Catherine Harris is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in pollution prevention, project management, and community engagement. Currently serving as a Pollution Prevention Specialist at Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District since January 2017, Catherine coordinates pollution prevention initiatives, conducts data analysis, and collaborates with various stakeholders. As Executive Director of the Richard Davis Foundation for Young Bassists Inc. since March 2013, Catherine organizes an annual conference for youth and families and represents the foundation in networking opportunities. Previous roles include Social Science Researcher at Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and an internship at Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District. Catherine holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Community and Environmental Sociology and Music Performance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has furthered education at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.
Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
We are a passionate and experienced team that works to protect public health, the environment and local waters through innovation, sustainability and resource recovery. Established in 1930 to protect the lakes and streams of the upper Yahara watershed, Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District today serves 26 customer communities covering some 184 square miles and 380,000 people in the Madison, Wisconsin area. The District owns and operates 141 miles of pipe and 18 regional pumping stations that convey approximately 41 million gallons of wastewater to the Nine Springs Wastewater Treatment Plant each day. Organized as a municipal corporation, the District is a leader in sustainability and resource reclamation. The District is governed by a five-member Board of Commissioners appointed by the County Executive. The Board is responsible for setting policy, ensuring fiscal responsibility, and establishing District directions. Wastewater treatment for the entire District area is performed at the Nine Springs Wastewater Treatment Plant. District staff are responsible for the design and maintenance of the interceptor collection sewers and for the pumping stations that convey wastewater from over 40 municipal customers across Dane County to the Nine Springs Wastewater Treatment Plant.