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About GLSD
The Green Lake Sanitary District, which is located in Green Lake County, Wisconsin, was established in 1964 and includes all of the existing areas around the lake (excluding the City of Green Lake). The District was formed as a means to protect Big Green Lake and its associated resources with respect to sanitation and related land, air and water quality matters. In addition to coordinating solid waste collection in parts of different Townships, the District also oversees the treatment of wastewater from just over 1,400 homes. Of the District’s 2,200+ total tax parcels, there are approximately 800 vacant lots in addition to the 1,400 lots with homes. Of the 1,400 homes, just under 1,000 are served by sewer and the remaining 400 are served by private on-site wastewater treatment systems (septic and holding tank systems). Also included...
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Update on GLSD’s Waste Management Services
We are nearly an entire year into our new Waste Management(WM) contract. While there have been a few hiccups in the change to single cart service, we feel our 1,400+ customers have handled the new system well. We want to make you aware of a recent change to o...
Conservancy Prescribed Burns
The GLSD manages 15 Conservancy properties throughout the Big Green Lake watershed. We work to remove invasive species, promote natural habitat regeneration, and public accessibility. Part of these efforts include utilizing controlled burns to help control ...
Carp Removal in Green Lake
Usually occurring in late April, the 2019 harvest did not occur until later in May due to the slow warm up of the lake. Even with the poor weather conditions, 86,500 lbs. of carp were removed from the lake and 2,500 lbs. were removed from the County K Marsh....