Students Win $20,000 Samsung Prize to Study Wisconsin Island’s Wastewater Challenges

Students Win $20,000 Samsung Prize to Study Wisconsin Island’s Wastewater Challenges

Breanna McGrane (from left), Jake Kooiker, Aidan Purinton, Joseph Lux and Spencer Johnson discuss the results of their testing involving wet wipes. (Photos courtesy of Washington Island School)

Washington Island lies in Lake Michigan off the end of Wisconsin’s Door County peninsula. It’s home to about 800 year-round residents; the summer population swells to about 2,000.

That’s not counting thousands of tourists who ride ferryboats from the mainland to enjoy great...

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