Wastewater permits staff

Choose the region in which your facility/site/municipality is located on the map below for regional wastewater staff listings. Click on the staff name to see their specialty areas, counties served and contact information.

Staff located in the Madison office and their policy/technical areas are listed after the regional offices.

For information on the wastewater permits program, contact:

• Jason Knutson, wastewater section chief
• Tim Ryan, field operations director
• Wade Strickland, permits section chief

Northeast Region

• Green Bay Service Center — 2984 Shawano Ave, Green Bay, WI 54313-6727
  • Heidi Schmitt-Marquez, field supervisor
  • Sarah Donoughe, wastewater specialist
  • Laura Gerold, wastewater engineer
  • David Haas, wastewater specialist
  • Laurel Last, wastewater specialist, general permits
  • Alexis Peter, wastewater specialist, septage
  • Roy Van Gheem, wastewater engineer

• Oshkosh Service Center — 625 E County Rd Y, Suite 700, Oshkosh, WI 54901
  • Barti Oumarou, wastewater engineer
  • Mark Stanek, wastewater engineer

Northern Region

• Ashland Service Center — 2501 Golf Course Rd, Ashland, WI 54806
  • Alison Canniff, wastewater specialist

• Ladysmith Service Center — N4103 State Highway 27, Ladysmith, WI 54848-9309
  • Arthur Ryzak, wastewater engineer

• Rhinelander Service Center — 107 Sutliff Ave, Rhinelander, WI 54501
  • Monica Begley, wastewater engineer
  • Michael Polkinghorn, WQBEL engineer

• Spooner Service Center — 810 W Maple St, Spooner, WI 54801
  • Michelle Balk, field supervisor
  • Jordan Englebert, wastewater engineer
  • Leila Jenkins, wastewater specialist
  • Sheri Snowbank, wastewater specialist

• Superior Service Center — 1701 N 4th St, Superior, WI 54880
  • Eric DeVenecia, wastewater engineer
  • Mike Goettel, wastewater specialist, ballast water

South Central Region

• Fitchburg Service Center — 3911 Fish Hatchery Rd, Fitchburg, WI 53711
  • Tim Ryan, field operations director
  • Tom Bauman, field supervisor
  • Tanner Connors, wastewater engineer
  • Brenda Howald, wastewater specialist
  • Sarah Luck, WQBEL engineer
  • Sean Spencer, wastewater specialist
  • Phillip Spranger, wastewater specialist
  • Nathan Wells, wastewater engineer

• Dodgeville Service Center — 1500 N Johns St, Dodgeville, WI 53533
  • Caitlin O'Connell, wastewater engineer

• Horicon Service Center — N7725 Highway 28, Horicon, WI 53032
  • Jennifer Jerich, wastewater specialist
  • Doris Thiele, wastewater engineer
  • Kassie Schultz, wastewater specialist

Southeast Region

• Milwaukee Headquarters — 1027 West St Paul Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53233
  • Bryan Hartsook, field supervisor
  • Lisa Creegan, wastewater specialist
  • Susan Eichelkraut, wastewater specialist, ballast water
  • Nicole Krueger, wastewater engineer
  • Nick Lent, wastewater engineer
  • Steven Warrner, wastewater specialist
  • Jacob Wedesky, wastewater engineer
  • Maya Welch, general permits

• Plymouth Service Center — 1155 Pilgrim Rd, Plymouth, WI 53073
  • Curt Nickels, wastewater engineer

• Waukesha Service Center — 141 NW Barstow St, Room 180, Waukesha, WI 53188
  • Laura Dietrich, wastewater specialist
  • Amy Garbe, wastewater engineer

West Central Region

• Baldwin Service Center — 890 Spruce St, Baldwin, WI 54002
  • Adebowale (Wale) Adesanwo, wastewater engineer

• Eau Claire Service Center - 1300 W Clairemont Ave, Eau Claire, WI 54701
  • Geisa Thielen, field supervisor
  • Ben Hartenbower, WQBEL engineer
  • Holly Heldstab, wastewater specialist
  • Nick Lindstrom, wastewater engineer
  • Will (Woody) Myers, hydrogeologist
  • Jarrod Nelson, wastewater engineer
  • Angie Parkhurst, wastewater specialist

• La Crosse Service Center — 3550 Mormon Coulee Rd, La Crosse, WI 54601
  • Julia Stephenson, wastewater engineer

• Wisconsin Rapids Service Center — 473 Griffith Ave, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494
  • Danielle Luke, wastewater specialist
  • Peter Pfefferkorn, wastewater engineer

Madison - Central Office

• DNR GEF 2 Building — 101 S Webster St, PO Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707-7921
  • Jason Knutson, wastewater section chief
  • Wade Strickland, permits section chief
  • Dave Argall, IS data services, SWAMP database
  • Ashley Brechlin, wastewater engineer, facility plan review
  • Matt Claucherty, water resources specialist, phosphorus, adaptive management, water quality trading, variances
  • Richard Douglas, wastewater specialist, pretreatment
  • Matt Droese, wastewater engineer
  • Andrew Dutcher, wastewater engineer, facility plan review
  • Diane Figiel, water resources engineer, water quality-based permit limits
  • Kari Fleming, environmental toxicologist, whole effluent toxicity, TMDL implementation, additives, policy
  • Rachel Fritz, WQBEL engineer
  • Gunilla Goulding, wastewater engineer, facility plan review
  • Fred Hegeman, wastewater engineer, biosolids, landspreading, septage
  • Jonathan Hill, wastewater engineer, industrial sand
  • Emma Lorenzen, wastewater engineer
  • Trevor Moen, wastewater engineer, General Permits
  • Amanda Perdzock, wastewater specialist, permit drafter
  • Laura Rodriguez Alvarez, wastewater engineer
  • Taylor Steager, wastewater specialist, DMR and compliance reporting
  • Nate Willis, wastewater engineer