Village of Thiensville

Located inside the city of Mequon, the village of Thiensville was developed in part via subdivision well systems (water trusts) in the 1960s. The subdivision systems provided adequate service to their community, but had reached the end of their life cycle. In recent years, the frequency of water main breaks, and hydrant failure increased leaving many water trusts to examine their options.

Municipal Partnerships

Water supply in the Thiensville become an issue of concern among the residents and politicians. Two subdivisions had received compliance orders from the Department of Natural Resources due to high arsenic levels in the supply wells. City Water collaborated with key stakeholders from the Mequon, Thiensville, and the individual water trusts to develop a creative solution to providing public water supply to the residents. We helped develop an agreement between all parties utilizing local municipal funding sources to help ease the financial impact to the residents in order to finance the design and installation of the water main.

Village financing was the key in allowing this diverse group of homeowners to move forward with solving their water supply problems. The solution is a win-win-win for all parties involved. Mequon water utility increased their customer base; Thiensville solved a water quality and quantity problem while increasing the property value of the homes, and the residents benefit from the supply of safe reliable drinking water.

City Water staff also worked together with key stakeholders to help optimize the design of the project which reduced the construction costs resulting in a lower connection fee to the residents.

Key Projects

Century Estates II – City Water helped to design, and inspect the installation and conversion of this community well system to the public water supply, improving the reliability of the water service to these new customers.

Laurel Acres – High arsenic levels combined with increased maintenance costs were key factors in this subdivision well system converting to the public water supply. City Water worked with the subdivision trustee’s to design and inspect the construction of a new water system.

Water supply for these subdivisions along with others in Thiensville is now provided via retail service from the Mequon Water Utility. As such, the residents benefit from treated Lake Michigan water through the City of Milwaukee and the North Shore Water Commission.