Do you see yourself as a leader in NEWEA or do you know of someone who would be a perfect fit on our Executive Committee? Help us shape NEWEA's future by submitting a nomination for an Officer position.

The Nominating Committee and Executive Committee encourage you to give serious consideration to nominate a worthy colleague or yourself for one of the current Officer vacancies listed below. Click the links to view the position's description.

We encourage interested individuals to watch Past Nominating Committee Chair Janine Burke-Wells discuss the nominating process and time commitment needed to serve in an Officer position. The DE&I Committee also put together the Roadmap to Leadership to provide current and prospective NEWEA members with guidelines for getting involved in the association.

Officers are voting members of the Executive Committee and use their time and talents along with those of your colleagues to help direct and guide NEWEA into the future. NEWEA is a dynamic organization that relies heavily on its members to develop and implement its many policies and programs. By nominating a worthy colleague or yourself, you will become an important part of this vital Association that is so important across all sectors of the water environment.

The New England Stormwater Collaborative has announced the winners of their 2021 Stormy Awards, which recognizes the best stormwater work in New England.

The 2021 New England Stormy Award winners are:

Winners will present their projects at the NEWWA Annual Conference, taking place in September in Newport, RI.

Congratulations to all involved on their winning projects!

The 2022 MassDEP Gap III Energy Grant Program will provide $7.5 Million and offer up to $200,000 of grant assistance for eligible entities. The grant program has been expanded to serve new sectors.

Under the leadership of MassDEP, the Clean Energy Results Program (CERP) is an integrated energy and environmental partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) that reduces regulatory or other barriers to clean and energy efficient development across the state. The Gap Grant is a cornerstone of this partnership and is a streamlined energy grant funding model that has helped municipal water utilities reduce their energy usage, operating costs, and improve the environment. The grant is designed to fill the last “gap” in project financing, enabling and encouraging facilities to use energy utility incentives as well as funding from other sources to install selected energy efficiency and clean energy generation projects.

Two information sessions via Zoom are planned to help applicants apply for the 2022 Gap III Energy Grant. To sign up, please provide your email and date preference. You will receive an email with the Zoom meeting details. If you don't receive an email with call details within a few minutes after you submit this form, check your spam or junk folder.

For more information, visit Massachusetts' Gap Energy Grant Program

Wastewater treatment facilities have been a great public health and environmental success story. This is especially true since the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972, which brought all facilities up to the secondary treatment standard that has produced some amazing environmental results. The largest river in New England, the Connecticut, once described by Jo Beth Mullens and Robert S. Bristow in a 2003 research study as “The Nation’s Best Landscaped Sewer” is now enjoyed by boaters, fishers, swimmers, and other water enthusiasts. Many locations along the river are now homes to families of eagles and other wildlife. Rivers across Massachusetts have likewise benefitted and been remarkably improved thanks to modern wastewater treatment.

In order for wastewater facilities to do their job they must be able to manage the biosolids they produce. There are two major wastewater processes, primary treatment and secondary treatment that produce these biosolids. Larger facilities dispose of their biosolids daily while smaller facilities may dispose of theirs once or twice a week. Regardless of size, no facility can hold their biosolids for long periods of time. To do so would result in poor process performance and regulatory violations.

In April 2022, the EPA Office of Water released its Built America, Buy America (BABA) Act Implementation Webinar. This presentation included information on the domestic preference history; the Build America, Buy America Act; BABA covered items; BABA waivers; and EPA next steps.

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