Join NEWEA in North Falmouth, MA May 17-20 for our 2026 Spring Meeting.

This meeting will convene more than 300 engineers, consultants, scientists, operators, and students for a variety of technical sessions, a tour, exhibitor displays, the Operations Challenge competition, and much more.

NEWEA's room block at the Sea Crest Beach Resort is now open. Rooms start at $199++ per night and are subject to space and date availability. Reserve before April 25th. Reserve your stay online or call 800-225-3110 to book.

More information, including the program, registration link, and exhibit information, will be available soon.

New England Stormwater Collaborative, formed by New England Water Environment Association (NEWEA), New England Water Works Association (NEWWA), and the New England Chapter of the American Public Works Association (NEAPWA), is currently accepting submissions for its 2025 Stormy Awards.

This program aims to identify New England's best stormwater work. The competition is open to all projects conducted in 2025 throughout EPA Region 1. The program accepts submissions of simple, unique, innovative stormwater ideas in the following categories:

• Stormwater Management/Green Infrastructure
• Political Support/Funding/Outreach
• Program Efficiency/Technology

2025 winners will present on their projects at the NEAPWA Annual Conference, held in the Summer 2026 (date TBD). 

The submission deadline is March 15, 2026.

More information about submission guidelines, as well as the submission form, is available on New England Stormwater Collaborative's website, and questions can be sent to nestormwater@gmail.org.

The following news was included in the February edition of WEF's Member Association (MA) newsletter.

• The WEF House of Delegates Work Group on Developing Strategies for Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) is seeking input via a brief survey on the current use of AI within the water industry. Complete the survey at the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HWYRLB3
• WEF, in coordination with Raftelis, is hosting the next webinar in the Workforce Development Case Study Series: Building the Future Water Workforce series on March 3.
• WEF is now accepting submissions for the 2026 U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize. Local students can submit their water research project to NEWEA's competition by April 15th, 2026.
• WEF is conducting a national Operations & Maintenance Benchmarking Survey focused on wastewater collection systems. This survey aims to understand current operations and maintenance (O&M) practices, particularly cleaning activities, across diverse systems in terms of size, ownership (public and private), location, and other relevant factors.

Connecticut: The deadline to enroll as a 2026 CTWEA Sponsor is March 27.

Maine: Entries for MEWEA's Clean Water Week Poster Contest are due by March 20.

Massachusetts: MAWEA is hosting their Spring Meeting in Devens, MA on March 25.

New Hampshire: NHWPCA is hosting their Legislative Breakfast on March 5 at the Hotel Concord. The deadline to register is March 2.

Rhode Island: A recording of RICWA's Clean Water Legislative Summit is now available online.

Vermont: Registration is now open for GMWEA's Spring Meeting, taking place May 21 at the Killington Grand in Killington, VT.

• Make a donation online.
• Take a moment to share how NEWEA has impacted your career, education, and/or community. 
• Establish a legacy gift or memorial fund, or include NEWEA in your will. 
• Designate NEWEA for a Qualified Charitable Distribution. (If you have to take a Required Minimum Distribution from your retirement funds in 2026, you may be able to offset the tax impacts. Contact your financial advisor/IRA custodian for more information.)