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Energy efficiency - it’s not just a catch phrase.  It is something we can all take part in to ease the burden on the power grid and to our rate payers.

Written by: Dallas Schwartz, Sustainability Committee

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The new year brings exciting new changes for the NEWEA Annual Conference and to the Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel.

Written by: Daniel Bisson, Meeting Mgmt. Director

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Read what the NEWEA Young Professional's Committee has been up to and what's coming next.

Written by:  Eian Lynch, Young Professionals Committee Chair

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Many utilities are trying to organize their asset management program; however, some utilities are puzzled on how to start the program.  Where do we start?  What does a utility want to record and track?  Is a computerized maintenance system needed?  What about GIS for the Collection System?  How do we budget money for asset management?  These are just some of the questions that arise when talking about Asset Management.

Written by: Joseph LaPlante, Asset Management Committee Member

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Social media is changing the world; this is not hyperbole. If you doubt this, just ask the Iranian government about Twitter or the Boston Globe about eBay and Craigslist. As the tools and technologies that facilitate communicating, sharing, and coordinating become increasingly boring and (by and large) free, they are empowering groups to organize themselves and challenging the value propositions of long standing institutions. And if you think this doesn’t or won’t affect you as a municipality, private operations company, equipment supplier, trade organization, engineering firm, software developer, or government regulator you are wrong.

Written by:  Jon DiPietro, Consultant

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A review of the 2009 Congressional Breakfast held this past March.

Written by: Adam Yanulis, Gov't Affairs Committee Chair

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The NEWEA Water For People Committee raises money for its adopted country, Malawi.

Written by:  David VanHoven, WFP Committee Chair

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An overview of upcoming events and the launch of NEWEA's new website.

Written by: Erin Mosley, NEWEA President '09

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Dallas Schwartz

John "Dallas" Schwartz
NEWEA Sustainability Committee

Sales Engineer- Wastewater Applications

I am a single Dad of three teenagers, my son Tyler (17) and the twins Marilynn & Vyctoria (14) live with me, I enjoy spending as much time as possible with them for soon they will be grown and off to college. I love the manned space program (NASA) and am a huge Jimmy Johnson fan #48 going back to his start in the Busch series. Living here in Sacramento, CA affords us many options for things to do with our free time whether that is going to the coast or up to the Sierras to fish and camp out. I am also an avid deer hunter. I love the Dallas Cowboys and the USC Trojans!!

I am enjoying the opportunity to be involved with NEWEA as I have always had a fondness for the New England region. I used to work in defense electronics in Silicon Valley for 18 years before making the switch to the wastewater field. I absolutely LOVE the change in career path! I know the wastewater business isn’t something most people find “interesting” but I think they are really missing out. I am always learning something new and the opportunity to help make a difference for the community is something not everyone gets to do. After graduating high school I joined the Marine Corps; I am very proud of that accomplishment, it isn’t something easily attained!

Dallas can be reached at nascarjws@yahoo.com

 

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