New England’s Largest Water Quality Event! January 22-25, 2017 NEWEA’s three-day technical conference and exhibit consistantly attracts 2000+ water quality professionals and features 200+ exhibit displays and 33 technical sessions covering practical applications, project experience and lessons learned in all areas of the wastewater industry. View the 2017 Annual Conference Preliminary Program WHAT’S NEW? NEWEA is […]
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Energy efficiency – it’s not just a catch phrase
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. This a very popular and appropriate term being used quite extensively these days, certainly in our field of wastewater treatment we can and do […]
EPA Approves Massachusetts Plan to Protect Cape Cod Waters
EPA Approves Massachusetts Plan to Protect Cape Cod Waters BOSTON – EPA has formally approved an updated plan from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that creates a robust framework for Cape Cod communities to reduce nitrogen levels that are currently harming ecological health of ponds, bays and other surface waters on the Cape. The “Cape Cod Water […]
Equitable Water Management Paper Released
US Water Alliance Releases New National Paper on Equitable Water Management – The Most Comprehensive Compendium to Date on Water Challenges Facing Vulnerable Communities and Promising Solutions to Forge Progress June 6, 2017 – Washington, DC – Today, the US Water Alliance released the most comprehensive briefing paper to date on the connections between water management […]
First Poo & Brew & Stormwater Too!
In July, the NEWEA Young Professionals Committee, in tandem with the Maine WEA (MEWEA) Young Professionals Committee, hosted a Poo & Brew event in South Portland, ME. This specific event was our first “Poo & Brew & Stormwater, Too” event, in which a tour of local stormwater BMPs was incorporated between the WWTF and brewery […]
Green Steps – From the Sustainability Committee
In an effort to continue to highlight sustainable and innovative technologies, processes and strategies that are moving our water industry into the future, the NEWEA Sustainability Committee decided to offer a regular newsletter vignette focused on such topics. We hope that through our offerings you might find yourself informed of something new, interested in applying […]
Green Steps – From the Sustainability Committee (part 2)
In our second installment from the NEWEA Sustainability Committee, we wanted to highlight the new version of Envision, version 3, that was released earlier this summer, and offer some thoughts on why utilities here in New England should consider using the framework. Envision, the infrastructure industry’s equivalent of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) […]
Happy World Toilet Day – November 19
Send a World Toilet Day E-Card through Water For People. You only get one day a year to tell everyone you know how much you value your toilet. http://support.waterforpeople.org/site/Ecard?ecard_id=1341&autologin=true
Hartford, CT Water Pollution Control Facility Hosted a Joint POO & BREW
NEWEA’s Young Professional (YP) committee held another successful Poo and Brew at the Hartford, CT Water Pollution Control Facility (HWPCF). The New York Water Environment Association (NYWEA), Connecticut Association of Water Pollution Control Authorities (CAWPCA), and the Connecticut Water Pollution Abatement Association (CWPAA) also co-sponsored this event. Over 40 water professionals from New York, Connecticut, […]
High Water Quality Means Healthy Shark Population in New England
The New England Water Environment Association (NEWEA) held its Annual Spring Meeting & Exhibit at the Sea Crest Beach Hotel in North Falmouth, MA with a bit of an edgy topic: White Sharks. As Cynthia Wigren, Executive Director of the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy (AWSC), explained in the opening session, as an apex predator, white […]
