Perry Alagappan, of Clear Lake High School in Houston, Texas, was named the winner of this year’s Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) at the national competition held in Herndon, Va. June 19-20, 2015. The SJWP, established in 1997 to mirror the adult Stockholm Water Prize, rewards outstanding research conducted by students grades 9-12. In his winning project, Alagappan […]
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WEF HQ News: Utilities Acting on Climate Change
Earth’s land, oceans, and troposphere have been warming for many years. Projections for the U.S. from the 2014 National Climate Assessment include not only an increase in temperatures, but also other climate changes, such as an increased intensity of droughts in the Southwest and of heat waves and precipitation events throughout the U.S. Precipitation events […]
WEF Launches New Series of Training Resources for Operators
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Water Environment Federation has released a line of training tools to equip operators with 21st century wastewater treatment methods and practices. The series helps prepare operators for the first three levels of certification examinations and qualify for continuing education credits (CEUs). The first publication in the series, Wastewater Treatment Fundamentals I: […]
WEFTEC15 Recap: NEWEA Receives Prestigious Water Quality Award
NEWEA had an outstanding presence and participation at WEFTEC 2015 in Chicago, IL. NEWEA had three Operations Challenge teams participate (Sewer Snakes – NH, Force Maine – ME and Ocean State Alliance – RI) with New Hampshire and Maine teams taking 2nd and 3rd in the process control competition. Numerous NEWEA members in active leadership […]
Winner Announced for 2016 Safety Logo Contest
The NEWEA Safety Committee congratulates Ross Elliott, Woodard & Curran for winning the 2016 Safety Logo Contest. His logo was chosen to help promote safety throughout all of New England by appearing on Safety Committee shirts for the next three years. Ross has been invited to join the Safety Committee for a group luncheon during […]
Words and Actions Matter: A Note from NEWEA on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Dear NEWEA members and friends, The January 6th assault on the Capitol was an assault on our democracy. This was not an exercise in First Amendment rights but a violent and ultimately deadly attempt to overthrow the results of a fairly won election. NEWEA’s mission is to promote education and collaboration while advancing […]
Words of Wisdom from NEWEA’s President
NEWEA’s President, Matthew Formica, AECOM will be completing his term on Wednesday, January 27 during NEWEA’s Annual Conference in Boston, MA. Newsletter Chair, Ashley Dunn took a moment to interviewed Matt about his evolution of experience with NEWEA. Matt Formica – It has been more than fifteen years since a colleague first suggested Matt get […]
Workplace Injuries Decreased According to Wastewater Facility Safety Survey
The Annual Wastewater Facility Safety Survey for the 2014 work year will be sent to facilities throughout the six New England states next month. The survey allows the committee to: Collect regional incident and injury statistics and publish them for use by all wastewater professionals to benchmark their safety programs. Identify those areas and activities where injuries are occurring […]
Worlds Colliding – Albania and New England Meet in Woburn
On September 23, 2015, the NEWEA Executive Office met with SHUKALB, the water/wastewater association of Albania. SHUKALB exists primarily through the initiative of Philip Giantris with whom many of you may be familiar. Philip previously worked at Metcalf & Eddy, hails from Worcester and now lives in Maine when he is not in Albania as […]
