The Sustainability Committee recently completed (February 2019) an informal survey of NEWEA members to better understand how the membership views sustainability, and what our committee can do to further promote sustainable principles and practices within the wastewater community and NEWEA’s membership. The eight-question survey included the following five sustainability-focused questions: How would you describe a […]
Student Outreach Success
As part of an ongoing effort to enhance outreach to students, NEWEA has been scheduling Executive Committee Meetings at colleges and universities, specifically at institutions from which our committee chairs and Executive Committee members graduated. These meetings have been introduced with the intention of increasing networking between NEWEA’s members and leadership and students majoring in […]
Sustainability Survey
The Sustainability Committee wants your input!! Help us keep our conversation around sustainability relevant and relatable to YOU, NEWEA’s broad and diverse membership, by filling out this Sustainability Survey below. Our goal is to understand which topics related to sustainability are most relevant to our members, our region and our industry. Using the survey results, […]
Near Misses- Learning to Protect Ourselves and Our Utilities Better
By Kate Novick A near miss is an event that causes no losses, but could have if conditions were slightly different. It is defined as “a narrowly avoided loss.” Companies that have worked hard to reduce workplace accidents will tell you that managing near miss incidents is a key technique they used to achieve their […]
Do You Have a Safety Goal? Part 3
By David Wright Continued from part two of this series. In October/November of each year, OSHA publishes the Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards. Here are the Top 10 for 2017: Fall Protection – General Requirements Hazard Communication Scaffolding Respiratory Protection Lockout/Tagout Ladders Powered Industrial Trucks Machine Guarding Fall Protection – Training Requirements Electrical – […]
Green Steps – From the Sustainability Committee (Part 3)
By Courtney Eaton In this installment of Green Steps, we wanted to highlight a few upcoming initiatives from our very own NEWEA Sustainability Committee. First, a little history of our committee. We started as a standing committee around 2008 when NEWEA members recognized an opportunity to make the operation of NEWEA and specifically NEWEA conferences […]
NEWEA Hires New Team Member, Promotes Staff to More Senior Role
WOBURN, MA: New England Water Environment Association (NEWEA) has made recent staff changes, welcoming Jordan Gosselin as Communications/PR Coordinator and promoting Janice Moran to Program Director. Prior to her promotion to Program Director, Moran worked for nearly 20 years with NEWEA, joining as the Information/Education Program Coordinator in 1999 and shifting to the role of […]
Announcing the NEWEA Student Design Competition for 2019
The NEWEA Student Activities Committee (SAC) is happy to announce the Student Design Competition (SDC) for 2019. The SAC is hoping to increase participation of students and to get utilities, consulting firms, and municipalities involved too! If you are a Facility/Utility/ Consultant/Consulting Firm, here is how to get involved: Facility/Utility/Consultant/Consulting Firm Sponsorship: Competition can be […]
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) […]
Member Profile: Danielle DiRuzza
In this member profile, we are highlighting Danielle DiRuzza, MWRA. Danielle is a new member of NEWEA and has jumped into her volunteer efforts head first. She first volunteered at the Annual Conference in January of 2018, assisting with registration and the Mr. & Mrs. Fish presentations. She has also become a contributing member to […]
