Rachel Watson, Microconstituents Committee Chair Rachel Watson is the chair of NEWEA’s Microconstituents Committee along with being a member of both the Government Affairs and Young Professionals Committees. Being a relatively new member of NEWEA and New Englander doesn’t stop Rachel from diving head first, bring exciting ideas and goals to the organization Though a relatively … Read more
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In this Spring edition of waterlink, we profile Amy Anderson, Program Committee Chair. Amy insists she is just a regular employee but actions speak louder than words. Thanks to the good advice of colleagues at Arcadis, she became very active in NEWEA soon after she joined in 2005. Amy currently serves as chair of the … Read more
Meet NEWEA’s freshman WEF Delegate Fred McNeill. Fred is the Chief Engineer for the City of Manchester, NH’s Environmental Protection Division (EPD) where he manages northern New England’s largest wastewater utility that includes a 42 mgd WWTP, a dozen pump stations, 380 miles of sewer, and 190 miles of drain. A long time NEWEA and industry … Read more
We profiled our Vice President and former NEWEA Rhode Island State Director Janine Burke-Wells. Janine is also an active member of the Narragansett Water Pollution Control Association. Janine has been working in the public sector for over 25 years. She spent the first decade of her career working for the EPA in Boston with a … Read more
In this issue, we profile a man of many talents and a one of a kind, NEWEA Past President, Assessment and Development Committee Chair, Executive Committee Parliamentarian, photographer extraordinaire, and operator’s operator, Charles Tyler. Charlie has been an active member of NEWEA since 1984, and is presently employed by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority as … Read more
Dr. Udayarka Karra was first introduced to WEF member associations while studying for his master’s degree at the University of Utah. He became a member of the Water Environment Association of Utah and has presented at and attended WEFTEC several times. When he moved to Connecticut to continue his studies, and pursue a PhD in … Read more
John Sullivan is a NEWEA Water Champion, and has been Chief Engineer for the Boston Water and Sewer Commission since 1989. In addition to being a NEWEA member, he is also on the Board of Directors of the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) and a Commissioner for the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control … Read more
Tim Loftus has been a member of NEWEA for more than twenty years and has made a significant contribution to the NEWEA Voluntary Laboratory Analyst Certification Program, as a test question writer. Tim’s full time position has him working as the Operations Manager and Chief Chemist at the Town of Webster’s WWTP. Through this work … Read more
Johanna Lewis won the NEWEA undergraduate student scholarship award in 2015. She is currently in her third year of study towards a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering at the University of New Hampshire. Though she grew up in Maryland she is fully embracing New England life, and working toward hiking all of the 4,000 … Read more
NEWEA’s Committee Member Appreciation Chair Dan Roop and his fellow committee members coordinated another very successful outing at Kimball Farms in what has become an eagerly anticipated summertime gathering for our membership. Dan has been an active member of NEWEA since 2012 and is presently employed by Tighe and Bond as a Staff Engineer in their … Read more