Serving our member states by fostering collaboration on water issues, training environmental professionals, coordinating water research, educating the public, and providing overall leadership in water management and protection.

What’s New

Request for Proposals: NEIWPCC is seeking applicants to perform a Geographic Information System (GIS) Needs Assessment to support Long Island Sound Study environmental management goals. This project is intended to provide a strategy to increase the usability and availability of GIS data and resources to inform science-based management of Long Island Sound. Please visit the Long Island Sound Study CCMP Enhancement Award Program webpage to download the Request for Proposals. Proposals are due by June 22, 2012.

New Addition: F. Adam Yanulis of CDM Smith has been named a NEIWPCC Commissioner by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. Welcome aboard! More details in our news release.

Request for Proposals: The New York-New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program (NY-NJ HEP), in partnership with NEIWPCC, is requesting proposals for projects promoting stewardship of the Estuary and access to and from our waterfront and waterways through education and community engagement. Pre-proposals are June 1, 2012. Visit our NY-NJ HEP page to download the Request for Proposals and supporting materials.

End of an Era: On March 30, Charles Conway, a true pioneer in the wastewater field, retired from working full-time at NEIWPCC. He’ll still work part-time on our training programs, but we’ll miss seeing you regularly, Chuck! Read Chuck’s reflections on his “interesting journey.”

Title 5 Training: NEIWPCC has scheduled Massachusetts Title 5 Certification classes for Soil Evaluators and System Inspectors this Spring. Check out the available courses on our Title 5 Certification Classes page. Don't miss out, as space is limited!

Register Now! Operators, sign up for the training you need by visiting our Training Calendar page and seeing your options for Spring 2012. While there, peruse the latest course listings from all our training efforts and download the new NEIWPCC Course Catalog.

New TR-16: The 2011 edition of NEIWPCC's Guides for the Design of Wastewater Treatment Works is available now in hard copy and on CD. Order a copy of this thoroughly updated and much-anticipated new edition of TR-16. Copies of TR16 can now be ordered online (credit card purchases only) by going to our online purchasing page.

Serving Our States: For each of NEIWPCC’s member states, we periodically develop a summary of some of our key efforts underway in the region and in the state of concern. Read the latest series of state summaries, published in December 2011.

New Edition: The latest issue of LUSTLine is now available online! View the sixty-ninth issue, featuring a cover article by Heather Peters entitled "Extremes: USTs Versus Mother Nature, Joplin, MO." This will be the first issue of LUSTLine featuring web links in the PDF file for your convenience!

Multiple Honors: NEIWPCC is proud to announce that three of our staff members, including Executive Director Ronald Poltak, received awards at the New England Water Environment Association’s annual conference in January. Get the details on the awards and the recipients.

Welcome Decision: NEIWPCC Executive Director Ron Poltak on EPA’s new rule on mercury emissions from power plants: “It has been a long, arduous battle to get to this place, and finally, New England may see some relief. The recently announced mercury and air standards are strong, sensible safeguards that will protect our citizens from toxic mercury and other dangerous heavy metals. EPA is to be congratulated, and I am so pleased by their efforts to uphold scientific integrity and protect public health.” For details on the standards, see EPA’s MACT page.

Share your thoughts with us! NEIWPCC welcomes your comments with a new Feedback form for the anonymous submission of comments, suggestions, and thoughts of any kind on our work or water pollution issues in general. We look forward to hearing from you!

Now available: A continually updated version of our Resource Catalog, featuring short descriptions and ordering instructions for the vast array of publications, CDs, videos, and other resources available from NEIWPCC.