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what’s new

The "Call for Abstracts and Topics" is now open for the 2009 National Tanks Conference and Expo to be held in Sacramento, California from March 30 - April 1, 2009. Abstract and topic ideas are due August 29, 2008. Please visit our National Tanks Conference web page for additional information about the Conference.

Do you have a drinking water well at your gas station or know someone who does? Learn about the applicable regulations and responsibilities in NEIWPCC's Protecting the Drinking Water You Provide-A Guide for Owners and Operators of Gas Stations.

NEIWPCC’s Fiscal Year 2007 Annual Report provides a comprehensive review of our activities as well as highlights from every year since the Commission was established in 1947. See our annual report page to download the report or order a print copy.

An article on mercury reduction efforts in the Northeast, written by NEIWPCC’s Susy King and Stephen Hochbrunn among others, appears in the May 2008 issue of EM Magazine, published by the Air & Waste Management Association. Access the article and other mercury information, including materials related to the Northeast Regional Mercury TMDL, on our mercury web page.

NEIWPCC is pleased to release an online searchable database of Massachusetts approved wastewater treatment plant operators. Search for operators by last name, town, state, or grade.

Be a Water Quality Professional! Check out NEIWPCC’s updated list of educational programs in the water and wastewater fields.

NEIWPCC in the NEWS: NEIWPCC’s 19th Annual Nonpoint Source Pollution Conference, held May 19-21, received coverage in Business and Legal Reports. Read BLR’s articles on Getting a Local Stormwater Law Passed and A Case for Porous Asphalt Pavement. Planning for the 2009 NPS conference is already underway. On our NPS conference web page, you’ll find information about next year’s event and archives from previous conferences (including the 2008 presentations).

NEIWPCC’s 2007 Northeast Water Science Forum - Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products: State of the Science, a two-day intensive technical conference, was held August 8 - 9, 2007. Please visit the conference website to download the conference presentations.