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
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.
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, will receive 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.
Request for Applications: The New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program, in partnership with NEIWPCC, is seeking a contractor to assist with a project assessing the effects of sea level rise on public access points in the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary. Applications will be accepted until January 9, 2012. Visit our Contractor Opportunities page for more information.
Request for Proposals: NEIWPCC is seeking applicants to develop a framework for coordinated water quality monitoring within the embayments of Long Island Sound. Please visit the Long Island Sound Study CCMP Enhancement Program page to download the Request for Proposals. Proposals are due by February 3, 2012.
NEIWPCC in the NEWS: In an interview in Treatment Plant Operator magazine, NEIWPCC’s Leeann Hanson shares her thoughts on the great success and the challenges she’s experienced as coordinator of JETCC, our training arm in Maine.
Deadline extended! The deadline for applications to the Massachusetts Wastewater Management Training Program has been extended. Applications will be accepted through the end of the year for this program. Classes are expected to begin in February 2012.
New Training Calendar: Check out our new Training Calendar page for the latest information on all of our courses including alerts for cancellations, date or time changes, and other pertinent information for each course. While you're there, enjoy the convenience of the new state filter, color coding, and five full-week view.
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 2010.
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!
Operator Search: NEIWPCC is pleased to offer an online searchable database of Massachusetts-approved wastewater treatment plant operators. Search for operators by last name, town, state, or grade.
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.