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VOLUME 51 NUMBER 1 | ISSN 1077-3002 SPRING 2017

Stormwater/Watershed Planning Boston Water and Sewer Commission collaborates with Boston Public Schools for integrated green infrastructure Integrated modeling of the Mystic River watershed for climate change flood risk prediction and preparedness Rhode Island’s new water quality management plan—Water Quality 2035 Water quality management issues in New England (circa 1969)

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upfront President’s Message...... 6 From the Editor...... 8 14 Industry news ...... 14 FeatureS Boston Water and Sewer Commission collaborates with Boston Public Schools for integrated green infrastructure ...... 22 by Kate England and Zach Henderson Integrated modeling of the Mystic River watershed for climate change flood risk prediction and preparedness...... 26 by David Bedoya, Yovanni Cataño-Lopera, Kathy Watkins, and Owen O’Riordan Rhode Island’s new water quality management plan— Water Quality 2035 ...... 38 by Nancy Hess From the Journal archives—October 1969: Water quality management issues in New England ...... 44 by Walter Newman

THIS ISSUE NEBRA Highlights...... 52 Spotlight: Concord, Massachusetts WWTF...... 56 State Director Reports...... 58 NHWPCA Past Presidents’ Dinner and 50th Anniversary...... 70 Student Poster Competition ...... 74 26 Student Scholarship Essays ...... 76 Events Annual Conference Proceedings...... 78 Upcoming Meetings & Events...... 94

INSIDE NEWEA New Members...... 96 Membership Application...... 99

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President James R. Barsanti Framingham, MA President Elect Janine Burke-Wells Excessive sludge build-up? Hair/Fiber buildup? Warwick, RI Vice President Poor recovery after cleaning? Broken membranes? Raymond A. Vermette, Jr. Dover, NH High chemical costs? Reduced flow? Treasurer Priscilla J. Bloomfield Orleans, MA Past President Raymond L. Willis III Franklin, MA WE HAVE YOUR WEF Delegates Daniel P. Bisson Manchester, NH SOLUTION! Matthew Formica Chelmsford, MA Frederick McNeill Manchester, NH Susan J. Sullivan TM Lowell, MA Layne’s PTFE PoreFlon Directors – State Hollow Fiber Membranes Virgil J. Lloyd Manchester, CT Clayton “Mac” Richardson Lewiston, ME  6X the strength of traditional PVDF material The concepts, ideas, procedures and opinions contained in the articles in this publication are those expressed by Justin F. deMello the various authors who submit the material for publication. The New England Water Environment Association, its Andover, MA  Higher Porosity – Lower Trans Membrane Pressure executive committee, the editors, the executive director, and administrative staff hereby assume no responsibility Sean T. Greig for any errors or omissions in the articles as presented in this publication, nor are the concepts, ideas, procedures  Chemical resistance of 0-14pH Newmarket, NH and opinions in these articles necessarily recommended or endorsed as valid by NEWEA, its executive committee,  the editors, the executive director or staff. References to specific products or services do not constitute Michael L. Spring Temperature rating to 80C endorsement of those offerings by NEWEA. The Journal’s committee reserves the right to make any editorial Providence, RI  Hydrophilic – Ships dry, stores dry, easily rewets changes as deemed necessary for publication of submitted papers. Nathan W. Lavallee Milton, VT  Naturally non-stick PTFE fibers. Less sludge build up Directors – Council  Designed for the most demanding wastewater applications NEWEA Journal ISSN #1077-3002 Journal Committee Chair & Editor Photography Editor John M. Digiacomo Published four times annually by Joseph Boccadoro Charles Tyler Natick, MA  Modular cassette designed for exact replacement New England Water Environment [email protected] [email protected] Jonathan E. Kunay  Open-bottom modules designed for higher sludge applications Association, Inc. Journal Committee Photo credits Boston, MA This is Volume 51 Number 1 Alan Slater, Alexandra Bowen Lincoln Woods State Park  Periodical postage paid at Woburn, MA Jennifer K. Lachmayr 250+ installations worldwide Alexandra Doody, Charles Tyler (page 40) Wakefield, MA 01801, and at additional mailing offices Dan Coughlin, Don St. Marie Swampyank Elena Proakis Ellis Eric Staunton, Gail Lollis Wikimedia Commons New England Water Environment Melrose, MA Association, Inc. Geraldine Ciardelli, Helen Gordon Blackstone River Gorge Marylee Santoro 10 Tower Office Park, Suite 601 James R. Barsanti, Matthew Hross (page 42) Stamford, CT Call today to find out more! Woburn, MA 01801-2155 Meredith Zona, Michael Sullivan Doug Kerr Telephone: 781-939-0908 Susan Landon Wikimedia Commons Executive Director Represented locally by WESCOR Associates, Inc. Fax: 781-939-0907 Mary Barry Guest Editor Annual Conference Email: [email protected] Matthew Hross (508) 384-8921 Website: newea.org (pages 74 – 75, 78 – 93) [email protected] Cindy Loo Photography Postmaster: Copy Editor and Charles Tyler www.wescorassociatesinc.com Send address changes to: Thomas Heinlein NEWEA Journal Graphic Designer 10 Tower Office Park, Suite 601 Robert Randazzo Woburn, MA 01801-2155 POREFLON is a registered trademark of, and manufactured by, layne.com Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.

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Our Association was organized eighty-eight years ago in Hartford, Become a NEWEA Member Connecticut, on April 23, 1929, with the objectives of advancing the knowledge of n Complete and mail the membership design, construction, operation and management of waste treatment works and other application form on pages 99 – 100 water pollution control activities, and encouraging a friendly exchange of information n Download a membership application and experience. From 40 charter members, the membership has steadily grown to more from newea.org by clicking— Intelligent by design. than 2,000 today. Membership is divided into the following classes: How Do I Join? Professional Member—shall be any individual involved or interested in water quality n Join online at wef.org by clicking— including any manager or other officer of a private waste treatment works; any person Become a Member engaged in the design, construction, financing, operation or supervision of pollution control facilities, or in the sale or manufacture of waste treatment equipment. 2017 Rates HOMA builds pumps that work. Executive Member—shall be an upper level manager interested in water quality and who Professional ...... $185 is interested in receiving an expanded suite of WEF products and services. Executive ...... $353 Simple. Reliable. Efficient. Corporate Member—shall be a sewerage board, department or commission; sanitary Corporate ...... $411 district; or other body, corporation or organization engaged in the design, consultation, Regulatory ...... $50 operation or management of water quality systems. Academic ...... $181 HOMA pumps are a solid investment. Our products Regulatory Member—this membership category is a NEWEA only membership reserved Young Professional . . . $69 are known worldwide for reliability. for New England Environmental Regulatory Agencies, including: USEPA Region 1, PWO ...... $109 Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Maine Department Dual ...... $40 of Environmental Protection, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, and the Vermont Department of Student ...... $10 Environmental Conservation. Academic Member—shall be an instructor or professor interested in subjects related to water quality. Young Professional Member—shall be any individual with five or fewer years of experience in the water quality industry and who is less than 35 years of age. Learn about our Professional Wastewater Operations Member (PWO)—shall be any individual who is actively involved on a day-to-day basis with the operation of a wastewater collection, Solution to Improve Issue date for circulation data below: 09/14/2016 treatment or laboratory facility, or for facilities with a daily flow of <1 million gallons per day. Publication title: Extent and nature of Average No. copies Membership is limited to those actually employed in treatment and collection facilities. circulation: no. copies of single NEWEA Technical, each issue issue Pump Station Efﬁ ciency Student Member—shall be a student enrolled for a minimum of six credit hours in an Journal Educational, during published Environmental preceding nearest to accredited college or university. 12 months filing date WEF Utility Partnership Program (UPP)—NEWEA participates in the WEF Utility Partner- Total number of copies 2,500 2,500 ship Program (UPP) that supports utilities to join WEF and NEWEA while creating a Legitimate Outside county 0 0 paid and/or paid/requested 203.736.8890 www.homapump.com comprehensive membership package for designated employees. As a UPP a utility can requested mail subscriptions distribution consolidate all members within its organization onto one account and have the flexibility In-county paid/ 2,200 2,200 requested mail to tailor the appropriate value packages based on the designated employees’ needs. subscriptions Contact WEF for questions & enrollment (703-684-2400 x7213). Sales through 8 8 dealers & carriers Requested copies 0 0 New England Water Environment Association | Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation distributed by Publication Title...... The NEWEA Journal other mail classes Publication...... #24559 Total paid and/or requested 2,208 2,208 circulation Issue Frequency...... Quarterly (four per year) Total nonrequested distribution 0 0 Annual Subscription Price...... $20 (included with membership dues) Total distribution 2,208 2,208 Complete Mailing Address, Known Office of Publication, General Business Office, Editors and Owner Copies not distributed 292 292 Contact Us For A Distributor Nearest You Homa Pump Technology Inc. Connecticut USA (non profit organization)...... NEWEA, 10 Tower Office Park, Suite 601, Woburn, MA 01801 Total 2,500 2,500 Contact Person/Managing Editor...... Mary Barry, NEWEA Executive Director Percent paid and/or requested 100 100 Tax Status ...... No change during the preceding 12 months circulation

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President’s Message We are working for water quality. The summit was attended by more than 60 Young Professionals, and included a half-day program of presentations on industry-related topics WH2O’s with us? and a question-and-answer session with a panel of industry leaders s your president for 2017, I am honored program, determine how we build on this incred- In addition to our Young Professional and and privileged to welcome you aboard as ible initial success, and establish a plan for its student outreach activities, we have many other we embark on another exciting year and future as a vital and important NEWEA program. exciting activities on the horizon for your participa- chapter in our NEWEA journey. Our 2016 Planning Session also reviewed our tion. We have a full slate of specialty seminars A student outreach. One result of these discussions planned this year, including Collection Systems and was to revise our committee charges to challenge Sustainability, Watershed Management, Industrial I look forward to seeing and connecting with you at our confer- our NEWEA committees to conduct a student Wastewater, Stormwater, and Residuals and ences, specialty seminars, and various other activities throughout James Barsanti outreach activity each year. Admittedly, this is Biosolids. Our Operations Challenge Committee the year. NEWEA offers us an array of opportunities to get involved; Assistant Director of Water a lofty goal, that will take time to develop, but I will have its Training Day in April to prepare our and Wastewater – Engineering our state and federal government legislative events, Water for believe this effort is so critical to the future success teams for the Operations Challenge events to Town of Framingham, MA People, Stockholm Junior Water Prize, Operations Challenge, of our profession that we are best served by be held at the Spring Meeting in North Falmouth, [email protected] and Water Champions to name just a few, and I encourage you raising the bar high. To initiate this task, I intend to Massachusetts, and at WEFTEC in Chicago. Over to join us by participating in any way that you can. In addition to work closely with the Public Education and Student the next few months, we will be supporting our honing our professional skills, our NEWEA activities provide us with Activities committees who are already on the front state associations with their legislative events personal fulfillment and fellowship with colleagues that will likely lines leading this effort through collaborating with and then nationally at the Washington, D.C., Fly-in lead to lifelong relationships. elementary, middle, and high schools, vocational during Water Week in March. These events provide Our 2017 theme is the growth and development of students and schools, and colleges and universities, and have opportunities to meet personally with and directly our Young Professionals. Why is this important to us? Our lives created tools, resources, and activities to assist our influence our legislators. We must continue to involve a physical and spiritual journey to seek out and define our committees in their efforts. These student outreach advocate for our water infrastructure and empha- identity, both personal and professional, who we are, what purpose opportunities can be as simple as attending a size its importance to the day-to-day function and we have, what difference we can make in the lives of others, and career day at your child’s school, presenting business of our society. Our water infrastructure in the world around us. Rarely is the journey straightforward or aspects of our profession to a classroom, or visiting is vital to all our citizens and provides a stable predictable, and it is oftentimes complicated with conflicting paths with undergraduates at your alma mater. I know platform for bipartisan efforts for our legislators. and difficult decisions. We find ourselves searching for signs, either from experience that teachers at all grade levels In closing, I want to acknowledge and thank Past real or abstract, to help us find our way. In some cases, these signs are grateful for and welcome opportunities to have President Ray Willis for his exemplary and steadfast are manifested in the form of mentors, people who we meet on us serve as guest speakers in their classrooms. service to NEWEA as our president. Mr. Willis our journey, and are willing to share their experience and wisdom, You just need to be willing to contact them and has led us with grace, dignity, and ingenuity, and advise and encourage us, and shape and define that identity. volunteer your time. Our water profession is rich has set a tremendous example for me to follow. I In our March 2016 Planning Session, one of our working groups with opportunities with a role for anyone willing look forward to working with him, President-elect focused on this critical issue of mentorship and finding ways to accept the call to join us, whether it be in Janine Burke-Wells, Vice President Ray Vermette, NEWEA can provide opportunities to establish and foster these operations, engineering, science, product sales Treasurer Priscilla Bloomfield, the Executive relationships. The outcome was a plan for a Young Professionals and development, public relations, administration, Committee and all our committees, Mary Barry Summit to be held at our 2017 Annual Conference. I am happy finance, media, or regulatory work. What better and our NEWEA staff, and our members, as we to report that it was a resounding success! The summit was message to bring to young people than to chal- move forward with this year’s focus on the growth attended by more than 60 Young Professionals, and included a lenge and inspire them to be the next generation and development of our students and Young half-day program of presentations on industry-related topics and of advocates, stewards, and protectors of the water Professionals. On behalf of NEWEA, I sincerely a question-and-answer session with a panel of industry leaders environment, our earth’s most precious resource. I thank you for your volunteer efforts and for the who shared their experiences and advice with participants. As I urge you to be creative, have fun, and seek these work you do each day, and I anticipate many new emphasized during my remarks at the Annual Conference adjourn- opportunities, as the reward you receive will far and exciting adventures, friendships, and opportu- ment, this summit concept is a NEWEA activity for you, the Young exceed your efforts, and the students’ lives will be nities for us all in 2017. Professionals, and provides you with a forum to shape professional richer for it. and personal development as you see fit. I will be working closely With thanks and appreciation, with the Young Professionals Committee as we review this year’s James Barsanti, NEWEA President

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From the Editor ® fter perusing each edition of the • The need for public involvement in view of the Journal in 2016, I hope our readers preceding point OptiFiber were impressed with the articles, news, • Setting adequate water quality standards ENGINEERED CLOTH FILTRATION MEDIA events, and industry information featured • The importance of CSO and nutrient controls throughout the year. A visually attractive • The lack of regulations to preserve water quality Shown is an AquaDiamond® fi lter at Journal filled with quality content is a Almost half a century later, a lot has been accomplished Brockton, MA fi tted with OptiFiber ® positive reflection on in these areas, and the region’s water PES-14 microfi ber media. ANEWEA and its membership—we thank all quality is significantly better, though much who contributed. With 2016 in the books, work remains. Interestingly, some of what the Journal team is turning its attention to Mr. Newman wrote about almost 50 years 2017. Here is what is in store. ago still resonates today, in particular: • Gaps in funding 2017 Journal themes and • Need for new technologies Remove TSS, Turbidity and Polish Phosphorus to <0.1 mg/l submission deadlines • Shortage of wastewater treatment and OptiFiber PES-14® micro ber media is speci cally engineered for water and wastewater applications. Deep, thick pile bers collection system operators capture particles for the most effective depth ltration. During backwash, bers uidize to provide an efficient release of stored Summer—Wastewater Treatment solids. The result is high quality effluent, less backwash and low energy compared to other ltration methods. and Collection Systems Operations Notably, though not surprisingly for the (March 31) times, stormwater issues were mostly OptiFiber media is available for AquaDisk®, Aqua MegaDisk®, Aqua MiniDisk®, and AquaDiamond® con gurations. absent from the article. Fall—Municipal/Agency Topics Mr. Newman concluded his article with (June 30) Represented By: Joe Boccadoro, P.E. the following: Michael Caso | Robert Trzepacz, P.E Winter—National Issues of Regional Senior Project Manager – Water “The financial and manpower require- AECOM TECHNOLOGY SALES ASSOCIATES, INC. Interest (September 29) ments are staggering. The technological p (978) 838-9998 | www.techsalesne.com [email protected] elements are extremely complex. Regional www.optifi bermedia.com | 815-654-2501 Regular readers know that a theme is typically cooperation at all levels of government, selected for each edition of the Journal. As indicated on private industry, civic and professional action groups, the cover, our first publication of the year features storm- and concerned citizens is essential to ensure success in water/watershed planning topics. In 2017, we will also achieving our objectives. Regional waste treatment facili- Technology Sales Associates, Inc. include articles on wastewater treatment and collection ties, regional operating districts, watershed management Process Equipment for the Water and Wastewater Treatment Industry systems operations, agency/municipal topics, and issues programs, river basin management systems, and vigorous Manufacturers Representative for New England States that other parts of the nation may be facing that are of state water pollution control programs are key elements.” WATER FILTRATION EQUIPMENT WASTEWATER PROCESS EQUIPMENT PROCESS CONTROL EQUIPMENT interest to us in New England. Please refer to the table for Most of these words could have been written in these • Atlantium Technologies • Aerisa • ECO2 pages today, not just five decades ago. each theme and the associated submission deadline. • AWC Water Solutions • Aerostrip • OpenChannelFlow In addition to the topics indicated above, an underlying As described above, we have interesting topics lined • GE Water & Process Technologies/Zenon • APG-Neuros • Rexa Electraulic Valve Actuation Throwback theme will be featured throughout 2017 that up for 2017, and we are introducing a new concept that • IXOM-Watercare • Aqua-Aerobic Systems • Rodney Hunt we are particularly excited about (not to be confused with we will explore throughout the year—an underlying (formerly Orica) • AWC Water Solutions • ZAPS Technologies President Jim Barsanti’s theme, which is growth and devel- Throwback theme. The Journal Committee and staff are • Johnson Screens • Binder Group opment of students and young professionals). Current excited about featuring these items, and we hope you are • Leopold/Xylem • Dutchland plans call for reprinting articles from Journals of past eras looking forward to reading about them. • Norit America • ElectraTherm (refer to the sidebar to see how the Journal cover has • Wedeco/Xylem • EnviroMix • Epic.International changed over the years), highlighting a historical figure in • Excelsior.Blower our Spotlight series, displaying photographs with scenes • Guardian Environmental Products from our past, or commemorating special events. • GE Water & Process Technologies/Zenon In the spring issue, for our first Throwback, we are • Hydro-Dyne Engineering reprinting an article from the October 1969 issue, • Komline Sanderson written by Walter M. Newman and titled “Water Quality • Leopold/Xylem Management Issues in New England.” The article provides • Lone.Star.Blower an interesting historical perspective in comparison to • Mixtec • Ovivo current stormwater and watershed planning challenges in • Robuschi our region, and points out the following issues of the time: • UltraTech • The high cost of achieving water quality and the poten- • Varec Biogas tial economic impacts • Wedeco/Xylem • The public’s general acceptance of pollution and the tendency to avoid these areas (i.e., recreation and Journal variations: “half-size” (left) inaugural edition and 44 Central Street | Unit 5 | Berlin, MA 01503 | Tel: 978-838-9998 | Fax: 978-838-9897 (right) 1996 to 2004 version, enlarged to “full-size”(center) Mike Caso x13 – Cell: 508-878-7641 | Rob Trzepacz x12 – Cell: 603-848-3950 | www.techsalesne.com water supply) versus addressing a clean-up 2005–2013, updated to current design in 2013

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EPA’s Environmental Education grants encourage projects Recently Retired MWRA Employee that educate members of a community through community- Recognized for Outstanding Service based organizations, through educational institutions, or – EPA New England Office through print, film, broadcast, or other media to be more Charlie Tyler, a resident of environmentally aware and make environmentally friendly Sherborn, Massachusetts, decisions. and a retired engineer of Industry News For more information about EPA Environmental Education the Massachusetts Water grants, visit: epa.gov/education/environmental-education-ee- Resources Authority grants. (MWRA), is being honored with a 2016 Regional EPA Launches Technology Challenge for an Lifetime Achievement Advanced Septic System Nitrogen Sensor Award by EPA. Mr. Tyler – Emily Bender, EPA Region 1 News Release has provided training On January 17, 2017, EPA and its partners launched a tech- and technical assistance The Mystic River Watershed Association received $80,116 for the two-year Mystic River nology challenge for an advanced septic system nitrogen Herring Run project that connects city students with the herring migration to wastewater profes- sensor. The total award pool for this phase is $55,000. sionals in New England The challenge was open for submissions from January 17 to throughout his many Two Massachusetts Groups are Awarded March 17, 2017. years of employment with MWRA. Among other things, $171,116 for Environmental Education Manomet was given $91,000 for a project that will educate EPA has partnered with The Nature Conservancy, U.S. Mr. Tyler will always be remembered for his enthu- Initiatives students about sustainability within the small business Geological Survey, and others to launch the Advanced Septic siasm while narrating tours of the MWRA Deer Island – EPA Region 1 Public Affairs sector. This two-year project is an expansion of a program System Nitrogen Sensor Challenge. In Phase I, entrants Wastewater Treatment Facility to the many public, state, EPA recently awarded $171,116 to two Massachusetts organiza- to help college students in the environmental or business were asked to design a nitrogen sensor for use in advanced and federal officials. tions that will involve students in becoming smarter and departments learn more about climate change, energy, nitrogen-removal onsite wastewater treatment systems The EPA Regional Wastewater Awards Program better stewards of the environment. water, and toxins, and how to apply problem-solving and (OWTS), also known as advanced septic systems, to monitor recognizes personnel in the wastewater field who Manomet Inc. of Plymouth and the Mystic River Watershed analytical skills to environmental challenges. It will help their long-term performance. The top entries will be awarded have provided invaluable public service managing and Association in Arlington were given EPA Environmental students look at how sustainability strategies can be applied cash prizes totaling $55,000, and will be given the chance to operating wastewater treatment facilities throughout Education funds for programs to educate the community and to business models and help small businesses reduce their network with industry leaders, regulators, and advanced New England. The Massachusetts Department of students about environmental issues. The two grants were environmental impact. Five universities in New Hampshire OWTS test centers to potentially seek prototype funding. Environmental Protection was instrumental in Mr. Tyler’s among three environmental education grants awarded by and Maine have signed on as sub-grantees for the student The challenge is being managed by InnoCentive, EPA, and nomination. EPA in New England. internship program along with sustainable business challenge partners. The challenge expert advisory committee “We are proud to acknowledge Mr. Tyler’s outstanding “The projects taken on by these organizations will help organizations who are hosting students. The students are who will review challenge submissions includes experts from contributions to help protect public health and water make a brighter future for New England communities,” EPA’s helping local businesses operate more sustainably, enabling EPA, the New England Onsite Wastewater Training Program quality for so many years and to give him the credit he New England (now former) regional administrator, Curt businesses to reduce their environmental footprints and use at the University of Rhode Island, the Massachusetts deserves.” said Deborah Szaro, acting regional adminis- Spalding said. “Young people, educators, and communities of toxic chemicals, increase climate resiliency, and develop Alternative Septic System Test Center (MASSTC), state trator of EPA’s New England office. taught how to address the problems and challenges of envi- greater local stewardships. Between 30 and 80 students and 12 onsite regulators, the National Onsite Wastewater Recycling The EPA Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant ronmental protection are bound to play a part in a healthier to 15 small business owners are expected to participate. Association, the New York State Center for Clean Water Excellence Award was established to recognize and world tomorrow.” “We are incredibly grateful to EPA for this grant to support Technology at Stony Brook University, and various university honor the employees of publicly owned wastewater The Mystic River Watershed Association received $80,116 for the growth of Manomet’s new experiential education engineering programs. treatment plants for their commitment to improving water the two-year Mystic River Herring Run project that connects program for colleges,” said Lora Winslow, project manager. Conventional septic systems are not designed to remove quality with outstanding plant operations and mainte- city students with the herring migration with the goal of “Manomet will train dozens of students to address the nitrogen, which can lead to problems such as nitrogen nance. EPA’s New England office formally acknowledged improving environmental literacy among students on riverine complex environmental challenges facing their generation, loading to waterways. This issue is especially important to Mr. Tyler at NEWEA’s Annual Conference for his fine work. ecology, increasing knowledge of environmental stewardship and provide roughly 1,200 small businesses with tools to coastal communities, where excess nitrogen causes toxic of water resources, and educating communities to reduce reduce their environmental footprint. Thanks to EPA, this algal blooms leading to beach closures and degrades water stormwater pollution that affects the Mystic River watershed. program will have long-lasting and far-reaching impacts for resources. EPA estimates that owing to their location in West Haven Will Improve Stormwater System The project creates, maintains, and shares a web portal the students, their communities, small businesses, and our nitrogen-sensitive watersheds, around 2.6 million systems under Amended Settlement about the Mystic River watershed, fish, and water quality, planet.” could be good candidates for advanced septic systems that – EPA Region 1 Public Affairs and involves the communities in helping to count fish in the The other New England organization awarded an envi- treat nitrogen. The city of West Haven, Connecticut, will make changes to river-herring migration. The association is hosting workshops ronmental education grant was Groundwork Providence, in Many communities, state and local governments, and its stormwater system to ensure that local waterways are in schools, field trips to fish ladders, and stewardship events Providence, Rhode Island. environmental NGOs are eager and motivated to prevent and adequately protected and that the city is complying with along the river. With six school districts involved, some 1,500 EPA funds environmental education projects that focus on reduce nitrogen pollution in sensitive areas. While some have its state permit for stormwater discharges. The stormwater students and 200 adults are expected to participate. educating teachers, students, parents, or the general public begun requiring installation of advanced septic systems to system upgrades are included in a proposed agreement to “The Mystic River Watershed Association is excited to bring about human health problems. Examples of these projects protect sensitive areas, routinely monitoring the long-term amend a 2014 Clean Water Act Consent Decree among the the herring migration to the larger community and especially include increasing pollution awareness, improving teaching performance of these systems is logistically challenging and city, EPA, and the state of Connecticut. local schools through the installation of underwater video tools and techniques for educators through workshops, requires large investments in time and resources. Currently, Under the 2014 Consent Decree, West Haven agreed to cameras,” said Beth MacBlane, outreach and communications building state or local capability to develop and deliver no sensor is available for detecting and measuring nitrogen in reduce illegal discharges from sanitary sewer overflows. director of the Mystic River Watershed Association. “This new environmental education or public outreach programs, and advanced septic system effluent. After the Consent Decree was entered, EPA became aware program will connect thousands of people to this amazing promoting environmental careers and stewardship among Visit: innocentive.com/ar/challenge/9933926 for more details of several other problems related to the city’s separate storm rite of spring—the herring migration.” students through hands-on activities. on the challenge. sewer system (MS4) program. Amending the 2014 Consent

Decree will help the city consolidate its system upgrades to EPA Works with Two Rhode Island Casco Bay Estuary Partnership Releases more efficiently improve water quality and comply with the Communities to Improve Water Quality 2016 – 2021 Plan Clean Water Act. – EPA Region 1 Public Affairs – Submitted by Casco Bay Estuary Partnership In an April 2015 inspection of the system, EPA documented Two recent administrative consent orders between EPA and The Casco Bay Estuary Partnership (CBEP), one of 28 numerous places where the city failed to follow the require- the towns of Johnston and North Providence, Rhode Island, community-based partnerships engaged in EPA’s National ments of its storm sewer permit. In particular, it had failed will result in cleaner water and improved environmental Estuary Program, recently released a plan for the next five to: update its stormwater management plan and submit an conditions. These improvements will come from the require- years (2016 – 2021). The bay area, while serving as the end of annual report since 2009; properly monitor its outfalls in 2011, ment that the towns identify and eliminate the causes of a watershed that is only three percent of Maine’s land mass, 2012, and 2013; implement a public education program related sewage overflows from their collection systems. holds 18 percent of the state’s population. Casco Bay is a large to stormwater; adequately map its MS4 system; put in place a In Johnston, based on reports from the Rhode Island and diverse water body, having 575 miles (925 km) of shoreline way to eliminate illicit discharges; and review its stormwater Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM), EPA and 785 islands and ledges. management plan to determine whether stormwater from the had reason to believe that overflows were occurring from “For two decades CBEP, with its partnership of organiza- city’s five outfalls that discharge into New Haven Harbor met point sources in Johnston’s sewage collection system and tions, has made great strides in sustaining a healthy Casco permitted limits. entering waters protected under the Clean Water Act. In May Bay,” says Curtis Bohlen, CBEP director. “But stressors on the “Protecting our waterways means not only stopping direct 2016, EPA issued an information request to the town requiring bay are continually changing in character as well as growing discharges of sewage overflows from sanitary systems but that it submit information regarding past overflows and in number and magnitude.” For instance, while Casco Bay also protecting our rivers, ponds, lakes, and streams from pump station failures, and to report overflows to EPA and enjoys good water quality when judged by national standards, contaminated runoff by adequately managing stormwater,” RIDEM in an ongoing manner in the future. the waters of the Gulf of Maine—of which it is a part—are said EPA’s Mr. Spalding. “We appreciate that the city of West As EPA believed that Johnston needed to take additional reported to be warming faster than 99 percent of global ocean Haven is going to focus its efforts on addressing both these actions regarding its sewer collection system to prevent waters. Casco Bay itself has warmed 3.6°F (2°C) on a seasonally important programs.” future Clean Water Act violations, EPA has entered into an adjusted basis since monitoring began in 1993. Climate change Administrative Order on Consent with the town requiring has also brought increases in both annual precipitation and In an April 2015 inspection of the that it develop a plan to address the underlying causes of extreme precipitation events. This has raised concerns with Casco Bay itself has warmed 3.6°F system, EPA documented numerous sewage overflows, including a pump station condition assess- stormwater impacts associated with nitrogen and phosphorus, (2°C) on a seasonally adjusted basis places where the city failed to follow the ment, and conduct necessary repairs and take other actions and the potential to affect water quality issues from coastal since monitoring began in 1993 requirements of its storm sewer permit. to address deficiencies in its collection system. The town is to acidification to algal blooms and lower dissolved oxygen. report its progress implementing these improvements to EPA “West Haven’s additional measures to ensure compliance and RIDEM in annual reports. Building on a Record of Accomplishments Ongoing Collaboration with the Clean Water Act benefit all of us,” said U.S. Attorney In North Providence, EPA had previously issued an Working with numerous partners, CBEP has invested more Eliminating combined sewer overflows (CSOs) is a big and Deirdre M. Daly. “We are thankful for each opportunity to Administrative Order to the town requiring that it develop than $700,000 in several dozen projects since 2000, helping to expensive effort being led by the cities of Portland and partner with EPA and the state of Connecticut in an effort and implement a corrective action to address basement conserve thousands of acres (hectares) of forested woodlands South Portland. The number of active CSOs discharging to ensure and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological backups. In addition, EPA had required that the town near headwater streams and hundreds of acres of coastal into Casco Bay has been reduced from 80 in 1990 to 43 in integrity of the waters of this state.” respond to several information requests requiring additional habitats, including salt marshes and seabird nesting islands. 2014, and additional CSOs were removed in 2015 and 2016. In The city has hired a consulting firm to help it comply information regarding sewage overflows. To ensure that the The amount of conserved and permanently protected land in terms of discharge volume normalized to rainfall, 24.9 million with the requirements of the 2014 Consent Decree regarding town is taking sufficient action, EPA recently entered into the lower Casco Bay watershed has more than doubled from gallons per inch (37.1 ML per cm) of rain were released from sanitary sewer overflows. The new amendments will make it an Administrative Order on Consent with the town that 7,300 acres (2,954 ha) in 1997 to 18,960 acres (7,673 ha) today. these sources in 2000. By 2014 that number had dropped more likely the city will be able to address all of its stormwater consolidates the requirements of the previous order and the to 7.9 million gallons per inch (11.8 ML per cm) of rainfall. and wastewater management obligations in a coordinated and information requests, and also requires the town to evaluate The number of active CSOs discharging Pollution prevention and stormwater runoff elimination are efficient manner. The proposed changes to the 2014 Consent the results of its actions to date to address sewage overflows. into Casco Bay has been reduced from gaining momentum as well. In 2002 the Inter-local Stormwater Decree are subject to a public comment period and approval As with Johnston, North Providence is to report its progress 80 in 1990 to 43 in 2014, and additional Working Group (ISWG) was formed, with CBEP working with by the court. The alterations are expected to cost hundreds of implementing the new order to EPA and RIDEM in annual CSOs were removed in 2015 and 2016. the Cumberland County Soil and Water Conservation District thousands of dollars. reports. and 14 area municipalities. In 2007, the city of South Portland As part of the original settlement the city paid a total EPA has taken a number of similar actions throughout New Fish passage restoration has been another success story received a Department of Environmental Protection grant penalty of $125,000. The amendments to the Consent Decree England to address sewage overflows. When these overflows since the early part of the last decade. In the early 2000s, few to develop the Long Creek Watershed Management Plan, would require West Haven to comply with specific provisions occur, raw sewage can enter surface waters or be discharged fish were able to make the journey upstream from Casco and worked closely with CBEP and CCSWCD to create the of the MS4 permit by specific dates. The city of West Haven to streets or private property, where it poses a public health Bay to Highland Lake in Windham (11 miles [18km]) from the nationally recognized Long Creek Watershed Management owns and operates a treatment system with about 145 miles risk. Sewage overflows to “waters of the United States” are Presumpscot River estuary). In 2015 and 2016, thousands of District. This pioneering work, which involves more than 130 (234 kilometers) of sewers and 13 pumping stations, as well as not allowed under the Clean Water Act, and can be caused alewives were documented making the journey. This success business and landowners (including two highway agencies a wastewater treatment facility that discharges to New Haven by a combination of factors, including failures of the system came after more than a decade of work toward removal and four municipalities), established the most comprehensive Harbor. The city estimates it has about 50 municipal separate of pipes, pumps, and other equipment that municipalities of the Smelt Hill Dam, fish passage improvements at the stream monitoring program in Maine and continues to work storm sewer system outfalls. use to collect and transport sewage to wastewater treatment Highland Lake Dam, culvert modifications at three road to improve water quality in this urban watershed. The amended consent agreement will be available for public plants; grease and other blockages, such as from disposable crossings, riparian plantings, and streambank stabilization. CBEP actively supported the Friends of Casco Bay’s water review and comment for 30 days, following posting on the wipes and tree roots; or excess flows entering the collection More than 50 acres (20 ha) of tidal marsh habitat have been quality monitoring program, which engaged 80 citizen volunteers Department of Justice website. For more information, visit: system. Implementation of effective preventive maintenance restored at several locations in Harpswell and Brunswick, in in last year’s Nabbing Nitrogen program where organization justice.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. programs have been shown to eliminate or significantly the northern end of the bay. Working with the Presumpscot volunteers simultaneously collected water samples along the For more information on how EPA enforces the Clean Water reduce the frequency and volume of these discharges. River Watershed Coalition, CBEP helped develop a plan for the Portland waterfront. The partnership also funds the Presumpscot Act, visit: epa.gov/enforcement/water-enforcement. Presumpscot River and completed a $1 million project under River Watch, which has been marshalling volunteers since 1989 to EPA’s targeted watershed grants program. monitor water quality in that major tributary to the bay.

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Casco Bay was designated by EPA as Maine’s first No Jaffrey Facility to Upgrade its Wastewater Discharge Area, prohibiting discharge of all vessel sewage Treatment Systems Under Clean Water Act into the bay and controlling the discharge of gray water from Settlement large commercial passenger vessels. Owing to 23 shore-side – David Deegan, EPA Region 1 News Release pump-out facilities and the Friends of Casco Bay’s mobile Under the terms of a Consent Decree lodged in federal court, pump-out boat, it is now easy for boaters to comply with EMD Millipore Corp. of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, will upgrade these important protective measures. its on-site wastewater treatment system to comply with the The effects of climate change on Casco Bay and the vulnera- terms of the company’s industrial wastewater discharge bility of the bay’s coastal wetlands to sea level rise are ongoing permit and prevent pretreatment violations of the federal areas of study for the CBEP. Along with tracking the spread of Clean Water Act. The company will also pay a civil penalty of invasive species, the partnership continues to work with such $385,000 for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. organizations as the Northeast Costal Acidification Network, EMD Millipore operates an industrial manufacturing the University of Maine, the University of New Hampshire, facility in Jaffrey that produces water filtration devices. The and others in the region. For the next five-year period, the facility operates an on-site wastewater treatment system partnership has identified four primary goals to extend the that introduces wastewater into the Jaffrey publicly owned scope and impact of collective work already underway on treatment works (POTW) through a dedicated pipe. The behalf of Casco Bay: facility’s wastewater contains pollutants including ammonia, 1. Protect, restore, and enhance key habitats that sustain total suspended solids, hydrogen ion concentration (pH), and ecological health. CBEP commits to conserving priority oxygen demanding pollutants such as biochemical oxygen undeveloped shorelines, protecting and restoring vital demand. The settlement resolves numerous allegations of habitats such as eelgrass beds and tidal mudflats, Clean Water Act pretreatment violations, including pass enhancing connectivity among aquatic habitats, and through and interference violations at the Jaffrey POTW. strengthening the capacity of Casco Bay ecosystems to The Consent Decree requires EMD Millipore to upgrade the accommodate change. facility’s wastewater treatment system to achieve compliance 2. Improve Casco Bay’s water quality by reducing with the federal pretreatment regulations and the facility’s nutrient pollution and its impacts, including coastal industrial wastewater discharge permit. The company must acidification. CBEP promotes practices that reduce also comply with certain interim wastewater management nutrient pollution, support public funding for improved requirements. Finally, EMD Millipore must provide annual stormwater management, and assess the dynamics of training to individuals at the facility responsible for Clean how nutrients enter and move within Casco Bay. Water Act compliance and wastewater sampling and analysis, 3. Foster resilient communities and their connections to and submit quarterly reports to EPA to ensure compliance Delivering Innovative Solutions for the New England Casco Bay. CBEP seeks to increase public engagement with the Consent Decree and the Clean Water Act. with Casco Bay and to support collaborative initiatives The Consent Decree is the result of a federal enforcement that illuminate the region’s ecological and economic action brought by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf Wastewater Market interconnections, celebrate the bay’s importance, and of EPA. It was lodged in the U.S. District Court for the District help citizens and leaders increase the region’s resilience in of New Hampshire, and was subject to a 30-day public the face of climate disruptions. comment period and approval by the federal court. A copy of 4. Mobilize collective knowledge and resources to support the consent decree is available on the DOJ website: usdoj.gov/ Asset Management Casco Bay. CBEP serves as a convener and catalyst, mobi- enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. lizing scientific, financial, and human resources to help Collection Treatment residents throughout the watershed effectively address the complex and evolving challenges facing Casco Bay. Energy & Sustainability The ongoing success of the CBEP is clear proof of how collaboration among community organizations can Funding & Rates accomplish significant improvements in environmental management and public awareness. With careful execution Nutrient Removal of a long-term regional plan that includes wetlands conserva- Stormwater Management tion, monitoring and control of nutrient pollution sources, and promotion of community awareness and involvement, Casco Bay can continue to thrive and improve while meeting the ongoing challenges posed by competing environmental conditions.

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| integrated green infrastructure |

Boston Water and Sewer Commission

BIORETENTION collaborates with Boston Public Schools TP 2 for integrated green infrastructure ENHANCED TREE TRENCH

Kate England, Boston Water and Sewer Commission, Boston, Massachusetts Zach Henderson, Woodard & Curran, Portland, Maine BIORETENTION TREE WITHIN FENCE

Abstract | In 2012, the Boston Water and Sewer Commission entered into a Consent Decree with EPA SUPPLEMENTAL HILLSIDE TREE to address pollutant loading from drainage system discharges to the Charles River. Since that time, the Commission has implemented a number of green infrastructure projects in collaboration with Boston city agencies. The latest such effort takes advantage of the Boston Public School systems’ comprehensive Educational and Facility Master Planning process to construct green infrastructure pilot projects at TP 1 five schools throughout Boston, all of which are in areas of high phosphorus loading. The projects are Stormwater tree pits were used to separate the play yard at the David A. Ellis Elementary School from the pick-up/drop-off also integrated into the curriculum at each school, so students get hands-on experience with both the area and other vehicle traffic from the adjacent Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists science and infrastructure involved. The overall effort won a 2015 Stormy Award from the New England Taking Advantage of Existing Capital underway. The Commission has completed designs Stormwater Collaborative, a joint effort of NEWEA, the New England Water Works Association, and the Planning and will provide funding for the construction of New England Chapter of the American Public Works Association. When it was announced that BPS were undertaking GI/LID features. The goal of this collaboration is a comprehensive educational and facility master to make GI/LID part of the BPS 10-year Master Keywords | Stormwater, green infrastructure, drainage, phosphorus, TMDL planning process, the Commission saw a chance to Plan so that GI/LID techniques are considered for collaborate. The master planning process assesses the implementation at BPS facilities as they are updated physical condition of the 133 city-owned BPS facili- and to share the cost of GI/LID implementation ties, and provides a strategic planning framework throughout Boston. for educational programming and major capital “This work with BPS will help us to meet our water- investments. The result will be a 10-year capital plan quality goals for the city of Boston collaboratively,” Protecting the Charles River that will include renovations, repairs, or additions says the Commission’s executive director, Henry F. The Boston Water and Sewer Commission won a identified areas in Boston with high phosphorus to facilities, new construction proposals, potential Vitale. “Through pilot projects with BPS, and other 2015 Stormy Award for leveraging the Boston Public loadings. Development and redevelopment projects facility consolidations, and optimized facilities city agencies, we hope to get the whole city on board Schools (BPS) master planning for green infrastruc- within the tributary areas for the Upper/Middle and management operations so that every BPS facility and foster greater receptivity to the proven effective- ture implementation. The Commission owns and Lower Charles River must meet pollutant reduction meets district educational standards and anticipates ness of GI/LID. The idea of having partners to help operates a system for the transport of wastewater requirements outlined by the prescribed TMDLs. future demand. Many of the BPS are within the encourage and finance widespread implementation is and stormwater drainage in the city of Boston, Over the past few years the Commission has tributary areas for the Upper/Middle and Lower also very appealing to the Commission.” and is responsible for most of the storm drains in established a green infrastructure/low-impact- Charles River. GI/LID as part of the master plan- The five schools selected to participate in the the city. EPA and the Massachusetts Department development (GI/LID) implementation program ning process would provide opportunities for the Commission’s GI/LID pilot project are all in areas with of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) have and has started several demonstration projects, Commission to reduce phosphorus loading, improve high phosphorus loading. GI/LID will be constructed prescribed total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) varying in scale and level of completion, to remove BPS facility aesthetics, and illustrate the numerous at each school; it was designed to be both effective for nutrients (phosphorus) and pathogens (fecal pollutants from stormwater runoff in the city of benefits of green stormwater management. at pollutant removal and aesthetically pleasing. coliform bacteria) for the Upper/Middle and Lower Boston. These projects are collaborative efforts To take advantage of BPS master planning, the The design team also considered school needs. For Charles River watersheds. with other city departments, such as Public Works, Commission proposed pilot projects at five schools example, school yards with large, paved areas and little On August 23, 2012, the Commission entered into Transportation, and Parks and Recreation, as well as throughout Boston. Through collaboration with shade had GI/LID incorporated that uses vegetated a Consent Decree with EPA to address pollutant local conservation groups, for instance the Charles the BPS Facilities Management Department, the surfaces and trees. At schools where busing/traffic loading from the Commission’s drainage-system River Watershed Association. The Commission has Commission hopes to integrate GI/LID into school patterns prevented students from playing outside, discharges. In accordance with the Consent Decree, a initiated three large-scale demonstration projects— yards and parking lots at BPS facilities to reduce GI/LID acts as a barrier between students and stormwater quality model was developed to identify Central Square, Audubon Circle, and City Hall Plaza. polluted stormwater runoff and share costs for GI/LID vehicle traffic to help create protected play spaces. and quantify pollutant loading from land areas that In addition, other neighborhood-level projects, such implementation. Furthermore, the Commission These GI/LID features will serve as demonstration contribute stormwater runoff to the Commission’s as rain garden bump outs in Codman Square, are also intends to build public awareness about green projects for future redevelopment and stormwater storm drain system. The Stormwater Model Report also at various stages of design and construction. stormwater management. The five pilot projects are management improvements at other BPS facilities.

Implementation Update About the Authors GI/LID designs are complete for each of the five pilot • Kate England is the project coordinator for GI/ schools. Construction commenced at the Washington Irving LID projects at the Boston Water and Sewer Middle School, located in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood, Commission. For the last two years, Ms. England in August 2016. Construction will commence on the four has been cultivating the Commission’s newly remaining schools during the summer of 2017. Washington created GI/LID program. The Commission intends Irving, referred to as the flagship project, is the largest and to utilize GI/LID to allow natural hydrology to 1 3 Field Turf, Porous Pavers and Trees has the most GI/LID features of the five schools. Plans for improve water quality in the city of Boston. In her Washington Irving include a large, outdoor classroom space time at the Commission, Ms. England has worked containing an extensive bioretention feature surrounded on many GI/LID projects that are at various stages by boulders where students can sit, play, and interact with of planning, design, and construction. Prior to the feature; side-by-side concrete and vegetated swales, so joining the Commission, Ms. England worked that students can make a visual comparison between “grey” as an environmental consultant, designing and and “green” stormwater management; and a new turf field constructing GI/LID features. ringed with trench drains, stormwater tree pits, and a track. • Zach Henderson is a water resources technical 2 3 When construction on all five schools is complete, BPS manager with Woodard & Curran. Mr. Henderson 4 will have many new GI/LID features that serve dual has spent 18 years dedicated to enhancement purposes. The first is to better manage stormwater on site of municipal stormwater programs. He focuses and improve overall stormwater quality in Boston to meet on planning, compliance, asset management, 4 Bioretention the water-quality goals for the Charles River required by and stormwater treatment system design across the Consent Decree. The second is to provide stormwater New England and works closely with several education opportunities for students, teachers, and long-standing municipal clients on comprehensive

not to scale community members. By educating students about GI/LID, stormwater management services. Mr. Henderson parents will indirectly receive these important lessons currently acts as tri-chair for the New England when children talk about their day. Educational signage will Stormwater Collaborative. also be installed at each of the five schools for community Not to Scale members to read and understand the myriad benefits of Washington Irving Middle School conceptual plan: 1. Bioswale 2. Concrete swale 3. Open play area with field turf and porous green stormwater management. pavers and trees 4. Bioretention Conceptual Design Washington Irving School Green InfrastructureStormwater Curriculum first stormwater lessons, in fifth grade, will introduce December 2015 Complements GI/LID students to stormwater, the current path that storm- Implementation water travels to receiving waters, and how GI/LID In addition to engaging BPS in changes the pathways by allowing natural hydrology 2015 Award Winner GI/LID design and construction, to resume function. The stormwater unit taught in and providing the BPS Facilities seventh grade will explain more in depth about the Management Department with pollutants affecting stormwater and receiving-water design documents that can be quality, and green stormwater management and 2015 Stormy Award Winner In 2015, the Boston Water and to meet stormwater-compliance applied or adapted for future treatment techniques. It will include role-playing The New England Stormwater Sewer Commission was one of three obligations. For more information facility capital improvements, as various participants and stakeholders in GI/LID Collaborative was formed in 2013 New England entities awarded a about previous award winners, complementary educational design, construction, and maintenance. by NEWEA, the New England Water Stormy for its idea of leveraging see the collaborative’s website at curricula to accompany the GI/LID This curriculum is intended to be used with the Works Association, and the New a school system master plan to nestormwater.org. features are also under develop- new GI/LID features, and thus the five schools will England Chapter of the American efficiently meet compliance and Given the increasing concern for ment. The Commission hired a BPS include outdoor classroom spaces so that students, Public Works Association, with the clean-water goals. Other winners stormwater-generated pollution, curriculum consultant to assist in teachers, and community members can interact conceptual drivers of education, included: the unique school curric- and general lack of understanding, Construction of the concrete authoring stormwater and GI/LID with GI/LID to better understand how stormwater understanding, and action. The ulum developed by the Connecticut political support, and dedicated swale that demonstrates “grey” science curricula. The overarching is managed. The fifth- and seventh-grade teachers collaborative works to engage the River Watershed Council, Enchanted funding, members of the collabora- stormwater management purpose of the curriculum who will receive the GI curriculum will be able to stormwater community, provide a Circle Theater, Suez North America, tive recognized the need to increase component is to educate students about stormwater better relay complex concepts (e.g., how infiltration forum for information and education and Hitchcock Center for the awareness of successful stormwater through interactive lessons and activities that use removes pollutants from water, the importance of exchange, and advocate sound, Environment that integrates art ideas. Through the Stormy Award, the newly constructed GI/LID features on site and groundwater recharge, benefits of phytoremediation, stormwater management. The and science into a program that the collaborative is drawing atten- throughout Boston. etc.) using the visual and physical aids of the GI/LID primary mechanism for information enhances stormwater outreach; and tion to case studies that highlight With the new curricula BPS students will receive features that are on the site. The curricula have been exchange is the annual Stormy an innovative legal arrangement effective and affordable steps which stormwater education twice before reaching high coordinated with the new Massachusetts Science Award program. Each year the between the town of Shelburne, communities can take to address school. Individual lessons will be added to an existing and Technology/Engineering Standards, so they can collaborative gives out three New Vermont, and nearby South stormwater-management challenges. unit for fifth grade, and an entire stormwater unit, be taught in any fifth- or seventh-grade classroom. England Stormy awards for the best Burlington, Vermont, that allows including potential career path and public speaking Additional resources may also be assembled for ideas in stormwater management. shared use of staff and equipment elements, is being developed for seventh grade. The teachers of other grades.

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| Integrated modeling of the Mystic River |

100 Year Today’s 100 yr 100 Year storm will be 10 comparable to 2070’s 25 yr 100 Year storm

Integrated modeling of the Mystic River torm 25 Year

25 Year 10 Year Today’s 25 yr watershed for climate change flood risk storm will be 10 Year

ater per S 5 comparable to 10 Year 2070’s 10 yr prediction and preparedness storm

David Bedoya, PhD, PE, Stantec, Boston, Massachusetts Inches of W Yovanni Cataño-Lopera PhD, PE, Stantec, Boston, Massachusetts Kathy Watkins, PE, Cambridge Department of Public Works, Cambridge, Massachusetts 0 1971 – 2000 2015 – 2044 2055 – 2064 (Baseline) (2030) (2070) Owen O’Riordan, Cambridge Department of Public Works, Cambridge, Massachusetts Figure 1. Increase in very heavy precipitation Figure 2. Expected evolution of rainfall frequencies from 1958 to 2012—top 1 percent daily precipitation in mid- and late-century time horizons in Cambridge Abstract | Forecasted increases in flood risk from future changes in precipitation patterns and sea level (Source: Walsh et al., 2014) (Source: Cambridge CCVA, Part 1) rise and storm surge events prompted the city of Cambridge to start a pilot program to assess feasible mitigation and resilience measures in the Alewife Brook area within the city. Because the potential magnitude of these inundation events extends well beyond the city’s boundaries and are likely to be caused by factors mostly at the watershed or regional scale, the city has decided to build a fully integrated model of the Mystic River watershed. The Alewife Brook is one of the tributaries to the Mystic River. The integrated model includes the hydrology and riverine geometry of the entire watershed and has been greatly refined within Cambridge’s boundaries to include the city’s sewer system model. The sewer system model has been seamlessly integrated with the riverine model and now allows for modeling of the highly dynamic and interdependent interactions between both environments. Additionally, in the integrated Cambridge flood plain area platform, the floodplain within Cambridge was represented with a high-resolution, two-dimensional grid inundated by sea waters also seamlessly coupled with the riverine and sewer platforms. The integrated model of the Mystic River watershed was successfully calibrated and validated using two large historical storms known to have caused flooding in some areas within Cambridge. Calibration was performed using three different river gauges as well as photographic evidence provided by the city and others. The calibrated model is now ready for evaluating the relative benefit of proposed mitigation measures, individually or in combination, and to quantify potential impacts these measures may have on the rest of the watershed communities. Figure 4. Historical Plan of Cambridge depicting the Figure 3. Inundation map of 2070 depicting the Alewife Brook historical salt water marshes near Fresh Pond in the Alewife This tool is now readily available to kick-start collaboration among stakeholders confronting a problem that marsh (red rectangle) that will be reclaimed by sea waters due to SLR/SS Brook area (courtesy of John Sullivan, Cambridge poses a great risk moving forward. (Source: Bosma et al., 2015) Historical Commission)

Keywords | Integrated watershed modeling, climate change, flood risk, precipitation increase, flood communities will become or reclaim their coastal The AED, built in 1966 by the Army Corps of mitigation, model calibration status once their protecting infrastructure is Engineers, sits at the confluence between the breached during extreme events. An example of this Mystic and Malden rivers. The dam has three is the Alewife Brook area within Cambridge shown in 900-MGD (3.4 million m3/d) pumps and three sluice Introduction to become obsolete or less effective as its design Figure 3. This area, currently an inland floodplain but gates operated by the Massachusetts Department It is no surprise to any New England community frequency will be greatly diminished. For formerly a salt water marsh, is subject to inundation of Conservation and Recreation (MassDCR) and that climate change will augment the risk of Cambridge, Massachusetts, the current 25-year, during heavy precipitation from riverine overbank regulates water levels on the upstream side of flooding due to forecasted increases in precipita- 24-hour storm is expected to become the 10-year, flooding as well as storm sewer system flooding the dam. Besides regulating upstream river levels tion. According to the 2014 report United States 24-hour storm by 2070, while the current 100-year, caused by insufficient conveyance capacity of the during heavy precipitation events, this critical National Climate Assessment, the states in the 24-hour storm will have approximately a 25-year drainage system during significant storm events. piece of infrastructure keeps sea waters away from Northeast have already experienced a 71 percent frequency by that same time horizon (Figure 2). Overbank inundation is mostly caused by regional historically inundated coastal areas such as the salt increase in heavy daily precipitation since 1958 In addition, many coastal communities will conveyance bottlenecks along the flow path toward water marshes that existed in the Alewife Brook area (Walsh et al., 2014, Figure 1). experience exacerbated coastal flooding due the watershed outlet and is also affected by the within Cambridge (Figure 4). This upward shift in rainfall will inevitably to predicted, more extreme sea level rise and pumping and flow sluicing operations at the water- SLR/SS climate change predictions forecast that cause some of the urban drainage infrastructure storm surge (SLR/SS) events. Many other inland shed outlet located at the Amelia Earhart Dam (AED). during extreme events the AED will be breached

Figure 6. Sewer and river interconnectivity along Alewife Brook. The yellow tinted area represents the river reach; the transverse dotted lines are river cross-sections; and the red, blue, and green circles and lines represent the sanitary, storm, and combined sewer manholes and sewers, respectively.

Figure 5. Integrated sewer-riverine model extent, and location of rain and river gauges to evaluate the compounded inundation risk when multiple Methodology—Model Integration of the flooding sources and flooding mechanisms are plausible. Sewer and Riverine Models approximately once every five years by the late 21st levels forecasted by the riverine model depend, Because of the issues listed above, the city of Cambridge Over the last two decades the city of Cambridge has built century (Bosma et al., 2015, Figure 3) with the subse- in part, on flow contributions from storm drain has proceeded with a full model integration of the Mystic a city-wide hydraulic sewer model widely used to evaluate quent increase in flood risk on top of that already outfalls, which were provided by the city’s sewer River watershed to assist decision-making for the first pilot performance of its drainage system as well as to assist with generated by more severe precipitation events. hydraulic model. At the same time, hydrographs project of the Cambridge Climate Change Preparedness Plan planning for many of the city’s capital improvement projects. As a result, areas such as the Alewife Brook in at stormwater outfalls depend heavily on river Resilience (CCPR). The entire watershed was integrated within The platform used is InfoWorks ICM by Innovyze™. The Cambridge will be subject, in the future, to four backwater conditions, creating an interdependence the city’s InfoWorks ICM sewer modeling platform, because downstream boundaries of the sewer model have been tradi- possible flooding mechanisms: (1) drainage system between these two platforms that cannot be the nature of some mitigation measures go well beyond the tionally located at the stormwater or combined sewer overflow overflows generated by insufficient conveyance resolved without multiple iterations. Higher city’s boundaries and will allow for evaluation of impacts from (CSO) outfalls along the lower Charles River or Alewife Brook. capacity due to increased precipitation; (2) drainage backwater conditions and the timing of these may potentially adopted measures to neighboring communities. The In order to support selection of proposed mitigation measures system overflows generated by back propagation of preclude pipe conveyance, increasing the severity model includes critical regional infrastructure like the AED and to be identified during the first pilot program in the city’s river waters through pipes and overflowing into low of flooding, but the timing and the relative impact its pumping station, the full hydrology of the watershed, and CCPR in the Alewife Brook area, FEMA’s HEC-RAS Mystic lying areas; (3) riverine overbank flooding generated of the systems on one another cannot be resolved the entire piping system within Cambridge’s Alewife area. The River model geometry was migrated into InfoWorks ICM, by rising river levels from increased precipitation; without an integrated model. Alewife Brook floodplain within Cambridge is represented including all its bridges, ponds, reservoirs, culverts, channels, and (4) riverine overbank flooding caused by sea In the case of flooding generated by sea water with a high-resolution, two-dimensional ground model, which and any other hydraulic features within the watershed. The water intrusion. Eash of these mechanisms has intrusion, the Boston Harbor Flood Risk Model used includes physical floodplain obstructions such as buildings or extent of the integrated sewer-riverine model, including the the potential to inundate Cambridge alone or in the ADCIRC1 coastal circulation platform to simulate road curbs. The model has been calibrated and validated using underground sewer network in the Alewife Brook area within combination with the others under future climate the riverine overbank flooding caused in the Alewife historical storms at three different river gauges, and it can now Cambridge’s city boundaries, and tributary river reaches is change scenarios. Brook area due to breaching of the AED. Similar to be used to assess flood risk in Cambridge and elsewhere within illustrated in Figure 5. The only relevant difference in river One challenge in fully capturing flood risk within the HEC-RAS model, the dynamic interactions with the watershed. The model can also help to evaluate the effec- geometry with respect to the FEMA model is the inclusion of urban areas affected by multiple flood mechanisms the built environment are not captured without a tiveness of mitigation and adaptation measures at different the Malden River immediately upstream of the AED, which such as Cambridge is the limited capabilities of significant effort in data exchange between models. geographic scales alone or in combination. was not part of the FEMA model. This was included as it was different hydraulic models used for different Additionally, while ADCIRC is a powerful coastal The main goals of this paper are as follows: deemed of significant relevance due to the amount of storage purposes. For example, during the initial phase circulation and hydrodynamic model, it does not • Describe the integration of the sewer and riverine models this water body can provide during extreme events. The AED of the Cambridge Climate Change Vulnerability include a hydrologic engine and, therefore, plausible • Describe the model calibration and validation process was also included in the integrated model and featured three Assessment, the Hydrologic Engineering Center- combinations of SLR/SS events and concurrent • Describe the impact of different flood mechanisms during 1,400 cfs (40 m3/s) pumps that activated during large storm River Analysis System (HEC-RAS) riverine model precipitation events cannot be evaluated without the calibration events events to keep up with the incoming flows. 1 ADvanced CIRCulation by FEMA was used to capture riverine overbank making significant assumptions. Therefore, an inte- • Provide examples of how the model can be used to evaluate The watershed hydrology was also directly migrated modeling system flooding into Cambridge’s Alewife area. The river grated catchment model (ICM) becomes necessary impacts of mitigation measures at different regional scales from the HEC-HMS model used to provide inflows to the

floodplain in this case). An advantage of using the Mystic River FIS Hydrologic and Hydraulic Report Table 1. Properties of the storm events used for calibration and two-dimensional grid is that it can be built around (FEMA, 2006). Figure 5 depicts the location of the validation physical obstacles such as buildings, in which case rain and river gauges used for model calibration and March 2010* May 2006 the built-in algorithms allow for automatic aggrega- validation. tion or disaggregation of a triangular irregular Start Date/Time 13/8:45 12/17:30* network (TIN). Figure 7 shows the fine level of TIN Model Calibration Processes End Date/Time 15/21:00 16/18:30 Building refinement that can be attained around an existing The calibration compared model and meter data building. A second advantage of the two-dimensional during individual dry weather and wet weather Total Rainfall 9.59 in.** 7.42 in.** approach is that it allows for delineation of areas periods. Generally, model calibration is followed (24.36 cm) (18.85 cm) with different surface roughnesses and infiltration by model validation, also called verification. The capacities based on the ground cover and properties primary goal of verification is to evaluate perfor- Peak Intensity 1.32 in./h 0.60 in./h of the soils. A third advantage of this approach is mance of the calibrated model rather than use it as a (3.35 cm/h) (1.52 cm/h) that available, high-resolution Light Detection And basis to make further model adjustments. Figure 7. Example of the localized TIN refinement around buildings in Ranging (LiDAR) terrain data is readily available Selected catchment hydrologic and river hydraulic Return Period for 12 hours 5 years >2 years Different Storm the integrated sewer-riverine model for many New England communities. In this study, parameters were adjusted as necessary to get a Durations 24 hours ~20 years 6 years the 2009 LiDAR dataset was used to represent reasonable match between observed and simulated terrain conditions during the calibration storms peak flow, flow volume, and stage values. The 48 hours >50 years ~20 years that occurred in May 2006 (a.k.a. the Mother’s Day following are the main model parameters adjusted *This event actually started on 05/09, but flow and stage data for calibration was storm) and March 2010. Figure 8 depicts the two- during model calibration to achieve a reasonable available only after 05/12 dimensional floodplain used for Cambridge along match between simulated and observed hydro- ** At the USGS Muddy River Brookline Station with infiltration zones and building footprints graphs: constant inflows were input at upstream- most nodes along each tributary reach and adjusted Model Calibration and Validation until simulated base flow levels matched the obser- Table 2. Comparison between metered and modeled peak river Past attempts to calibrate the Mystic River model vations, Manning’s roughness coefficients of river stage for the March 2010 storm event. Water elevation in Cambridge have resulted in modest results with significant cross-sections, subcatchment contributing areas, and city base vertical datum over-predictions of the Alewife Brook river levels directly connected impervious area. USGS Station Meter Model Difference during historical storm events. For example, during the May 2006 storm, the FEMA HEC-RAS model Calibration of the March 2010 Storm Event Alewife Brook Peak Stage 16.52 ft 15.94 ft -0.58 ft overestimated peak stage and peak flows at the Table 2 compares observed and simulated peak (5.04 m) (4.86 m) -0.18 m United States Geological Survey (USGS) Alewife river stages using the calibrated model. The model Brook gauge station near Arlington by about underestimates peak stages at both stations, by 0.58 AED Peak Stage 12.05 ft 11.90 ft -0.15 ft 35 percent (FEMA, 2006). A key goal of the integrated ft (0.18 m), barely exceeding the targeted calibration (3.67 m) (3.63 m) (-0.04 m) Alewife Brook catchment model was to accurately capture peak river levels bounds of +/- 0.50 ft (0.15 m), at Alewife Brook and by and extent of 2D Zone Buildings in the 2D Zone and peak flows at different river gauges available only 0.15 ft (.046 m) at the AED. Infiltration Zones across the watershed but, most importantly, at the Table 3 lists percent differences between measured Table 3. Comparison between metered and modeled flows for the Figure 8. Extent of the two-dimensional area within Cambridge with USGS Alewife Brook gauge near Arlington, the one and simulated peak flows and cumulative volumes March 2010 storm event pervious areas and building footprints closest to Cambridge. during the storm. The simulated peak flow and USGS Station Meter Model Difference Two historical events of significant magnitude volume are well within the targeted level of accuracy riverine model and described in the Mystic River FIS known to cause riverine and pipe flooding were of +/-10 percent at both locations, a clear improve- Aberjona River Peak Flow 937.16 MGD 935.96 MGD -0.1% Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling Report (FEMA, selected for model calibration and validation. The ment over the simulated values attained in past (3,547 MLD) (3,540 MLD) 2006). FEMA model catchments in the Alewife March 2010 event was selected for calibration while calibrations. Brook within Cambridge, Somerville, Belmont, and the May 2006 storm was selected for model valida- Figure 9 shows simulated versus observed river Volume 2,957.42 MG 2341.03 MG -20.8% Arlington were modified and/or replaced with catch- tion. Details of these storms are presented in Table 1. stage curves in the Alewife Brook and the AED (11,195 ML) (8,860 ML) ments from the Cambridge or the Massachusetts Six rain gauges within the region had available during the storm event. The simulated stages closely Alewife Brook Peak Flow 142.72 MGD 141.58 MGD Water Resources Authority (MWRA) sewer models rainfall data for the 2010 storm. Two of them are resemble the observed trends during the period -0.8% (540.3 MLD) (535.9 MLD) and displayed with red borders in Figure 5. operated by the USGS (Fresh Pond in Cambridge preceding the storm, during the storm, and after the Once the river geometry and hydrologic features and Muddy River in Brookline) while the remaining storm, indicating the model reasonably replicates Volume 510.54 MG 532.14 MG 4.2% were migrated into InfoWorks ICM, all the storm- four are operated by the MWRA. For 2006, only one observed values. The plots evidence the improved (1,932.6 ML) (2,014.4 ML) water and CSOs along Alewife Brook were directly rain gauge located at the Muddy River in Brookline, ability of the recalibrated model to replicate connected to the river features via an outfall pipe, Massachusetts, and south of the area of interest, had measured stage and flow compared to previous allowing for seamless interaction of the riverine and readily available data. Three river gauges were avail- models. pipe environments as illustrated in Figure 6. able for the 2010 event: one in the Aberjona River at Figure 10 shows recorded versus simulated flow One advantage of the selected integrated platform Winchester, one in Alewife Brook in Arlington, and hydrographs at Alewife Brook station during the is its ability to represent the flood plain either using one in the reservoir upstream of the AED. For the storm event. Note that the original recorded signal traditional transects (one-dimensional approach) 2006 event, river flow was readily available only from shows periods with missing information (possibly or using a detailed, two-dimensional terrain grid the USGS gauge at the Aberjona River in Winchester. because of equipment malfunction) precisely for areas of greater interest (i.e., areas requiring River levels at Alewife Brook and at the AED were during the peak of the flow (light-dotted line). See finer spatial resolution, such as Cambridge’s extracted directly from calibration charts in the Figure 9. To better estimate the actual peak flow and

Figure 11. Comparison between observed and simulated flooding along Alewife Brook Parkway during the March 2010 storm

Figure 12. Comparison Figure 9. March 2010 storm—metered vs simulated stages in Alewife Brook and the AED between observed and simulated street flooding at Kimball Street and Columbus Avenue during the March 2010 storm

make the comparison of peak flows possible, the observed flooding at various locations along Alewife recorded signal was reconstructed by filling in the Brook Parkway are displayed in Figure 11. data gaps using pre- and post-gap data trends. The During the storm event it was observed that reconstructed signal is the thick-dashed red line in flooding along Alewife Brook Parkway makes its Figure 10. Owing to the level of uncertainty gener- way into the city streets via a flow path along ated by the gauge malfunction and reconstruction lower-elevation grounds at the parkway at Kimball of the signal, flow calibration results at this location Street. In this case the model accurately replicated should be taken with caution. the observed flooding at the intersection of Kimball During this storm event, surface flooding occurred Street and Columbus Avenue (within the city of at multiple locations across the sewer-river system Cambridge) as indicated in Figure 12. as demonstrated by complaint records of street and In order to illustrate the integrated model basement flooding (Brownsberger, W., 2010). The capabilities, the newly calibrated engine was run ability of the model to capture these problem areas for a hypothetical 100-year, 24-hour design storm in was evaluated by contrasting simulated ground the late 21st century. Inundation “time shots” were surface flooding extents against documented taken at the most intense period of the storm and at flooding at various locations, particularly in the the time of maximum river water elevation, which Alewife Brook service area. occurs at a later time. These time shots are presented Photographs by the Cambridge Department of in Figure 13 to illustrate the difference in magnitude Figure 10. March 2010 storm—metered vs simulated flow discharge at Alewife Brook Public Works during the storm shows the Alewife between sewer system flooding and riverine Brook overtopping the river banks along Alewife overbank flooding and highlight the need to adopt Brook Parkway near city outfalls CAM400 and different mitigation approaches for each of them CAM401B near the intersection with Massachusetts as sewer system flooding is usually a localized issue Avenue. Comparison between simulated and while riverine flooding is usually a watershed-wide

issue. As shown in Figure 13, the integrated model can fully capture the highly dynamic interaction of the riverine and the built environment. The duration, severity, and potential overlap of these different inundation mechanisms, which will be exacerbated in the mid- to far-future, are clearly captured, and uncertainty is reduced as much as possible.

Model Validation To further demonstrate the accuracy of the calibrated model in replicating observations of river stage and discharge, a second historical storm event of great magnitude was used. The selected storm event is the May 2006 Mother’s Day storm (Table 1). Table 4 lists simulated and observed peak river stages in the Alewife Brook, accounting for a difference of only 0.19 ft (0.06 m), well below the targeted bound of 0.5 ft (0.15 m). The observed value in Table 4 should be taken with caution; it was visually Figure 14. May 2006 storm—metered vs simulated stage at Alewife Brook extracted from charts presented in the Mystic River FIS hydrologic and Uses of Integrated Watershed Model 2. Solutions for precipitation-driven riverine Hydraulic Report of 2006 (FEMA 2006) The integrated watershed model will now allow the overbank flooding as river gauge information for this city of Cambridge and the entire Mystic River water- Once the river banks are overtopped, the magnitude gauge could not be directly retrieved shed community to evaluate potential mitigation and duration of the inundation in affected areas from the USGS website. Percent measures at different geographic scales tailored to become orders of magnitude higher than that of differences between simulated and different flood mechanisms and magnitude of events. sewer system flooding, especially with rising river observed peak and cumulative flows In increasing order of damage potential, a non- levels forecasted in climate change scenarios. Partial during the storm in the Alewife Brook comprehensive list of potential mitigation measures or localized mitigation of riverine flooding is possible USGS station are included in Table 4. organized by type of flooding can now be evaluated at the municipal scale via receptor measures such The model replicates the observed alone or in combination and is presented below. as flow isolation with berms and flood walls or by values within the targeted level of enacting policies for new development and redevel- accuracy of +/-10 percent. 1. Solutions for localized sewer system flooding opment requiring buildings to become flood-proof Figure 14 shows simulated and Sewer system flooding is, most of the time, highly up to a certain flood elevation. observed river stages at the USGS localized and of smaller magnitude than overbank However, flow source and pathway control Alewife Brook station. The model can flooding. For this type of inundation, mitigation at measures to minimize river stage increases can be closely match the shape and magni- the local or neighborhood scale can be highly effec- accomplished at the watershed scale only by opti- tude of the recorded curve. Finally, tive as local pipe capacity is usually exceeded during mizing storage utilization in a coordinated manner the model underestimates base flows the peak of the storm. Any reduction or buffering of at reservoirs such as Spy Pond, Clay Pit, Upper and while it slightly overestimates peak peak flows entering the system will help diminish Lower Mystic Lakes, Horn Pond, or the Malden River; Figure 13. Simulated ground surface flooding (blue contours) for the flows within a 1.2 percent margin the impact and extent of this type of flooding. collectively reducing imperviousness across the late century, 100-year, 24-hour design storm; (top panel) sewer system- during the storm event. Examples of mitigation measures at the local scale watershed; removing hydraulic bottlenecks along dominated flooding in the most intense period of the storm; (bottom include source controls such as reduction of directly the flow path such as the recently modified Cradock panel) river- dominated overbank flooding at peak river stage Table 4. Comparison between metered and connected impervious area or peak flow reduction Locks Bridge in Medford, Massachusetts; and modeled peak flow stage for the March 13, 2010 for new development and redevelopment that frees optimizing and/or increasing flow pumping and flow storm event. Water elevation in Cambridge city up capacity to an already compromised drainage sluicing output at the AED. base vertical datum system. Other potential alternatives at the local USGS Station Meter Model Difference level include pathway controls such as underground 3. Solutions for SLR/SS overbank flooding flow storage or detention at strategic locations, or The sheer magnitude of these flood events (see Alewife Brook 15.30 ft 15.11 ft 0.19 ft maximization of surface conveyance and storage, Figure 3 for flood extents forecasted in 2070) will Peak Stage (4.66 m) (4.60 m) (0.06 m) conveyance capacity increase (e.g., via sewer separa- greatly limit intervention opportunities at the tion), and flow transfers to larger systems. local scale and even at the watershed scale. At the

local scale, receptor control such as enforcement elevation of the large AED flanking corridor depicted Conclusions References of building resilience measures to “survive” the in Figure 3 across Somerville, Chelsea, Boston, and This study details the expansion and calibration of • Bosma, K., Douglas, E., Kirshen, P., McArthur, storm as well as strategic flow isolation are among other communities. Another potential, more radical the sewer-riverine integrated model for the service K., Miller, S., Watson, C. (2015). MassDOT-FHWA the very few options available. At the watershed pathway measure would consist of providing a flow areas tributary to the Mystic River with outfall at Pilot Project Report: Climate Change and scale, the sheer volume that would enter the basin isolation mechanism at the downstream reaches of the downstream end of the AED pumping station. Extreme Weather Vulnerability Assessments once the AED is breached would most likely make the Mystic River that would prevent reverse river Model calibration and verification were success- and Adaptation Options for the Central Artery. smart reservoir management ineffective, and even a flows from creeping up into upstream areas within fully conducted for two historical events character- URL: massdot.state.ma.us/Portals/8/docs/ substantial increase in pumping capacity would have the watershed, including Cambridge. ized by long duration and total rainfall, namely environmental/SustainabilityEMS/Pilot_Project_ marginal impact. Effective solutions for an event of A summary of potential mitigation measures at the March 2010 and May 2006 storms, respectively. Report_MassDOT_FHWA.pdf this magnitude would likely include state or federal different scales that can now be tested with the The calibration process consisted of adjusting the • Brownsberger, W. (2010) Field observa- agencies to make the AED climate-change-proof watershed model along with their likely applications parameters associated with the hydrologic model tions report for the March 2010 and would require, most likely, raising the ground are shown in Table 5. to simulate and duplicate observed peak flow, flow flooding. URL: willbrownsberger.com/ volume, peak stages, and hydrograph shape during field-observations-of-the-flood-of-2010/ Table 5. Non-comprehensive list of mitigation measures at different geographic scales that can now be wet weather flow periods. Calibration and verifica- • Cambridge Climate Change Vulnerability evaluated alone and in combination using the fully integrated riverine model tion were conducted to verify the ability of the Assessment, Part 1 (2015). Available at: model to simulate a range of storms with variable cambridgema.gov/CDD/Projects/Climate/climat- Sewer System River Overbank River Overbank rainfall volume, duration, and intensity. echangeresilianceandadaptation.aspx Flooding Flooding from Flooding from Precipitation SLR/SSS Overall, integrated model predictions attained • Federal Emergency Management Agency (2006). during calibration met, in most cases, the desired Mystic River Basin FIS Hydrologic and Hydraulic LOCAL SCALE level of accuracy and represent a notable improve- Modeling Report. Prepared by ENSR & AECOM ment over the FEMA HEC-RAS riverine model, for the Federal Emergency Management Agency Source Controls demonstrating that the calibrated model is suitable Region I, Boston, MA Land use changes Yes No No for planning and system capacity assessment. The • Walsh, J., D. Wuebbles, K. Hayhoe, J. Kossin, city’s integrated InfoWorks ICM sewer-riverine K. Kunkel, G. Stephens, P. Thorne, R. Vose, M. Peak flow retention Yes No No model will enable the city to evaluate flood Wehner, J. Willis, D. Anderson, S. Doney, R. Feely, mitigation measures within and outside the city’s P. Hennon, V. Kharin, T. Knutson, F. Landerer, T. Pathway Controls boundaries, and will allow assessment of impacts Lenton, J. Kennedy, and R. Somerville (2014). Ch. 2: Flow storage Yes No No to neighboring communities. Since flood mitigation Our Changing Climate. Climate Change Impacts measures may be well beyond the city’s boundaries, in the United States: The Third National Climate Flow transfer Yes Yes No the watershed model will now allow for seamless Assessment, J. M. Melillo, Terese (T.C.) Richmond, evaluation of these measures alone or in combina- and G. W. Yohe, Eds., U.S. Global Change Research Conveyance capacity increase Yes No No tion, representing a significant advance from a Program, 19-67. DOI: 10.7930/J0KW5CXT Receptor Controls traditional, non-integrated approach. About the Authors System isolation via berms, walls Yes Yes Yes Acknowledgments • Dr. David Bedoya is a project technical lead and Resilient building and Yes Yes Yes The Cambridge Department of Public Works supervising engineer with Stantec in Boston infrastructure design provided the financial support for this study and • Dr. Yovanni A. Cataño-Lopera is a senior photographs to assist with the model calibration hydraulic engineer with Stantec in Boston WATERSHED SCALE and validation. • Owen O’Riordan is commissioner for the Smart reservoir management No Yes Yes Department of Public Works in Cambridge • Kathy Watkins is the city engineer and assistant Large-scale land use changes No Yes Yes commissioner for the Department of Public Works in Cambridge Removal of hydraulic bottlenecks No Yes Yes

Increase in pumping and sluicing No Yes Yes output

REGIONAL SCALE

Topographic changes in flanking No No Yes paths

Revamp of the AED No No Yes

Flow isolation and real-time No No Yes control flow management

Other large scale infrastructure No Unknown Unknown projects

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State Water Resource Assessments Identify high quality waters Figure 1. Watershed planning process Identify pollution problems Identify degraded aquatic habitats

Rhode Island’s new water quality Information on Resource Condition management plan—Water Quality 2035 Local Plans . Land use/Comprehensive Plan Nancy Hess, Division of Planning of the Department of Administration, State of Rhode Island . On-site Wastewater . Wastewater Facility Plans Public . Local stormwater management plans Input Abstract | Water Quality 2035, Rhode Island’s Water Quality Management Plan, was adopted on . Water Supply Protection Plans R October 13, 2016, by the Rhode Island State Planning Council. It serves to support both the fresh and . Flood Hazard Planning E . Lake Management Plans coastal waters point and nonpoint source management and watershed planning programs as required C O by EPA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the state. The plan describes M State existing resources, trends in water quality for the state, and current management practices, programs, and State Water Quality Protection M Strategies WATERSHED Government activities in major water quality areas. It also develops recommendations specific to each. E Input . Nutrient Management Strategy N PLANS Keywords | Water quality, protection, restoration, nonpoint source management, water resources and . Project Priority List D . Water pollution control regulations E Prioritized trends, water quality management, watershed planning, pollution sources, aquatic habitat . BMP guidance Protection . Source water Protection D & . SAMPs/CRMC regulations Restoration Local Actions Government A Input Introduction and Statewide Clean water supports Water Quality Restoration Plans C Water quality affects every citizen, and it is an Planning Program. Rhode Island’s T important measure of the quality of life. We depend Established by economy through: . TMDLs/Alternatives to TMDLs I on healthy, sustainable ecosystems to provide us Rhode Island state O with the clean water we need law, the Statewide • Tourism N Watershed • Recreation Aquatic Habitat Protection and for drinking water, recreation, Planning Program, S Council and a range of economic which is part of • Manufacturing & Industry Restoration Strategies Input activities. Healthy ecosystems the Department • Commercial Fisheries . Coastal Habitat Restoration Strategy are often taken for granted. of Administration, . State Wildlife Action Plan Rhode Island is fortunate to Division of Planning, is the central planning agency . SAMPs/CRMC regulations . Wetland Restoration Strategy have abundant water resources for the state, and oversees the development and . Stream connectivity planning that, when properly managed, implementation of the SGP. The SGP is Rhode . Invasive Species Management Plans can meet these needs while Island’s centralized and integrated long-range Facilitate Implementation also supporting healthy, aquatic planning document. It comprises 18 plans covering ecosystems. Water Quality 2035 a range of topics including natural and water Regional Plans Optimize describes the goals, policies, resources. Water Quality 2035 was one of the 18 plans, . CCMP – Narragansett Bay Results and actions needed for effective and it was prepared, in part, to address the need to management of Rhode Island’s update the statewide nonpoint source management water resources, but it could plans. The text was drafted by representatives of three previous SGPs related to water quality, the The plan draws together and describes in one easily serve as a model for New the Statewide Planning Program, CRMC, and DEM. Rivers Policy and Classification Plan (2004), the place all the programs, state policies, and various England and other regions. As a Together with other staff from all three agencies, Blackstone Region Water Resources Management actions related to water quality and aquatic habitat part of the Rhode Island State they guided the development of the plan and coor- Plan (1981), and the Comprehensive Conservation protection and restoration. Figure 1 illustrates the Guide Plan (SGP), Water Quality 2035 provides direc- dinated its review by an advisory committee, DEM, and Management Plan for Narragansett Bay (1992), watershed planning process. tion for state program development and facilitates CRMC, and the State Planning Council. as well as two separate DEM water quality programs, coordination among the many entities engaged in Water Quality 2035 was developed over a three- the Groundwater Protection Strategy and the Vision and Goals water quality protection and restoration actions, year period that started in 2013. The state’s original Wellhead Protection Program. The development The goals of the plan resulted from an evaluation of including municipal governments. water quality management plan was the Nonpoint of the plan also benefited from recently completed issues by the advisory committee. Responsibility for The plan arose through a Memorandum of Source Pollution Management Plan adopted by plans by others for management of Narragansett addressing these issues is shared by CRMC, DEM, Understanding involving Rhode Island’s Coastal the State Planning Council, as part of the SGP, Bay, nonpoint source pollution, and aquatic habitats.1 municipalities, and others. Pertinent information Resources Management Council (CRMC), in 1995. Water Quality 2035 updated and replaced 1 Rhode Island Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan, CRMC et al, 2007, Rhode Island State Wildlife Action Plan, DEM 2015, and Rhode Department of Environmental Management (DEM), this plan. In addition, Water Quality 2035 replaced Island Nonpoint Source Management Program Plan, DEM 2014.

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Rhode Island’s water resources will support healthy aquatic ecosystems and meet the needs of VISION current and future generations by protecting public health, supplying high-quality drinking water, providing bountiful recreation opportunities, and supporting a vibrant economy.

GOALS The plan establishes two broad goals to implement the vision: to protect and restore the quality of Rhode Island’s waters and aquatic habitats.

from various stakeholders was brought forth to associated with human land uses, including the define the issues, develop goals, and recommend generation of stormwater runoff, continues to strategies in an Implementation Matrix. Issues present significant challenges. Available data indi- from all the previous SGP elements were reviewed cate significant portions of Rhode Island’s surface Figure 2. Downward trend of nitrogen load discharged from 11 wastewater treatment facilities in Rhode Island and updated, consolidated, or removed, depending waters continue to exhibit degraded conditions. The on whether they were a continuing concern or had percent of the surface waters that do not meet water community plans with infrastructure planning • Promote the removal of cesspools, especially in been acted upon. Specific goals and strategies were quality standards that protect the beneficial uses of will facilitate sustainable economic growth. The riparian areas proposed to implement the plan as developed by the resources include: 36 percent of coastal (estua- Implementation Matrix of the plan contains • Implement, and update as necessary, the Rhode the advisory committee and approved by the State rine) waters, 39 percent of river and stream miles, the goals, policies, and strategies (actions) for 24 Island Stormwater Design and Installation Planning Council. and 43 percent of lake acreage in Rhode Island. overarching general topics and various other water Standards Manual and the Erosion and Sediment The most prevalent pollutants adversely affecting quality topics described in the plan. Actions were Control Handbook Water Resources and Trends surface water quality are pathogens and nutrients. developed for each policy and have a lead agency, • Incorporate LID in municipal development Water Quality 2035 describes the various water Other pollution concerns include toxics, sedimenta- supporting agencies, and time frames. Time frames review ordinances quality and aquatic habitat conditions in Rhode tion, and the emerging concerns about personal care are as necessary, ongoing, short-term (one to two • Train agency water resource staff to better Island. It highlights the hydrologic connectivity and pharmaceutical products. In addition, cyano- years), medium-term (three to five years), and long- communicate water science and policy to the among components of Rhode Island’s water bacteria blooms in freshwaters are a growing public term (more than five years). Major implementation public resources—surface waters, groundwaters, and health and management concern. Groundwater actions are to: wetlands—pointing to the need for watershed-based resources are most commonly affected by nitrate • Collaborate and integrate planning, using the Conclusion and toxic compounds, including various volatile EPA watershed approach to address water quality Achieving healthy aquatic ecosystems and other Thirty-six percent of coastal (estuarine) organic compounds. In addition to the effects of management concerns across governmental levels water quality goals will require sustained and waters, 39 percent of river and stream pollution, aquatic habitats face significant threats • Continue existing protection and prevention expanded efforts to prevent and abate pollution miles, and 43 percent of lake acreage do from other stressors such as hydro-modification, programs while addressing capacity issues and habitat degradation in Rhode not meet water quality standards including historical dams from our industrial • Assist municipalities with delegated responsibili- Island. Through the implementation The plan identifies as past and current water withdrawals, the spread ties for: of the Clean Water Act and other priorities protection and restoration of fresh and approaches to managing water quality. The plan of invasive species, and fragmentation due to land −−Stormwater management activities programs, substantial progress has salt water used for: recognizes the significant progress made through development. More mitigation is also needed of the −−Adoption of “green infrastructure” approaches been made controlling the discharge the statewide implementation of water pollution, historic alterations of many aquatic habitats. −−Water quality restoration projects of pollutants associated with • Shellfish Growing Areas water quality management, and wetland protec- −−Wastewater facility planning updates sanitary and industrial wastewater. • Public Recreation tion programs over the last four decades. Rhode Implementation −−Local on-site wastewater programs Managing the more diffuse sources • Aquatic Habitats Island’s waters are cleaner as a result of programs Noted throughout the plan are opportunities for −−Low impact development (LID) of pollution associated with human • Drinking Water Supplies that successfully curbed the discharge of sanitary the state to work closely with municipal govern- • Complete development of a comprehensive land uses, including the generation of waste and industrial (toxic) pollutants from specific ments to strengthen the implementation of Rhode environmental monitoring strategy stormwater runoff, continues to present significant sources due to implementation of federal and state Island’s management of water quality and aquatic • Enforce all federal, state, and local laws and challenges. More mitigation is also needed of the programs, including those mandated by the federal habitats. These include improving coordination and regulations for water quality protection historic alterations made to many aquatic habitats. Clean Water Act. One example is the downward integration of infrastructure planning for water • Improve agency effectiveness through better data As indicated in the plan, a wide range of actions will trend of nitrogen loading from wastewater treat- supply, public, and on-site wastewater disposal, management and improve public access to the data be needed to advance progress toward water quality ment facilities as indicated in Figure 2. However, and stormwater and floodplain management. In • Ensure climate change is considered in water goals. Applying watershed approaches is recognized managing the more diffuse sources of pollution addition, fostering close alignment of comprehensive quality protection and restoration projects as the most effective approach to long-term

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management of water resources. A collaborative effort is necessary across all governmental jurisdic- tions, agencies, and programs to ensure success and efficiency in protecting and restoring Rhode Island’s waters. It is understood that achieving these goals will take sustained effort over the next several decades.

Acknowledgments The plan is a product of many hard-working and dedicated stakeholders who served on an advisory committee. This committee helped to define major issues, and set goals, policies, and actions on a broad range of water quality topics. A key member of With offices throughout New England, AECOM’s the committee was from the Narragansett Water expertise in water, wastewater, water resources, Pollution Control Association. Working with the community infrastructure, design-build, program association helped in getting the plan out to all of and construction management enables us to Rhode Island’s wastewater professionals for feed- provide comprehensive solutions to manage, back before submitting it for formal approval. The protect and conserve our water. association also featured a presentation on the plan at its annual legislative event at the Rhode Island State House in 2016. Developing the plan was not easy. It required time, energy, patience, many long hours of deliberation, and a strong interest on personal and professional levels to come to a consensus with the committee. www.aecom.com It could not have been accomplished without the two dozen individuals who contributed numerous hours of their time, and provided technical and editorial review of the plan as it developed through --- its various draft stages. Nancy Hess from the Rhode Blackstone River Gorge ® Island Department of Administration Division of Wastewater Solutions from RELINER /DuranInc. Planning Statewide Planning Program manages the The plan has actions for different pollution sources such as: plan, which was developed with key contributions from Susan Kiernan and Ernie Panciera of DEM, and • Wastewater Treatment • Aboveground Storage Tanks Jeff Willis of the Coastal Resources Management Facilities • Solid Waste Management Council. Copies of the plan are on the following • Onsite Wastewater • Contaminated Site website: planning.ri.gov. Treatment Clean-ups • Stormwater Management • Dredging and Dredge About the Author • Road Salt & Sand Material • Nancy Hess is a supervising land use planner Application • Pet Waste Management who has been employed by the state of Rhode • Other Discharges to • Water Fowl Island since 2000. She is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island and Roger Williams Groundwater • Land Application of WWTF • Agriculture Solids University with a bachelor of science degree in urban/environmental planning and a master’s • Lawn/Turf Management • Surface Mining Pipe Supports degree in community planning with focus on • Pesticide Application Stainless: non-corrosive • Silviculture environmental planning. She is also a member • Boating & Marinas 11 gauge 304 SS • Atmospheric Deposition of the American Planning Association. Her state • Storage of Hazardous • Marine & Riverine Debris responsibilities have included completing state Supports the pipe fully Materials • Aquaculture plans for drought management, forest resources, Manhole Inside Drop 1.5” - 30” in stock Wet Well Inside Drop • Petroleum Product Spills land use, outdoor recreation, drinking water, solid Eliminate outside drops Safe-no protruding hdwr Prevent cavitation waste, energy, and Water Quality 2035. Reduce maintenance Easy to install, durable Extend pump life Simplify cleaning www.reliner.com Reduce odor complaints Stop Corrosion 800-508-6001 Inspect & clean from above Install Quickly Made in the USA Bolts to manhole wall

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f r o m t h e J o u r n a l a r c h i v e s population, reside in an area which represents less than Figure 2. Generalized Land Use in New England one-half of one percent of the area of the continental United States. In 1966, there were 590 and 687 people per WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN NEW ENGLAND square mile in Connecticut and Massachusetts, respec- By WALTER NEWMAN tively, at densities three and four times as high as the Senior Staff Associate, New England River Basins Commission. New England average. Rhode Island, the most densely populated state in the nation, contained 854 persons per Originally published in October 1969 square mile, a density five times that of New England and approximately 13 times that of the nation. The three southern states represent for the most part New England and Its Water Resources development of a functional water quality management the present urban, technical and industrial complex The water and related land resources of New England scheme. To gain perspective and insight into the water of the region. Primary water resource needs of this have shaped the social, economic and environmental quality problems of the region, let us view New England southern region include adequate municipal and indus- contour of the region, and have served as a framework and its water resources as a series of river basins running trial water supply for the urban complex, power cooling for regional growth and opportunity. The economic in a general north-south direction to the Atlantic Ocean, to meet the power generation needs of the population, development of New England has been closely linked to with the exception of the Lake Champlain and Lake and outdoor recreation opportunity including fishing, its water resources. Major cities have flourished along Memphremagog drainages, as shown in Figure 1. In boating and swimming. the larger waterways and coastline. Fishing, maritime addition, consider the lengthy coastal waters which run Northern New England is mostly rural in character trade and waterpower have a clear significance in the from Long Island Sound to the northern Maine coastal with limited technical and industrial development, region’s past. drainage. although it should be noted that industrial development Now, industrialization, urbanization and an expanded is occurring at a rapid rate in some sections. The land population which has more affluence and leisure area of the northern region is nearly four times that time have brought with them additional uses for the of the southern region, but the population is less than region’s water resources and have produced water use 20 percent of the New England total. The population conflicts including water quality degradation resulting of the northern New England States is approximately from pollution. Current primary uses of water in New 2.1 million persons, less than the population of either England are for municipal and industrial water supply, Connecticut or Massachusetts. hydropower generation, power cooling, recreation, fish Water resources are playing a significant role in and wildlife propagation, and aesthetic enjoyment. shaping the economy of the northern region, oriented The pressures on the region’s water and related land towards increasing industrialization with tourism and waste problems in the New England region include resources are mounting and the sound management recreational development having an equally important pulp and paper processing; textile processing, including of these resources is becoming increasingly complex. role. A generalized summary profile of New England is scouring, washing and dyeing; food processing; leather Of particular complexity is the pivotal issue of water shown in Table 1. It is also interesting and significant tanning and finishing and metal processing. The addi- quality control. Water is New England’s most important to our discussion to consider land use in New England. tional unresolved major issues of water quality include: natural resource. The region is assured of an adequate Land use patterns in the region are shown in Figure 2. 1. Control of combined sewer overflows quantity of water to meet present and future foreseeable 2. Regulation of streamflows needs; however, the quality of the water is the most Table 1. Summary Profile of New England 3. Control of nutrients and associated lake manage- important single constraint in the conservation, develop- 1968 1968 Per ment problems ment, and utilization of the region’s water resources. The Area sq. mi. Population Capita 4. Control of land use affecting water quality responsibility for managing and controlling the quality thousands Income 5. Pollution control in the marine environment of New England’s water is segmented between several Maine 33,200 976 $2,245 including coastal waste disposal, oil pollution, levels of government and the private sector. Water Figure 1 New Hampshire 9,300 702 2,570 watercraft pollution and off-shore waste dumps quality control will only be achieved If the segments are Vermont 9,600 425 2,340 There are three basic methods of water quality control integrated and viewed in proper perspective. all of which must be employed to achieve a balanced Rhode Island 1,214 914 2,817 This paper examines some of the problems and Approximately 11.5 million people live in this area system if we are to achieve our water quality objectives. possible alternative solutions which must be recognized of about 63,000 square miles. All of the major cities in Connecticut 5,000 2,963 3,796 These methods are: and understood to achieve unified water quality objec- the region lie along the coastline or astride the major Massachusetts 8,300 5,469 3,023 1. Alteration or control of land use, manufacturing tives for our rivers, lakes, streams and coastal waters. rivers. From socioeconomic point of view, the region processes and public practices to reduce the Also covered are some of the strengths and deficiencies may be divided into northern New England (Maine, New The complexity of water quality management in New amounts of wastes entering the water body in the framework for managing water quality. Hampshire and Vermont), and southern New England England requires that we define and clearly understand 2. Collection, diversion and treatment of municipal (Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. These the job that needs to be done and how it might be and industrial wastewater to reduce the amount of Definition of the System areas are differentiated graphically in Figure 1. The three accomplished in a near optimum manner. wastes discharged to the water body We must recognize the importance of the river basin and southern states contain nearly 9.5 million people, or All of the major rivers in the region and many of their 3. Regulation of streamflow or other modifications sub-basin systems, and the interaction of the hydrologic roughly 85 percent of the population of the region. tributaries are degraded by untreated or inadequately of the waterway to receive residual wastes and still components for these constitute the basic unit for These persons, almost five percent of the nation’s treated municipal and industrial wastes. Industrial meet water quality objectives

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for most waters in the region. It is important to note, Alternatives during the summer season of 1960 and are expected to Table 2. Estimated Cost of Waste Treatment and The alternatives to water quality control have had and however, that technological information concerning spend. $133 million in 1980 and $233 million in the year Interceptor Facilities for New England continue to exert a strong influence on public policy 2000. Tourism is the second largest industry in the State alternative levels of water quality and subsequent Percent Estimated and public support. It is apparent that our past inaction of Maine. financial implications were generally not presented at Annual Estimated Costs, towards water quality control and lack of clear public In short, the alternatives to water pollution control these hearings. Clearly then, the views expressed by the Allocation, Costs, millions of millions of per capita mandate and interest has been engendered by the avail- are becoming increasingly limited and recognition public at the hearing were social objectives and did not dollars* ability of alternatives. The public has been conditioned must be given to the necessity of abating pollution and provide indication of a willingness to pay to attain the dollars to accept the mainstem rivers and many tributaries as preserving existing high water quality to maintain the desired objectives. Maine $1.9 $270 $260 polluted and undesirable for most uses. viability of the economy and environment of the region. The use of water quality standards is not a new New Hampshire 1.4 120 170 The water supply policy in New England is clearly at a management tool in New England. Since the 1950’s, Vermont 1.3 45 100 point of moving to alternatives rather than proceeding Water Quality Standards the New England states and the State of New York, Rhode Island 1.6 55 60 with a sound water quality control program. Only two The water quality standards developed by the New working through the New England Interstate Water major cities in New England, Lawrence and Lowell, England states in cooperation with the New England Pollution Control Commission, have been developing Connecticut 2.9 200 65 Massachusetts, draw their water supplies from main Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission and water quality standards for interstate streams. One of Massachusetts 5.4 400–500 70–90 stem rivers. approved by the Secretary of Interior (with exceptions) the primary purposes of this Commission is to “establish *Industrial costs are included where industry is expected to discharge Our water supply policy is directed toward developing provide the framework for water quality control and reasonable physical, chemical and technological to a municipal system clean upland protected sources of water as an alternative management decisions on interstate and coastal waters. standards of water quality satisfactory for various to water pollution control. There is little doubt that the In addition, all of the states have developed water classifications of use.” The Commission has provided funds. Although most of the New England states have alternatives have been available and will continue to be quality standards for intrastate streams. The standards a vehicle for interstate cooperation in water pollution successfully attempted to develop alternative financial available; however, the alternatives are being foreclosed package includes water quality goals for desired uses of control through the classification of interstate streams arrangements to circumvent the constraints of limited as we face the future. the stream such as water supply, swimming, fisheries, insuring the compatibility of water quality goals for federal funding, a national commitment, including A clear indication of this is that the Metropolitan etc.; water quality criteria which transform the uses to waters crossing state boundaries. The Commission is federal, state and local government, is a pivotal issue in a District Commission of Boston is planning to divert water quality and subsequent financial implications strengthening its role to include training water pollution water quality management system for the region. flood flows of the Connecticut River into Quabbin were generally requirements such as numbers of control facilities operators, and possibly water quality If current trends and patterns continue, the policy of Reservoir for transmission to the Boston metropolitan coliform organisms, mg/l of oxygen, etc.; and an imple- monitoring and enforcement. industry will in most cases be to connect to a municipal area. A recent report recommended that Hartford, mentation time schedule indicating the water pollution waste system. In this regard, a recent report prepared for Connecticut look to the mainstem Connecticut for controls required for each polluter. The development of Water Quality Restoration the New England Regional Commission on the economic additional water supply. A reservoir near the mouth the standards is shown in Figure 3. The thrust of water quality management may be impact of environment control in New England states: of the Taunton River has been proposed for meeting directed toward two major efforts: restoration of those In summary, it appears that while water waste abate- water supply demands of southeastern Massachusetts. Water Quality waters which are currently degraded, and preservation ment will not greatly affect aggregate industrial growth in A National Recreation Area requiring swimmable waters Public hearings Standards of those waters which are currently of high quality. New England, its effects may be very severe for particular to determine public the entire length of the Connecticut River has been At the moment we seem to be overcome with the industries and sub-regions. Control requirements which desires for water proposed and is moving toward realization. uses Criteria task of restoration, but it should be recognized that do not make special provision for these special cases The New England Regional Commission, an economic the problem of preservation is equally significant and may cause local economic dislocations which might last development commission for New England composed complex. One need only look at the rapid recreational for many years. The industries most severely affected by Implementation of a Presidential appointment and the New England development occurring around major lakes to realize the control measures will, in general, be industries which would Technological Schedule Governors, has developed priorities for regional and Economic implications they hold. otherwise be declining. Public action would probably action. The priorities are environmental manage- Constraints The major segment of the restoration effort will be needed anyway in these industries to alleviate local ment (including water quality), manpower and job be focused on financing, construction, operation and dislocations. development, transportation, and education, health and Figure 3. Development of Water Quality Standards maintenance of municipal and industrial waste treat- This evaluation can provide us with an insight into government services. The relationship of adequate water ment facilities. The estimated cost of waste treatment the impact of water pollution control on the region’s quality to the economic well being of New England has Although the water quality standards are an imperfect and intercepting facilities in New England is shown industrial community. been firmly established and is further reinforced by the device in our present stage of technological development in Table 2. The estimated total cost is approximately The most critical element of the water quality manage- position of the Commission. concerning water and its management, they do nonethe- 1.2 billion dollars. ment effort will be the successful operation of the In the past, a citizen in search of recreation such as less provide a point of beginning and a basis for action The estimated per capita costs for water pollution required system of water pollution control facilities. If fishing or swimming confronted with a polluted stream toward controlling water quality. control facilities indicate that the financial impact of we assume that the cost of operation and maintenance needed only to go to an alternative stream a short The standards represent a social goal that is the desire these facilities is likely to be more significant in the may approach 10 percent of the total capital cost of the distance away to find clear water and suitable environ- of that segment of the public concerned with the use three northern states than in the three southern states, facilities, the annual cost would exceed $100 million. ment for his pleasure. As our population and affluence and management of the water resource. In addition, particularly considering the reduced economic strengths It is essential that the operators for these facilities grow, however, streams and lakes that were once clean water pollution control agencies developed judgments in the northern states. Several factors may be account- be competent, technically skilled and dedicated if the are now polluted and the demand for recreational on technological and financial constraints which were a able for the differential in per capita costs including complex secondary waste treatment plants that are opportunities is increasing. major consideration in the formulation of the standards. economies of scale, concentration or dispersion of popu- being proposed are to serve as the foundation for the Recreation is becoming increasingly significant to the Public hearings were held to determine public water lation, industrial inclusion, and past progress or action. water quality control program. We are now confronted New England region. A recent report on the Connecticut quality objectives. Generally speaking, citizens at the The rate of water pollution control progress in New with the prospect of a shortage of qualified operators as River Basin indicated that recreators spent $80 million hearings expressed a desire for a swimmable quality England has been paced by the availability of federal shown in Table 3.

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preserved to maintain their value. A major part of our Table 3. Additional Wastewater Treatment Plant Regulation of Stream flows Summary All of the major rivers in New England and some of the future activities must be pointed towards preserving The preparation of this paper has made it quite clear Operators Required in New England by 1971 tributaries are regulated for the use of peaking hydro- these resources. It is the testing ground on which the to the author that more issues and problems have yet Chief Assistant Present Operator Total Operator Operator Resource power developments. During hours of peak electrical effectiveness of water quality control efforts may be to be resolved than have been successfully confronted. Maine 40 210 150 400 65 demand of perhaps 4-6 hours per day, water is released measured. Major efforts and development of significant elements from the impounding reservoirs. During hours of low Unfortunately, this preservation is also our most of the program lie ahead of us. This paper has attempted New Hampshire 15 100 65 180 70 electrical demand, during the nights and on Saturdays, vulnerable point. At the present time, we do not have the to clarify the nature and magnitude of these efforts, Vermont 5 30 25 60 110 Sundays and holidays, the streamflow is shut off. The legal tools to effectively deal with the problem. because a problem must first be thoroughly understood Rhode Island 5 15 10 30 140 net effect is an irregular streamflow pattern and a A major step forward has been taken by the State of before it can be solved. Connecticut 20 190 90 300 435 resulting irregularity of water quality. New Hampshire. There, state approval is required of all The financial and manpower requirements are In addition to streamflow regulation for power waste disposal systems within 1,000 feet of a body of staggering. The technological elements are extremely Massachusetts 50 270 160 480 380 production: natural flows are often insufficient to main- surface water. The state has imposed increased lot size complex. Regional cooperation at all levels of govern- New England 135 815 500 1,450 408 tain desired levels of water quality. Efforts to modify requirements in several developments and has prohib- ment, private industry, civic and professional action current streamflow patterns have been initiated through ited subsurface disposal in some instances necessitating groups and concerned citizens is essential to ensure The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Federal Power Commission licensing procedures and chemical toilets. success in achieving our objectives. Regional waste Commission and the states have initiated limited action by the New England River Basins Commission. The licensing of treated waste discharges by state treatment facilities, regional operating districts, water- training efforts to develop the needed manpower. A Reservoir storage for streamflow regulation for water agencies is also helpful. It is essential and urgent that shed management programs, river basin management broader, more intensive effort will be required if we quality control purposes is being proposed by the Corps near absolute control of water quality using such systems and vigorous state water pollution control achieve our water quality goals. In addition, salaries of Engineers, the Department of Agriculture, and state tools as zoning, land use management controls and programs are key elements. for water pollution control facility operators must be water resource agencies. A dramatic illustration of the requirements to prohibit waste discharges are needed to competitive with private industry to attract and retain effects of peaking power production on the streamflow successfully accomplish the task. qualified personnel of the Connecticut River is shown in Figure 4. The problems of lake eutrophication, nutrient control, and lake management represent a significant segment Combined Sewer Overflows of the requirement for preserving water quality levels One of the major unresolved issues of water quality and deserve special note. Insight into the problem can control in the region is the problem of combined sewer be gained by viewing the case of Lake Winnipesaukee in overflows. These overflows are a major limiting factor New Hampshire. in the water use of almost every mainstem river in The watershed of the lake has been subject to intense the region, since nearly every major city is served by a recreational development which for the most part combined system. An estimate of population served by was not guided or planned development. As a result, combined sewers and costs of complete separation are inadequate subsurface disposal systems are emerging shown in Table 4. as important problems. The communities of Meredith, Center Harbor and Wolfboro discharge treated waste Table 4. Estimated Populations Served by Combined nutrients to the lake without nutrient removal. Sewers In New England States, 1967 A solution to this and comparable complex situations Estimated Percentage must be developed if we hope to save the lake from Combined Cost of Sewered Served by Sewer Complete extinction. It is essential that we find a solution because Population Combined Population Separation, Sewers $ millions the future of New England is dependent on it. Maine 293,000 619,000 47 243 Coastal Waters New Hampshire 236,000 335,000 70 196 New England’s coastal waters are perhaps the most Vermont 139,000 208,000 67 116.5 important waters of the region. Because of their ability Rhode Island 277,000 574,000 48 231 to accept wastes without readily apparent effects we have used them as convement waste disposal grounds. Connecticut 447,000 1,776,000 25 373 We have reached a point where we must re-examine past Massachusetts 1,707,000 3,710,000 46 1,425 policies and judgments to determine a positive course Total 3,099,000 7,222,000 43 4,188.5 Figure 4. Regulation of Streamflow Connecticut of action. The effects of offshore toxic waste dumps, River at Wilder Dam, Hanover, New Hampshire thermal pollution, municipal and industrial waste Sewer separation programs have already been initi- discharges, watercraft pollution and oil pollution must ated in several cities, and research and demonstration Water Quality Preservation be technologically delineated and appropriate programs programs are underway by both FWPCA and the state A crucial element of an effective water quality manage- developed for control. Action is already underway in water pollution control agencies seeking a feasible ment system for New England is the preservation of several states. solution. Control or elimination of these overflows is those waters which are currently of good quality. essential to the realization of a successful water quality New England has an abundance of priceless clear management program. lakes and reservoir water quality must be protected and

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release trace levels of PFCs into the agricultural soils but it doesn’t seem to be a major source of human exposure (Hundal et al., 2011).” Regulatory and Legislative Developments • EPA electronic reporting. Congratulations to biosolids NEBRA Highlights managers for making it through the first annual electronic submission of Part 503 biosolids reports, as required by EPA for this year’s February 19 deadline. There were many challenges, as expected with such a major change. It usually gets easier the second time around. Training: NEBRA is again collaborating on • EPA dental effluent limitations. in mid-December, EPA state and regional accredited trainings, providing EPA has decided that struvite fertilizers and other products made for land application are, by default, finalized and signed off on Dental Effluent Limitation solids management expertise. Recent classes “derived from sewage sludge” and thus subject to the requirements of 40 CFR Part 503 guidelines and was preparing them for publication in were held with the New Hampshire Department the Federal Register. This rule helps protect biosolids of Environment Services and the New Hampshire Celebrating 20 Years has done for NEWEA and others. He was given the quality from an easily controlled source of mercury Water Pollution Control Association on biosolids Formed in December 1997, NEBRA is celebrating prestigious Founders Award. (Hg). In January, under the Trump administration, the nutrient management and best field practices and, its 20th year. With the help of NEWEA (and its Other NEBRA members winning NEWEA rule was withdrawn, its future uncertain. The Natural with the New England Interstate Water Pollution Residuals Management Committee) and many awards included: Resources Defense Council filed suit, seeking a Control Commission, the annual regional sewage dedicated members, we have made it—and made • Scott Firmin, E. Sherman Chase Award court “order vacating EPA’s withdrawal of the final sludge incinerator operator training. Other classes a difference. • Tim Levasseur, Alfred E. Peloquin Award mercury rule” and noting “EPA’s rescission of the final are being planned throughout the year. NEBRA’s board of directors and staff have • Dan Bisson, Arthur Sidney Bedell Award rule without any public process violates the notice completed a year-long strategic planning Jeff McBurnie, Casella Organics, was honored and comment requirements of the Administrative process. In the next five years, NEBRA will build by the Maine Water Environment Association ensure the final regulations adequately address numerous Procedure Act.” on our successes, addressing regulations and with the 2016 Roger Gagne Award for Long Term concerns regarding their applicability to organic residuals • EPA and struvite products. EPA has decided that guidance, advancing best practices, reporting Service. Mr. McBurnie is also the chair of the such as biosolids and composts. NEBRA comments are struvite fertilizers and other products made for land the news, and supporting members in their NEBRA Regulatory and Legislative Committee. available at our “members only” page. application are, by default, “derived from sewage environmentally sound and publicly supported And special congratulations to Ernie Kelley, • New York solid waste regulations. These regulations, sludge” and thus subject to the requirements of 40 recycling efforts. And we will grow to new long-time residuals program manager at which cover biosolids, are under revision. The New York CFR Part 503. However, the agency “is willing to heights, expanding our membership, our staff, the Vermont Department of Environmental Department of Environmental Conservation is reviewing consider on an individual case-by-case basis whether our outreach and training, and the visibility of Conservation, for winning the NEWEA Alfred E. comments on the proposed draft from last September a particular product recovered from sewage sludge biosolids management in support of sustainability. Peloquin Award. Mr. Kelley is planning to retire and is expected to finalize the new rules in the next few is beyond the scope of Part 503.” This EPA decision For more information about NEBRA’s history this year, but, first—to leave with a flourish—he months. was conveyed in a January 2017 letter to the National or Vision 2021, visit our website: nebiosolids.org plans to see through an update of the Green • Vermont solid waste regulations, which cover biosolids Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA). (access to Vision 2021 is for members only). Mountain State’s biosolids regulations. (residuals), are being updated. NEBRA submitted For a few years, producers of struvite fertilizers, comments to the Vermont Department of Environmental Award Winners Perfluorinated Alkyl Substances NACWA, NEBRA, and others have discussed with EPA Conservation (DEC) in January, encouraging removal the question of 503 applicability. Struvite fertilizers are At the NEWEA Annual Conference in in Biosolids of duplicative and excessive requirements for land generated by engineered precipitation from thickened January, several NEBRA luminaries NEBRA has just published an Information Update application of biosolids that stymy biosolids use in the and/or digested solids or centrate/filtrate. Such were awarded. on perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs) in state. For example, despite decades of data showing no processes are increasingly important in protecting Mac Richardson, superintendent biosolids. These chemicals, the most famous of significant groundwater impacts at biosolids farm land treatment facility equipment from struvite (and/or of Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution which are PFOS and PFOA, have been in the application sites, Vermont DEC still requires groundwater vivianite) build-up and reducing total phosphorus (P) in Control Authority (LAWPCA) in headlines, as they have contaminated ground- monitoring—an expensive disincentive. final biosolids products. Lewiston, Maine, received the 2016 water in several locales in New York, Vermont, Even before the ink dries on the solid waste regulations, As part of its determination, which the agency stresses NEWEA Biosolids Management and New Hampshire where there were past Vermont DEC has said it will be opening up a process to is subject to change, EPA does make it clear that Achievement Award. Mr. Richardson releases around manufacturing facilities that used substantially revise the residuals (biosolids) management products “extracted” from sewage sludge that are not was a founder of NEBRA, and a signer them. These chemicals were designed to repel rules. Vermont DEC has invited NEBRA staff to serve on land applied, land disposed, or incinerated are not of the Articles of Incorporation 20 spills, are part of non-stick surfaces and fire- the advisory committee for that process…. However, at subject to Part 503. An example used in the EPA letter years ago. See the new LAWPCA fighting foams, and have been used for decades press time, there is new Vermont legislation. is an element such as silver. Member Highlight on NEBRA’s website. in a variety of consumer products. • Vermont legislation. Water quality remains a core focus • Massachusetts plant nutrient regulations. These Mac Richardson Charlie Tyler, recently retired from the The concern with PFASs is that their unique, of the Vermont Legislature, with several bills addressing received the regulations are still in flux. No further information is Massachusetts Water Resources Authority engineered chemistry makes them persistent and implementation and funding of programs related to 2016 NEWEA available from the the Massachusetts Department of (MWRA), was appropriately honored twice, leachable. They can also be transported by air, so the Water Quality Act of 2015 (Act 64). One bill, H.211, Biosolids Agricultural Resources (MDAR) about what the final with standing ovation, for his decades of work they are now found around the world in a variety includes a stipulation to phase out land application of Management revised regulations will contain and when they will be Achievement at MWRA, and for his involvement in NEWEA of media, from rain to soils to groundwater. biosolids and septage. NEBRA is working with the Green finalized. MDAR clarified to BNE RA that it does not plan Award and other professional organizations. Mr. Tyler Biosolids, which reflect our community environ- Mountain Water Environment Association and other to release a new draft for public comment, even though has been a member of NEBRA for many years, ments, contain traces of PFASs. Research to date stakeholders to provide information to legislators and the last draft had a substantive error that made it chal- providing photos from NEBRA events, just as he indicates that “Land application of biosolids may defeat this initiative. lenging to review. NEBRA continues to urge MDAR to

52 | NEWEA JOURNAL SPRING 2017 NEWEA JOURNAL SPRING 2017 | 53 Biosolids Use Upheld by Courts in that if Kern were to prevail, it could have a California and Virginia snowball effect in other counties. Congratulations Two major legal battles—one lasting a decade— and appreciation go to the city of Los Angeles, were resolved this winter in favor of biosolids Orange County Sanitation districts, Los Angeles recycling to soils. On December 5, 2016, a Tulare County Sanitation districts, and trucking and farm County California Superior Court judge ruled in interests who supported this case. This is a large favor of biosolids management plaintiffs who victory for all well-managed biosolids products had argued that a Kern County ban on biosolids and programs.” Also in December, the Richmond, Virginia Circuit Court upheld the new Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Water Board Biosolids Regulations against a legal challenge brought by the Potomac and Shenandoah Riverkeeper organizations. These organizations challenged the state biosolids regulations, claiming that the lengthy process by which they were updated from 2008 to 2013 was inadequate and that the regulations do not do enough to protect human health and the environment. In reviewing the Riverkeeper groups’ claims, the Circuit Court found clear and convincing evidence in the records of numerous meetings and deliberations that the state agencies were thorough in developing the amended regulations. The court found that “the record reflects substan- Biosolids land tial evidence supporting the board’s decision to application was illegal. He wrote that so-called “Measure E,” approve the amended regulations.” The court’s passed by voter initiative in 2006, “is invalid and decision addressed both technical questions, void for all purposes, for the dual reasons that which were matters of law, as well as substantive it exceeds Kern’s police power authority and is questions regarding the safety of regulated pre-empted by state law.” biosolids use. The court supported DEQ This is one of only a handful of major legal conclusions that “the regulations are designed cases in North America that have delved into to manage the land application of biosolids the detailed science of why biosolids use on in a manner that prevents runoff into surface soils is beneficial and, when properly regulated, waters and groundwater; that biosolids do not creates minimal risk. The court’s decision states contribute to local nitrogen and phosphorus that “the overwhelming weight of the evidence allocation any more than other well-managed is that there is no basis in fact for any determina- agricultural operations; that organic matter in tion that land application of biosolids poses any the biosolids helps to build and stabilize the soil risk to Kern County residents, let alone a real thereby reducing erosion and runoff in the long and substantial risk that would be alleviated by term; that established buffer, setback, and slope Water for a changing world. banning such land application…. Los Angeles restrictions were protective of state waters and has met its burden of producing evidence to the karst topography; and that land application could With world population at more than 7 billion and effect that there is no basis in fact for Measure occur under established conditions without nega- water resources that are increasingly finite, it’s time for E’s public welfare claims…. There is no evidence tive environmental impact.” transformational thinking. From innovative water supply and of risk to human health.” These major court decisions add to the legal treatment to effective asset management and conveyance, Greg Kester of the California Association of precedent in support of biosolids use on land. Sanitation Agencies said, “The decision is well we manage water to improve your competitiveness and written. The judge really understood and articu- resilience far into the future. lated well the issues. He recognized

Arcadis. Improving quality of life. Ned Beecher, Executive Director Tamworth, N.H. 603-323-7654 | [email protected] For additional news or to subscribe to NEBRAMail, NEBRA’s email newsletter WWW.ARCADIS.COM visit nebiosolids.org

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chemical doses and wasting rates can be observed in effluent quality in minutes rather than days as for Spotlight: Facility some biological systems. The WWTF treats an average flow of 0.8 mgd (3 ML/d) with Concord, Massachusetts diurnal flow variations typical of a Wastewater Treatment Facility predominately residential service area. During the recent severe drought, wastewater flow into the uilt in 1985; upgraded to advanced treat- it also assists the town of Concord with outreach facility dropped to historic lows. ment in 2007; discharges to the Concord by offering facility tours for school groups and This presented challenges to treat BRiver; permit #MA0100668; process local technical school students. Facility staff a more concentrated waste stream components include septage receiving and support the Concord Board of Health by assisting with higher-than-normal influent pumping, influent fine screen, grit removal, with coliform analysis of surface water samples. pH, problems that many facilities in primary clari-thickeners for settling and thickening The WWTF has not had an OSHA recordable the region have had to address. injury or incident for more than 15 years. The WWTF has a SCADA system Community and Facility Overview designed with much operator Concord is known for its historic charm and input and user flexibility in mind. natural beauty of rivers, ponds, and rolling fields The facility is staffed using a single and woods. This connection with history and shift, yet operators are only a few Wastewater Treatment Process Flow nature is evident in the town’s WWTF. The lobby keystrokes away from logging walls are covered with educational plaques, and into the SCADA system from a section of the lobby floor is inlaid with hand- virtually anywhere with internet painted tiles illustrating local plants and animals access. Concord has proactively to express the interrelationship between the adopted advances in technology, WWTF and the local environment. meaning that operators use tablets The site of the WWTF has been used for waste- or smartphones to document Concord, Massachusetts water treatment since at least 1900. The location their inspections, maintenance, Wastewater Treatment Facility is only half a mile downstream from the North and data collection at the facility, Bridge, where part of the Battles of Lexington and saving time and money. Alan Cathcart solids, trickling filters for biological treat- The WWTF has established a Concord Public Works ment, CoMag® for phosphorus removal, Concord occurred that began the Revolutionary Water & Sewer Division War. After the war, Concord focused on advances reputation as an interesting and Superintendent ultraviolet disinfection, an odor control rewarding field trip with many system, and advanced SCADA. in civil society, including development of Woodard & Curran Concord’s first municipal wastewater collection nearby schools. One local tech- Contract Operator Collection System and treatment systems. nical high school brings its envi- Nick Tranghese ronmental program students to the Chief Operator The collection system consists of The current WWTF was part of another 33 miles (53 km) of gravity and low- historic first in 2007, when it was upgraded from WWTF as part of its preparation pressure collection mains from 2 to 27 in. (5 to secondary treatment to advanced treatment, for a state wastewater operator 68.5 cm) in diameter with two pump stations and and became one of the first full-scale CoMag® licensing exam. For 10 consecutive six neighborhood lift stations. Concord’s sewer processes in the world. Between 1999 and 2006, years, the WWTF has hosted a system directly serves approximately 35 percent the WWTF provided space for a collaborative tour for Concord eighth graders of the town, representing approximately 1,860 effort between the town, operator, and a small as part of the town’s Public Works customers. Those not directly connected to group of engineers and scientists developing Day celebration. Nearly 2,000 CoMag® Tertiary Treatment Process Flow the sewer system have the option to have their the CoMag® process, which uses ballasted eighth-grade students have now Title 5 system waste disposed at the Concord flocculation to capture and remove suspended toured the facility, helping them Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF). Most and dissolved phosphorus from the wastewater see the relationship between of the users are residential customers, with a stream. wastewater treatment and their modest volume of flow from restaurants and light Concord’s CoMag® system has been highly community’s way of life. Perhaps commercial users. effective at removing a wide range of contami- a few may have been inspired by nants including BOD, TSS, metals, and phos- their visit to the WWTF to pursue Operations phorus, and vital to protecting the surrounding further education or work in the Woodard & Curran has operated the WWTF since wetlands in the Great Meadows National Wildlife water pollution control field. 1995 and employs three full- and one part-time Refuge and the historic Concord River. After operators and one part-time one. This team coming online in 2008, it has reliably met both handles all day-to-day operations of the facility, summer and winter phosphorus limits of 200 ug/l including routine and predictive maintenance, and 1,000 ug/l, respectively. Since CoMag is a and laboratory testing for compliance monitoring; chemical treatment system, adjustments made to

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Connecticut State Director info at Report ctwpaa.com The 24 graduates of the Manager Leadership Program by Virgil Lloyd [email protected] Continuing Education Program Connecticut will again have strong Update participation along with the other New Based on the feedback from England states for the Washington Fly-in As newly installed state director, I extend a hearty congratulations and thanks to Jay Connecticut’s operators, for the past scheduled for March 21–22. A group Sheehan for his dedicated service as state director for the past three years. He has several years CWPAA and CAWPCA of seven volunteers from CAWPCA worked tirelessly on behalf of the Connecticut wastewater industry, helping advance have advocated for the creation of and CWPAA representing all five the goals and programs of CWPAA and CAWPCA. Thank you, Mr. Sheehan, for all of a Continuing Education Program in congressional districts will be attending, Connecticut, one of only three states with meetings scheduled with our five your time and dedication to our industry—you have set the bar pretty high! without such a program. Implementing congressmen and two senators, to this program will require a modifica- support the goal of clean water. Manager’s Forum Continuing Education Program for operators, and tion to state statutes. In January, The Manager’s Forum was held on November advice on contingency planning for alternative Representative John Hampton of Ski Classic 17, 2016, and was again jointly sponsored by options for sludge disposal. Simsbury submitted HB 6315, an On February 10, CWPAA held its seventh New England Interstate Water Pollution Control One highlight of the day was the ceremony Act Requiring Continuing Education annual Ski Classic. The weather was Commission and Connecticut Water Pollution for the 24 graduates of the Manager Leadership Requirements for Operators at Water sunny but cold. The ski conditions were Abatement Association (CWPAA). This annual Program. This is the fourth consecutive class of Pollution Abatement Facilities. This bill, fantastic, as Stratton Mountain Resort in this highly successful program, which boasts 83 if passed, will allow for the creation of Vermont had received 17 inches of snow graduates over the past four years. The program the necessary regulations. At the time of in the prior two days. Eighteen people spans 10 months and includes instruction in many this writing the bill is in committee. If the attended the event, and a good time was of the skills necessary to become a successful bill survives the legislative process and had by all. Many thanks go out to our manager at a water resource reclamation ultimately reaches the floor for a vote, sponsors of this event, including Aqua facility. Many of the graduates have since been it will likely come near the end of the Solutions, Blake Equipment, Momar promoted to both supervisory and superinten- legislative session, which is scheduled Chemical, Pond Technical Services, and dent positions. CWPAA and the Connecticut to adjourn on June 6, 2017. For updates Myers Pump. Association of Water Pollution Control Authorities on the status of this bill, please go to (CAWPCA) recognizes the vision and effort of CWPAA’s website at ctwpaa.org. CWPAA Product Show Jim Clifton in starting this program in 2011, and to Mark your calendars for the Annual Art Enderle and Kevin Shlatz for continuing and Government Affairs Update CWPAA Product Show on April 27 at further developing this distinctive program. CWPAA and CAWPCA were busy again New Life Church in Wallingford. This this winter in actively promoting the year’s program features the Annual 2016 NEWEA award recipients: (top) Rian Savage, Operator; CAWPCA Fall Workshop interests of clean water on both a state Meeting, including elections as well as Thomas Sgroi, Alfred E. Peloquin CAWPCA held its annual Fall Workshop on and national level. Locally, instead of an update on the Continuing Education November 4, 2016, at a new spacious location, hosting a breakfast at the Legislative Program development. Manager’s event has grown into one of the most popular the Aqua Turf Club in Southington. More than Office Building as we have for many Forum educational programs on the calendar for 160 attendees included representatives from years, this year a group of 11 volunteers CWPAA Welcomes New Board operators in Connecticut. Program highlights about 50 municipal entities, Connecticut DEEP from the two associations held a series Member included a regulatory update by Department of staff, and 24 wastewater professionals, contrac- of one-on-one meetings with nearly If you start to notice CWPAA on Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) tors, and vendors. The program featured a 30 legislators on February 15 and 22. Facebook, LinkedIn, or other social staff, addressing topics such as the recent DEEP timely panel discussion on the future of sludge Having a presence in Hartford, at a time media, it is due to the hard work of our reorganization, the new edition of the nitrogen management and disposal in Connecticut, as well when the legislature is grappling with newest board member, Serdar Umur. trading program, and updates on the Clean Water as a presentation of an innovative Call Before record deficits, is vital to maintaining Welcome! Mr. Umur is with GA Fleet and Fund, CMOM, and the Right to Know program, You Dig (CBYD) response system developed by an awareness among legislators of will continue to boldly lead the associa- among other topics. the Greater New Haven Water Pollution Control the value of continued support of tion into the 21st century of social media Afternoon program highlights included updates Authority that significantly reduces the resources Connecticut’s Clean Water Fund to communications, as well as help with on legislative issues and development of the and response time to CBYD requests. create valuable jobs while also creating many other duties. a cleaner water environment.

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Upcoming 2017 NWPCA events

Board of Directors Meeting May 9 Warwick Sewer Authority, 7 PM

Annual Awards Banquet May 25 Potowomut Golf Club, 7 PM

Rhode Island Pawtucket Red Sox Event June 17 McCoy Stadium, Pawtucket State Director Annual Golf Classic June 26 Potowomut Golf Club info at Report rinwpca.info Hot Dog Roast/Meeting July 11 Warwick Sewer Authority, 7 PM Wine and Jazz Event July 29 Carolyn’s Sakinnet Vineyard, by Michael Spring Little Compton [email protected] In 2016 David J. Arpin of RT Group, Inc. (left), Chowder Cook-off/Meeting August 8 Warwick Sewer Authority, 7 PM won the 3rd Annual Chowder Cook-off Established in 1952, the Narragansett Water Pollution Control Association (NWPCA) is a Annual Clambake and Exhibition Sept 8 Twelve Acres, Smithfield non-profit organization created to promote the advancement of knowledge concerning the General Business Meeting Oct 10 Warwick Sewer Authority, 7 PM nature, collection, treatment, and disposal of domestic and industrial wastewaters. Meeting & Nomination of Officers Nov 14 Warwick Sewer Authority, 7 PM

NWPCA is an advocate for wastewater opera- The 3rd Annual Chowder Cook-off was held at Annual Holiday Party Dec 7 Potowomut Golf Club, 7 PM tors, providing training, technical information, the Narragansett-Scarborough treatment facility and networking opportunities with the goal of on August 9. Seven chowders were entered in Please check www.rinwpca.org for association news and updates as well improving water quality in the contest and 38 “judges” attended. David J. as our Facebook page @ facebook.com/NWPCA. Narragansett Bay and all Arpin of RT Group, Inc., of North Kingstown had the waters of the state of the winning chowder for 2016. Rhode Island. Comprising The Annual Trade Show and Clam Bake was on wastewater operators, September 9 at Twelve Acres Banquet House in engineers, and vendors of Smithfield. We had more than 40 vendors exhib- Thirty-six Young Professionals attended our first wastewater products and iting wastewater-related products and equipment. NEWEA Poo and Brew event at Narragansett services, NWPCA member- At this event we announced our scholarship Bay Commission Fields Point and Foolproof ship has grown to more than winners. The Operations Challenge team hosted Brewery in Pawtucket 200 professionals. NWPCA a pipe-cutting competition. There were also is an affiliated association of raffles, a horseshoe tournament, and the gradu- At the Holiday Party, Food Drive, and NEWEA and WEF. ation ceremony for the Rhode Island DEM Boot Elections meeting, 836 pounds of food Bernie Bishop One of our best years was 2016. NWPCA Camp attendees. was collected and donated for the Rhode congratulates had a total membership of 300 in 2016. We Rhode Island’s Operations Challenge team, Island Food Bank to distribute to families scholarship continued with our training goals and completed Ocean State Alliance, participated at WEFTEC in in need throughout the state. NWPCA Graduation ceremony for the Rhode Island DEM Boot Camp attendees winner Haley also welcomed two new board members, Koehler as several training courses, such as Laboratory New Orleans for the third year in a row. Our team her father Cliff Information Management Systems (LIMS) and members are Captain Vinnie Russo, Eddie Davies, Anthony Calenda and Jason Trenholm. looks on Basic Microbiology for Activated Sludge Process, Sam Sullivan, Ryan Patnode, and Coach Michael Our 2017 board members are: President and assisted with the Rhode Island Department of Spring. Our team continued to make progress Scott Goodinson; Past President Douglas Environmental Management (DEM) Operator Boot with a 2016 score of 309.51 overall and a rank Nettleton; Vice President Peter Eldridge; Camp training. Other successful events were of 19/32 for the team. Ocean State Alliance also Treasurer Peter Connell; Secretary Nora our Hot Dog Roast at the Smithfield wastewater finished in fourth place in the lab event. We thank Lough; NEWEA State Director Michael treatment plant; NWPCA Annual Golf Classic our members, Rhode Island DEM, and NEWEA for Spring; Operator Certification Board at Potowomut Golf Club; Annual Trade Show their support, and our vendors who monetarily Representative Paul Derosiers; Executive and Clam Bake at Twelve Anchors, Operations donated to our team. Director Bernard Bishop; Executive Challenge in New Orleans; Poo and Brew; and Rhode Island also hosted our first NEWEA Director Anthony Calenda; Executive the Holiday Party, Food Drive, and Elections of Young Professionals’ Poo and Brew event at Director Jason Trenholm; Executive New Officers, held at Potowomut Golf Club. the Narragansett Bay Commission Fields Point Director Michael Bedard; and Directors facility, attended by 36 Young Professionals. The of Vendor/Consultant Coordination, Bob 2016 Event Roundup event started with a tour of the new lab building Mack and Steve Buckley. U.S. EPA Region 1 O&M Excellence Award recipients: (left) Quonset The 2016 Annual Golf Classic was held at and of the Fields Point wastewater facility. After Development Corporation, North Kingstown, represented by Dennis Colberg NWPCA has added a new event to our and Bill Young; (right) South Kingstown Regional Wastewater Treatment Potowomut Golf Club on June 27. It was a Texas- the tours, the attendees assembled at Foolproof Plant, represented by Kathy Pierce and John Mackenzie style format that was a sellout with 144 attendees Brewery in Pawtucket to enjoy refreshments and 2017 Calendar. We will be having a Wine and 15 volunteers. The fee covered green fees, pizza. NWPCA is looking forward to hosting this and Jazz night on July 29 at Carolyn’s golf cart, barbecue lunch, and dinner, as well as event again in the upcoming years. Sakonnet Vineyard in Little Compton. many prizes.

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several upcoming events and training programs to help fill your coffers. MWPCA, together with Massachusetts Water Works Association (MWWA) and the American Council of Engineering Companies Massachusetts of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA), will host an annual legislative day on May 23, 2017, at the State House in Boston. In an improvement State Director info at on past years, we are combining forces this mwpca.org year to create a stronger message around Report the importance of water and infrastructure investment. This year the event will include by Justin deMello [email protected] morning meetings with state representatives and senators followed by a networking U.S. EPA Region 1 O&M Excellence Award—Athol, Massachusetts luncheon that will include informational Wastewater Treatment Plant I would like to start by thanking my mentor and predecessor, Mike Moreau, for his display areas and presentations from local elected officials. commitment and accomplishments in his recent term as Massachusetts state director. His energy and dedication to the association and the wastewater industry as a whole are Training second to none. Mike leaves some very large shoes to fill, but I am confident that with his The New England Interstate Water Pollution guidance, along with the support of the Massachusetts Water Pollution Control Association Control Commission, MassDEP, and the (MWPCA) membership, I can build upon his recent successes. MWPCA will be kicked off the revitalized Massachusetts Wastewater Management For those who do not know me, I was born and advocating the importance of the industry and Training Program on March 9, 2017. The raised in Massachusetts. From running around funding, and expanding membership—and program has attracted 28 registrants from Pleasure Bay of Castle Island to bike riding along growing younger overall as an industry. facilities all over Massachusetts. the Cape Cod Canal to fishing in the Quabbin This one-year program intends to develop U.S. EPA Region 1 O&M Excellence Award— Asset Management Award— Reservoir to kayaking around Plum Island, I have Past Events essential skills to propel candidates into management positions. The program is Belchertown, Massachusetts Wastewater Town of Canton DPW always been drawn to the water. I expanded that MWPCA hosted 90 members in Mansfield for Treatment Plant into a passion for water as I began my profes- its December Quarterly Meeting. The meeting based on the successful management sional career as an environmental engineer and headlined presentations from the Massachusetts training programs that have been delivered wastewater treatment plant operator. Over the Department of Environmental Protection in Maine, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. last 12 years, I have had the opportunity to visit (MassDEP), covering topics including the Water Participants will meet as a group once a and assess dozens of the commonwealth’s 2,200 Utility Resilience Program, Saving Energy month for 12 months, addressing a new licensed municipal and industrial wastewater and Reducing Your Operating Costs, NPDES topic each month. Topics to be covered treatment facilities, and to meet and collaborate Permitting Program, Requirements for Infiltration/ during the program include Introduction to with countless professionals dedicated to Inflow Programs, and promotion of the Operators Management, Advanced Process Control, ensuring that Massachusetts has clean water. In Management School Certification program. Working with the Media, NPDES Permitting the last 30 years, we have seen vast improve- MWPCA was well represented in January at and State Regulations, Engineering ments in water quality across the state. While the NEWEA Annual Conference in Boston with 14 Design and Blueprint Reading, Preventive there is still room to improve, the successes to members taking advantage of the free pass (paid Maintenance, Microbiology, Finance and date can be credited to the thousands of waste- for by MWPCA) on Operator’s Day and several Budgeting, and Job Shadowing. As an increasing number of operators Quarter Century Operator Award— Alfred E. Peloquin water professionals who call Massachusetts home. others taking home NEWEA, EPA, and WEF Operator Club— Michael Hughes Award—Evangelos In Massachusetts, MWPCA brings these awards. approach retirement, the sponsoring Robert Dunn, Jr. Manoloulis water quality professionals together. With 720 MWPCA hosted its spring meeting on March 28 organizations have constructed this program members spanning the state, MWPCA is still at the Devens Common Center. The meeting to help ensure that the next generation of the leading provider of education and training included technical presentations on wastewater operators is prepared to fill these opening Upcoming 2017 MWPCA events managerial positions across the state. The opportunities, and serves as a place for opera- treatment facility structural assessments and Annual Legislative Day May 23 Boston State House tors and water quality professionals to exchange concrete repairs, hydrogen sulfide attack in program encourages all wastewater opera- information and network. With President Bob collection systems, and informative presentations tors interested in furthering their careers, Quarterly Meeting June 14 Log Cabin, Holyoke Greene, President-elect Eric Smith, and the other from pump and valve manufacturers. and one day assuming a management or Golf Tournament June 20 Shaker Hills, Harvard Executive Committee members, we are poised superintendent position, to consider joining a for another successful year. For those of you Upcoming Events future management program. Annual Trade Show September 13 Wachusett Mountain Resort interested in joining the association or being A friendly reminder to operators that this year is more active on a committee, please reach out a Massachusetts Wastewater Operator License For questions or suggestions regarding to us. This year, the association is committed to renewal year. For those who have fallen behind MWPCA activities, please contact me at making steady progress on several key initia- or could use a few more training contact hours [email protected]. tives, including expanding training and education, (TCHs) in advance of December, MWPCA has

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Government Affairs The GMWEA Government Affairs Committee has once again been very active. On January 19, GMWEA board and Vermont staff members, along with representatives from NEWEA, Vermont Rural Water State Director Association, and other allies convened info at at the State House cafeteria to greet gmwea.org legislators as they arrived to start the Report new session. We handed out brochures, rubbed elbows and schmoozed, and by Nathan Lavallee [email protected] provided lawmakers with a water quality acronym sheet, which was much appreci- ated. The annual event is intended to Many exciting things happened at the Green Mountain Water Environment Association remind lawmakers of the important role (GMWEA) in 2016 and now in 2017. We have been busy on many water, stormwater, of water quality in Vermont’s way of life Bob Fischer (center, white hat) leads the tour of the South Burlington WRRF and wastewater fronts. We had a successful Spring Meeting and Fall Trade Show, and and to show them the faces of the real during the GMWEA Poo & Brew event attendance at both annual events continues to grow. people who protect Vermont’s health and natural waters. Legislators responded enthusiastically. Recent Events and GMWEA News Fischer; participants then went to Queen City We were fortunate to receive a visit As mentioned before, Daniel Hecht signed on last Brewery, where they sampled a range of Queen from Vermont’s lone, hard-working repre- year as our executive director. Mr. Hecht brings a City’s brews. Paul Hale, managing partner of sentative in Washington, Peter Welch. The wealth of professional and life experience to the Queen City, explained and showed off the high- committee set up a GMWEA booth across table. For example, he is a New York tech brewing process; some participants noted from the cafeteria in the state capitol Times best-selling author, professor at that the tanks were a bit shinier than some of Bob and interacted with many politicians over Champlain College, and contributor to Fischer’s at the South Burlington WRRF. Thank coffee and bagels. This first meet and Vermont Technical College’s digester you to GMWEA board member Chris Cox of greet was followed by a legislative lunch project. Mr. Hecht has been hard at Montpelier WRRF for organizing the event and to at Capital Plaza on February 24. The legis- work on many things. In particular, Charlie Tyler for the photos! lative lunch was our fifth annual legislative he has been working on outreach The GMWEA Fall Trade Show took place in meal and our most successful yet. and getting GMWEA’s message out Burlington on November 10, 2016. Nearly 500 there. He has retooled, updated, participants attended this event, including Upcoming Events and changed the GMWEA webpage. members, guests, speakers, vendors, and the In March, GMWEA board members will Exchange Operators: William Sanderson of Milton, Vermont, and Jeff Kalmes of Billerica, Massachusetts GMWEA is lucky to have him, and we board of directors. GMWEA also exchanged judge students’ work for the Stockholm look forward to accomplishing many operators with Massachusetts during the Junior Water Prize and select the Vermont great things with him in the future. NEWEA Operator Exchange. GMWEA sent finalists and winner at Norwich University GMWEA Lake Champlain International presented William Sanderson from the town of Milton to during the Vermont State Science and Executive Director GMWEA with its prestigious Heritage Award at a Massachusetts in September; Jeff Kalmes from Math Fair. Daniel Hecht ceremony on September 29, 2016. The annual the town of Billerica, Massachusetts, toured Save the Date! George Dow Memorial award acknowledges GMWEA members’ long several facilities in Vermont and then attended Golf Tournament will be held in mid- service to water quality management that helps the Poo & Brew and GMWEA Fall Trade Show. August, at Cedar Knoll Country Club in protect Vermont’s precious water resources. Hinesburg. On November 9, 2016, GMWEA and NEWEA NEWEA Annual Conference Clean Water Day and the third Visit your hosted Vermont’s first-ever Poo & Brew. I participated in the NEWEA Annual Conference Water/Wastewater Facility Day will be held Thirty-eight operators, water quality industry in Boston, attending numerous meetings and on May 19. representatives, and state and city officials from technical sessions. GMWEA members received The GMWEA Spring Meeting will be Vermont and throughout New England convened several awards: held on Thursday, May 25, at Killington in South Burlington to learn more about two very • Ernie Kelley, State of Vermont Agency of Resort. This includes the annual business different technology “infrastructures.” The event Natural Resources – Alfred E. Peloquin Award meeting, where awards will be given out brings together young professionals to network, • Robert Baillargeon, South Burlington – Plant and association officers elected for the learn more about each other’s facilities, and Operator Award coming year. have a good time. The event began with a tour • Josie Ford, South Burlington – Vermont For further information regarding of South Burlington’s Class 5 water resources Stockholm Junior Water Prize GMWEA/NEWEA activities and events, reclamation facility (WRRF), led by water quality • Tim Vivian, Bethel – NEWEA Committee contact Vermont Director Nathan Lavallee supervisor and GMWEA board member Bob Service Award at [email protected] or visit our website at gmwea.org. Tim Vivian (right) receives the 2016 NEWEA Committee Service Award from NEWEA President Ray Willis

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Zach Henderson, was this year’s recipient of the Golden Raindrop Award.

Annual Legislative Breakfast February and March always contains a flurry of Maine activity—whether or not there are snowflakes in the air. MEWEA again cooperated with the Maine State Director Water Utilities Association (MWUA) in offering a info at wastewater training track at its annual confer- mewea.org ence at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland Report (February 6–8). On March 9, we hosted our annual legislative breakfast at the Senator Inn in by Clayton “Mac” Richardson [email protected] Augusta along with NEWEA and MWUA. MEWEA had a strong contingent in Washington on March 21 and 22 when our president, Matt Greetings from Down East! Being busy, time seems to fly by for the Maine Water Timberlake, and our vice president, Paula Drouin, Nick Konstantoulakis enjoying James Morris, WEF Life Environment Association (MEWEA). After a beautiful, if dry, summer we jumped into were joined by Hartland Town Manager Chris the Lobster Dip Membership September starting with the Portland Greenfest where our Young Professionals Committee, Littlefield and Livermore Falls Town Manager ably led by Michael Geuthle, engaged the crowd with discussions on the need to protect Kristal Flagg as well as Mr. Bisson and Mac Maine’s water resources. Richardson at the National Water Policy Fly-in. Of course, we cannot fail to mention the Annual MEWEA/NHWPCA Ski Day! This year we moved Annual Conference actions, we clearly celebrate his conviction and over to the Granite State to help celebrate The Greenfest was held at Monument Square courage. On the last Friday of January, more the 50th anniversary of the New Hampshire on September 10. Soon after, we converged at than 20 water professionals and family members Association at Mt. Attitash. Skiers and riders Sugarloaf USA for our annual golf tournament enjoyed a bit of fun at our Young Professionals’ scored a lift ticket, lunch, and some après ski fun and annual conference. The Sugarloaf links skate party. for just $55. were, as always, challenging and spectacular. More than 25 training sessions were held on NEWEA Annual Conference MEWEA Spring Conference Thursday and Friday. Thursday evening was Also in January, at the NEWEA Annual Conference, April will see the MEWEA Spring Conference, to highlighted by a popular game night on the many Mainers were recognized for their contribu- be held at the Lewiston Ramada Inn on April 14. Sugarloaf “beach” where attendees played a tions to protecting and improving our water There are sure to be interesting technical cornhole toss and a giant Jenga game while environment. Award recipients were as follows: presentations and good times. MEWEA is again trying to stay warm by the outdoor fire pit. Also Paige Brown (Stockholm Junior Water Prize Mark Holt, NEWEA Operator James Galasyn, WEF Laboratory gearing up to participate in the Urban Runoff 5K Award recipient Analyst Excellence Award at the conference, 23 professionals celebrated winner), Mark Holt (NEWEA Operator Award), and Neighborhood Festival. We have had the the completion of their management candidate Tim Levasseur (Alfred E. Peloquin Award), largest non-profit group for a couple of years training program with the Joint Environmental Vivian Matkivich—retired (Operator Safety Award running (yes, that is a little pun/fun), and we Training and Coordinating Committee (JETCC). and Quarter Century Operator Club membership), expect to keep it going this year. For those able Rob Pontau (Young Professional Award), to head upcountry, the biannual North Country North East Biosolids Clayton Richardson (Biosolids Management Convention will be held by JETCC on April 26 In November, Maine was well represented Award and Quarter Century Operator Club and 27 in Presque Isle. This event is special in at the North East Biosolids & Residuals membership), Scott Firmin (E. Sherman Chase that we generally draw in some of our Canadian Association (NEBRA)/NEWEA biosolids confer- Award), James Morris (WEF Life Membership), colleagues from across the border, making for a ence in Cromwell, Connecticut. Speaking James Galasyn (Laboratory Analyst Award), richer experience for all. of the Nutmeg State, we were pleased to Dan Bisson (Arthur Sidney Bedell Award). host Rian Savage from the Storrs/UConn We also note that, while he may technically Speaking for Past President Scott Firmin, wastewater treatment facility as this year’s be a New Hampshire guy now, our Dustin Price President Matt Timberlake, and the MEWEA exchange operator. Rian toured a wide variety earned an EPA Wastewater Treatment Plant Executive Committee, please join us this year of treatment plants, from oxidation ditches to Operator Excellence Award. at one of our association events. I can be activated sludge facilities, a trickling filter, and reached at the Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution More than 20 water professionals and family members participated in Maine’s first membrane filtration plant. Stormwater Committee Control Authority (LAWPCA) at 207-782-0917 or the Young Professionals’ skate party Our Stormwater Committee remains active and [email protected], or on my cell phone at Lobster Dip engaged on many fronts, including tracking 207-240-2701. On the first day of the New Year, Mechanic implementation of the newly released multi- Falls Superintendent Nick Konstantoulakis was sector general permit from the Maine Department seen jumping in a very cold Atlantic Ocean to of Environmental Protection, and working with benefit Special Olympics at the annual “lobster various stakeholders on issues affecting Casco dip.” Without questioning the wisdom of Nick’s Bay and ocean acidification. One of our co-chairs,

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for safety, hit all the meniscuses in the lab event, muddled its way through the pump maintenance event (first time running it as a team), and thoroughly processed the test. The team’s hard work earned it a third-place trophy for Division II in the process control New Hampshire event. Congratulations to the Sewer Snakes on another great year.

State Director info at nhwpca.org Winter Meeting The NHWPCA Winter Meeting took place at the Report Dover Wastewater Treatment Facility on December 9, 2016. It was a beautiful day for the 140 attendees to by Sean Greig [email protected] tour a wastewater facility. Ray Vermette showcased his beautiful facility and its upgrades. The upgrades included the conversion to the Modified Ludzack- NEWEA and the New Hampshire Water Pollution Control Association (NHWPCA) Ed Rushbrook and Victoria (Abbey) DelGreco reminisce at the Ettinger (MLE) process. The plant tour spotlighted the 50th Anniversary Presidents’ Dinner completed another successful year working together. The NHWPCA board of directors primary sedimentation tank gallery, including new will be led by President Kevin Maclean from Hanover. Kevin attended the NEWEA pumps, actuated valves, and acoustically enclosed Annual Conference this January in Boston. aeration blowers, improved septage receiving and pumping facilities, new instrumentation, fine bubble Kevin and I attended the NEWEA Affiliated State diffused aeration, anoxic zone mixing and nitrate Association Meeting on Monday afternoon. The recycle pumping, new stainless steel secondary meeting brought representatives from the state clarifier mechanisms, new RAS and WAS pumps, an associations and NEWEA together to discuss odor control biofilter, and the latest Huber dewatering common issues and explore how associations screw press. The tour was followed by a lunch and a could work together. Topics discussed included plant upgrade presentation by Tim Vadney (Wright- insurance for the associations, New England Pierce). The NHWPCA business meeting ushered water resource recovery facility open house in the new slate of board of directors. Santa Claus day, state committee structures, and promotion arrived in all his glory at the end of the meeting to raffle off prizes donated by vendors. A great time of water quality careers. The meeting was a This year Dustin Price, chief operator for Seabrook, great success. Mr. Maclean was impressed was had by all. Thanks to Mr. Vermette and the city of 2016 NEWEA Award recipients: Jason C. Randall, Operator; joined Sewer Snakes veterans, Sean Kehoe, Iron Jack Healey, Alfred E. Peloquin with NEWEA and the state association repre- Mike Carle, and Patty Chesebrough Dover for hosting the NHWPCA Winter Meeting. sentatives. He said he is anxious to share the The 2017 NHWPCA board of directors are: Kevin information and ideas from the meeting with the Sewer Snakes Maclean (President), Tim Vadney (Vice President), NHWPCA board of directors. The Seacoast Sewer Snakes were back in action Andrea Martel (Past President), Dave Mercier this year with a lineup of old and new faces. (Secretary), Noelle Osbourne (Treasurer), Kurt 50th Anniversary Veterans Patty Chesebrough, Sean Kehoe, and Robichaud (1st Director), Ken Conaty (2nd Director), It is hard to believe that it is NHWPCA’s 50th Iron Mike Carle were joined this year by Dustin Dustin Price (3rd Director), Amy Pollock (Director Anniversary. The 50th Anniversary Committee, Price, chief operator for Seabrook. The season got at-Large), and Mike Carle (Director at-Large). led by Mike Theriault, has planned for a year off to a rough start when team captain Mr. Carle full of events to celebrate it. The association went down for back surgery in April. The team Legislative Breakfast kicked off its celebration with a brought former Massachusetts team member On Wednesday, March 8, 2017, NHWPCA held its Presidents’ Dinner at Brown’s Brian Farmer out of retirement for the joint Legislative Breakfast at the Holiday Inn in Concord. Lobster House in Hampton. NEWEA/NYWEA competition. With the help of Mr. The theme was Water Is Worth It, and the guest Brown’s was the meeting Farmer, the Sewer Snakes slithered into a slot to speaker was Laura Knoy from public radio. place in 1968, one year after go to WEFTEC in New Orleans. 2016 WEF Life Membership, 2016 EPA Region 1 Award— the association was formed. The team practiced regularly cutting pipe, Nelson Thibault Dustin Price, Wastewater The event hosted 22 past working on the safety and lab events, practicing Upcoming 2017 NHWPCA events Treatment Plant Operator presidents and their family the steps of the maintenance event without a Excellence members, and celebrated pump, and studying for the process event. Once Trade Fair April 6 Executive Court Banquet Facility, Manchester all of their hard work and in New Orleans the Snakes were poised to dedication. It was great to mingle with the past compete, but, the team still wondered: Would Mr. 50th Anniversary June 23 South Beach Pavilion, presidents and listen to them talk about the days Carle’s back hold up? And how would the rookie Celebration Hampton of the past and the challenges of today. The Mr. Price do under the pressure? Coached by feedback for the past presidents’ dinner is that Pam Kehoe and supported by Margaret Price, the it was a great event. We thank Mr. Theriault and team ran like a finely tuned machine. It powered the 50th Anniversary Committee on a successful through several saw blades in the collections event for the past presidents. event, rescued the dummy out of the manhole

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made to the betterment of the environment. One Peter Goodwin, Kevin MacLean, Charlie Tyler, the NHWPCA Past Presidents’ of Brown’s picnic tables was spread with historic NHWPCA board of directors, and the NHWPCA 50th Collector newsletters from the past few decades, Anniversary Committee. Dinner and 50th Anniversary including articles featuring Bruce Kudrick (1985 past president) and celebrations of an Operations NHWPCA 50th Anniversary Celebration by Michael Theriault, Wright-Pierce Challenge recent victory whose team included Ken Come join NHWPCA in celebrating the 50th anni- Kessler (1994 past president). versary on Friday June 23, 2017, at the South Beach Chuck Conway delivered a keynote speech on his Pavilion at Hampton Beach State Park in Hampton. NHWPCA Past Presidents’ Dinner individual photos and group shots. The dinner career from college, Vietnam, the Army Corps, EPA, The event will feature a full day of activities, The New Hampshire Water Pollution Control celebrated the hard work of the attending past and the New England Interstate Water Pollution including slideshows and enter- Association (NHWPCA) congratulates all past presidents presidents, those who could not be present, and the Control Commission. When Mr. Conway began his tainment in a social atmosphere for their hard work and dedication to the industry. dearly departed ones who helped pave the way for career, his first assignment involved environmental for association members and With low tide approaching and the nostalgic smell our generation. It was a vibrant social atmosphere assessment and documentation of the Merrimack individuals in the industry. of the nearby salt marsh creek on a chilly Friday, allowing these individuals to exchange hugs, River, where southern portions occasionally reflected The celebration will be October 14, 2016, NHWPCA hosted a dinner for all handshakes, and war stories, and reminisce about a blue, green, or purple hue from the discharge of all highlighted by several association past presidents at Brown’s Lobster Pound fond memories of their careers. All were treated to the industries upriver. He enlightened the crowd by keynote speakers remi- in Seabrook, New Hampshire. In 1968, one year after a delicious traditional lobster bake dinner of lobster, explaining how the Army Corps’ plan to land-apply niscing about contributions the association was established, Brown’s had served steamers, clam chowder, corn on the cob, French fries, Boston biosolids to most of Southern New Hampshire that operators, engineers, as a meeting location for the association, and it and onion rings. Some brought spouses, family, or was curbed during the formation of EPA and expan- regulators, and others have seemed most appropriate for the honoree dinner. other loved ones, and all became heartily engaged in sion of the Clean Water Act in the early 1970s. made to the association and Pins marking the 50th anniversary were unveiled conversation. Restaurant goers who were observing The celebration dinner was a great success (see the industry in the past 50 years. Speakers will detail and provided to each of the 22 past presidents in the celebration were educated about the association, photos on next page). The association thanks all the how regulations, the need to preserve water quality, attendance, with plenty of opportunities to capture the history, and the difference that these individuals volunteers who contributed to this success, including and goals and concepts critical for the future of the

Back Row L to R: Douglas Steele (1998, 2000), Chris Hipkiss (1990), Dale Sprague (1991), Bryce Fletcher (1993), Kenneth Lowe (2001), Victoria (Abbey) DelGreco (1992), Ken Kessler (1994), John Adie (2014), Peter Goodwin (2015), Edward Rushbrook (2008), Sean Greig (2010), Mike Sullivan (2009), Gerry Curran (2011). Front Row L to R: Fred McNeill (2003), Sarah (Goyette) White (2004), Mike Butler (1989), Bruce Kudrick (1985), Ray Vermette (2007), Kristin Noel (2013), David Lovely (2012), Rick Cantu (2002), John Grout (2005).

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industry have changed. Speakers may include Tom Burack, Jim Barsanti, Al Firmin, Ed Rushbrook, and Frank Underwood. Hotel rooms have been blocked out for the 50th anniversary Need creative event at the Ashworth by the Sea on Hampton Beach. Rooms are available for approximately $260 to $280 (plus tax) for king and double queen ocean view rooms. Parking is available for $18 per car, solutions to per night. Other amenities at the hotel include a restaurant and bar. Also, the hotel is centrally located and within walking distance to surrounding attractions. For reservations and general informa- complex tion call Ashworth by the Sea at 603-962-6762 and ask for the block of rooms for NHWPCA. Early reservations are encouraged. problems? Event guests with an RV or self-contained camper have the 1 opportunity to stay directly adjacent to the 50th anniversary event. Reserve a campsite at one of Hampton Beach State Park’s 28 RV campsites for a night or the weekend. Reservations can be made by calling Reserve America at 877-647-2757, or online at ReserveAmerica.com. As for the hotel, early campsite reservations You’re in luck are encouraged. Over 30 Years of service NHWPCA 50th Anniversary Apparel and to Northern New England Water Accessories Visit the NHWPCA 50th Anniversary Store and place your order today: store.shirtmasters.com/nh-water-pollution-control-association. Orders placed before Sunday March 19, 2017, can be picked up at Partnership 2 the NHWPCA Spring Trade Fair in Manchester on April 6, 2017. If you order before Sunday June 4, 2017, you can pick your items up at the NHWPCA 50th Anniversary Celebration in Hampton Beach on with June 23, 2017. If you cannot attend the spring trade fair or the 50th anniversary celebration, you can pick up your items from the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services office by coordinating with Ray Gordon at [email protected] (603-271-3571) or Nancy Lesieur at [email protected] (603-271-2985).

NHWPCA 50th Anniversary—Call for Sponsorship NHWPCA is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2017. Events include a Ski Day, Spring Trade Fair, the 50th Anniversary Celebration, 3 Golf Outing, Fall Meeting, and Winter Meeting. Your support will help us keep expenses and ticket prices reasonable for our members and friends during the celebratory year. Donations will be used to defray expenses for the 50th Anniversary Celebration, last October’s dinner for past NHWPCA presidents, and for 50th anniversary promotional items. As always, we appreciate your support of our association and efforts toward clean water in New Hampshire. Help us celebrate! We have prepared platinum, gold, silver, and bronze sponsorship levels to offer flexibility for your company to take part in these celebrations. Individuals can also contribute. Depending on the BOSTON HEADQUARTERS level of sponsorship, company logos and names may be included civil & environmental engineering on promotional giveaways, on the NHWPCA website, in the 617-452-6000 NHWPCA Collector newsletter, or on display at events, and other Portsmouth, NH 603.436.6192 4 Manchester, NH Providence, RI Presidents’ dinner: 1. Victoria (Abbey) DelGreco and Ken recognitions will be made as appropriate. Concord, NH 603.230.9898 Kessler—members of the original Synergetics Operations For additional information or to sign up as a sponsor, please East Hartford, CT New Haven, CT Challenge team 2. Bruce Kudrick, Dale Sprague, and contact Michael Theriault [email protected] or Chris Hipkiss share memories 3. Chuck Conway and any of the NHWPCA board members. The deadline to participate 25 Vaughan Mall Portsmouth, NH ph 603.436.6192 cdmsmith.com George Neill—who together have trained thousands of in this sponsorship program is May 15, 2017, to allow the association industry personnel 4. Holly Pottle, Mary Jane Meier, and time to prepare promotional items and recognitions. 99 North State Street Concord, NH ph 603.230.9898 legendary O&M trainer Don Pottle

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1University of Massachusetts Lowell 2016 NEWEA Student Poster Environmental Engineering,Storming Lowell, and Performing: MA 01854 Real-time Nitrogen and TSS Removal Dept. of Civil and Environmental in an Active Control Wet Pond Engineering, Lowell, MA 01854 2OptiRTC, Boston, MA 02116 2OptiRTC, Inc., Boston, MA 02116 Board Display Competition Micah Strauss1,2; Jamie Lefkowitz, PE2;

INTRODUCTION Data Type Sensor Installed Measurement Sampling FINDINGS Wet ponds have traditionally been viewed as less OMEGA 439-005GI Water Level By Minute Nitrate percent removal ranged from 28% to 68%; effective means for pollutant reduction than other Another successful student poster competition organized by the Student Activity Hydraulic Texas Electronics TSS percent removal ranged from 53% to 86% BMP control measures (MS4 permit guidelines PA Precipitation Continuous Tipping Bucket Committee took place during the NEWEA Annual Conference. Seven “water-related DEP 2016, MDE 2014). Removal percentages surpass the State of Maryland's Satlantic SUNA V2 Nitrate 2 hours stormwater credit removal efficiency for ponds (MDE 2014) Standards for pollutant reduction consider the wet Water Quality Sequoia Scientific Turbidity 2 hours Retention times for these storms were longer than the design posters” were showcased at the conference—Micah Strauss, from the University of pond a passive storage system governed by a fixed LISST 100X control structure designed to achieve a target requirement of 24 hours, and longer than the target 48 hours, Table 1. Real-time sensors deployed in wet pond used for the quantity or water quality objective. averaging 96 hours Massachusetts Lowell, took home first place for best poster (see opposite page). evaluation of pollutant reduction. Advances in internet accessible controller systems METHODOLOGY Percent Nitrogen Percent TSS have allowed continuous monitoring and adaptive 41 rainfall events (precipitation greater than 0.01”) occurred during the first Removal by Storm Size Removal by Storm Size control (CMAC) of BMPs, which monitors and 9 months (Jan 2016 – Oct 2016) of the study and are being analyzed for 100% 100% pollutant reduction. 10-15 nitrate and TSS sensor readings per sampling controls stormwater infrastructure in real time to 80% 80% respond to forecasted weather. period were averaged to characterize water quality in the wet pond. 60% 60% Baseflow concentrations were calculated as the average of four data hours (nitrate) or six hours (TSS) prior to a runoff response in the pond. 40% 40% Figure 1 (Left). Pictures from wet pond retrofit Measured Measured Inflow concentration of nitrate from the runoff was calculated from the 20% 20% with Continuous Monitoring and Adaptive Credited difference between the average peak mass load in the pond and the Credited 0% Control (CMAC). (From top) Solar-powered 0% baseflow load. A cumulative sum of the load discharged throughout the 0.20 0.70 1.20 1.70 0.20 0.70 1.20 1.70 control panel, actuated valve, water quality storm constitutes the total outflow loading. Precipitation (in) Precipitation (in) sensor mounting. The difference between inflow loading (baseflow concentration included) Figure 4 (above) and Table 2 (below). Comparison of nutrient removal and cumulative outflow load constitutes percent removal. from CMAC retrofit pond and Maryland crediting values. STUDY SITE Nitrate Percent Removal TSS Percent Removal A Wet Pond on Sligo Creek, tributary to the Anacostia River, which is impaired Nitrate During 0.52" Storm Storm Size 1.00 Wet Pond Wet Pond for nutrients and sediments (MDE/DOEE 2008). The site is located in the 450,000 (in) CMAC CMAC 64,000 square mile Chesapeake Bay Watershed (Figure 2), subject to USEPA’s 0.80 (MDE 2014) (MDE 2014) “pollution diet” calling for a 25% reduction in nitrogen, 24% reduction in 350,000 0.30 28% 20% 53% 40% 0.60 phosphorus and 20% reduction in sediment (USEPA 2010). 0.32 42% 21% 71% 41% 250,000 0.40 0.52 48% 26% 88% 53% Volume (CF) Volume

HOW DOES CMAC WORK? (mg/L) Nitrate 0.20 150,000 0.79 68% 30% 77% 61% 1) The software uses real-time National Weather Service forecast data to 1.32 47% 36% 86% 72% determine the timing and expected volume of incoming storm events. 0.00 50,000 7/18/2016 7/19/2016 7/20/2016 7/21/2016 7/21/2016 CONCLUSION 2) In advance of the storm, the outlet valves close and Retention and detention ponds have been used throughout the country to only Sligo Creek baseflow passes. During and after TSS During 0.52" Storm 500 control runoff for flood protection and, more recently, for water quality the storm, the pond retains up to approximately 12 450,000 improvement. Communities often choose to retrofit these older ponds to acre-feet of runoff volume. 400 350,000 meet today’s regulatory standards. CMAC provides a lower cost, less 3) After the retention period is over, 300 disruptive retrofit option. This study quantifies the enhanced pollutant the software sends a signal to 200 250,000 removal performance of CMAC ponds, enabling communities to confidently

Volume (CF) Volume use this new technology as part of their strategy to meet regulations and

open the valves and release the (mg/L)TSS 150,000 water downstream. 100 permit requirements. 0 50,000 4) As a research extension of the REFERENCES 7/18/2016 7/19/2016 7/20/2016 7/21/2016 7/21/2016 1) Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) (2014). Accounting for Stormwater Wasteload Allocations and project, real-time water quality Impervious Acres Treated. Guidance for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Stormwater Permits. sensors were installed to measure TSS Concentration Pond Volume Nitrate Concentration 2) Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) and District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment Lindsey Carver, Northeastern University Benjamin Aho, University of Massachusetts Lowell the enhanced total suspended Figure 2. Chesapeake Bay (DOEE) (2008). Total Maximum Daily Loads of Nutrients/Biochemical Oxygen Demand for the Anacostia River Basin. solids (TSS) and nutrient removal Watershed Map (USGS 2014). Figure 3. Continuous monitoring offers a data set that cannot 3) Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) (2016). BMP Effectiveness Values. 3000-PM-BCW0100m. performance (Table 1). Star indicates study site in be replicated by field sampling. Example storm shown above The Impacts of Living Learning Machine Configuration on The Lexington Storm Water Monitoring Project 4) US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Region 3 (2010) Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load for Nitrogen, Nitrogen and Phosphorous Concentrations of Wastewater https://optirtc.com Montgomery County, MD. with nitrate and TSS concentrations throughout the storm. Phosphorus, and Sediment. for Reuse

LeighAnn D’Andrea, University of Massachusetts Amherst Jeffrey Lewis, University of Vermont The Effect of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products Phosphorus Removal Options for Wastewater Lagoon within Urine Composting Applications Systems

Micah Strauss, University of Massachusetts Lowell (photo-right); his poster (above), Storming and Performing: Real-time Nitrogen and TSS Removal in an Active Control Wet Pond, took home first place

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Essay Question: Stormwater management has become an integral aspect for sustainable water management in urban areas. Please discuss the recent advances in this area and the role you could play, as a researcher/engineer, to provide holistic approaches for stormwater management and guidance for planners and law makers in governmental agencies to better facilitate sustainable water Evelyn Grainger management in urban environments. Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Scholarship With the increasing popula- MEA sensors in storm water, and the results clearly tion, rapid urbanization, showed the real-time in situ monitoring capability Flood maps outlining the flood zones of 10-, 50-, the sewer system, allowing the water to be treated ecological environment of MEAs for multiple parameters (e.g., oxygen, and 100-year storms are being updated as global without overflowing the wastewater treatment deterioration, and serious pH, temperature, conductivity, and chloride). This climate change is believed to be increasing the system during peak flow. water pollution, the quality frontier research has received attention nationwide frequency and intensities of these flooding events. The success of stormwater management, capture, and quantity of fresh water and was published in a high-impact journal (Sensors As the population density of cities increases and and reuse, or others such as green roofs, pervious become crucial to human and Actuators B: Chemistry, Impact Factor: 5.0). This urban sprawl spreads to areas that were once rural, pavement, or bioretention ponds, is not dependent beings. Effective utilization breakthrough research has led to a pilot-scale water impervious surfaces such as buildings, parking lots, on solely the innovative technologies but more of stormwater, one essential quality monitoring. and roads are intensifying the quantity of water importantly on the appropriate application of these Zhiheng Xu part of the water cycle, Besides stormwater quality, stormwater transfer that cannot be adsorbed by the land. These two technologies, and inclusion of community and policy University of becomes critical for sustain- in soil is also critical for water quality and quantity. I factors, climate change and population growth, makers in the solutions. Rainwater harvesting is far Connecticut able water management in have developed novel millimeter-sized soil moisture have made stormwater management critical to the from an emerging technology, but its concept has Graduate Student Scholarship the urban environment. sensors (MSMS) using CD-etching technology. safety, economic stability, and health of people living been adapted and improved, meeting the needs of Pollutants carried in This small, thin MSMS can be directly inserted around flood boundaries. large site designs that modify peak flows, gardens, stormwater runoff have raised severe concerns for into soil layers without disturbing soil structure My experience with stormwater management has and people without access to potable water. the integrated water management of stormwater. which fundamentally solves the severe disturbance focused primarily on capture and reuse methods As this crisis intensifies, causing more detrimental This is especially the case along the coast of the problem of heavy soil sensors. Furthermore, multiple with rainwater harvesting in rural Guatemala, impacts to health, safety, and the economy of United States, where polluted stormwater runoff pieces of MSMS inserted vertically along soil depth where rainwater is used to sustain community American cities, there will be a need not only for from roads and highways is the largest source of can obtain the soil moisture at high resolution. None members’ potable water supply through the dry civil engineers to work on designing stormwater water pollution. To provide effective precaution of any other soil sensors have this unique feature. season. Capture and reuse systems are versatile in management programs that consider the different strategies and minimize the pollution impacts, MSMS can monitor stormwater quality and quantity size and purpose. While this solution is not practical technology options but also for community real-time in situ monitoring of stormwater is an during the infiltration process, something critical to for developed urban areas of the United States, and policy education members to advocate for imminent topic in water quality engineering fields. integrated water management. I have successfully capture and reuse methods are becoming increas- stormwater management practices. With my strong During my doctorate research, I have developed a conducted the lab-scale tests of MSMS in situ, moni- ingly popular in urban areas. In 2015, I worked with civil engineering and social science background, I novel sensing technology milli-electrode array (MEA) toring water content in different types of soils, which an interdisciplinary team of engineering students understand the interconnected relationship between capable of simultaneous monitoring of multiple is, to the best of my knowledge, the first national to design and assist Tatnuck Elementary School people and infrastructure. Through this I believe water quality related parameters and thus making study of soil moisture profiling. with the implementation of a community garden I can work to design, implement, and educate to real-time in situ stormwater monitoring possible. Overall, my pioneering research of water quality with a rainwater harvesting system. We completed improve local communities through improved Briefly, MEAs are fabricated by precisely printing sensors greatly enhances my understanding calculations to determine the storage and roof stormwater management practices. multiple millimeter-sized electrodes on a flexible of stormwater monitoring, treatment, and size needed for rainwater to support the garden. thin film using inkjet-printing technology. Compared management. Stormwater becomes one valuable While these two forms of stormwater management to expensive though ineffective probes/sensors treasure to human beings due to its large amount. were small scale and had little impact on the (more than $1,000 to $50,000 per sensor) that can Multidisciplinary knowledge is required to achieve stormwater runoff, they prove the versatility of only measure a single parameter at a single point, a sustainable water usage for a bright future for our rainwater harvesting methods. Capture and reuse MEA possesses unbeatable advantages of easy fabri- descendants’ hands in hands! methods can also vary in size. At my university, a cation, high accuracy, low cost (<$1/sensor), and easy large water collection system was created for the deployment and replacement. By aligning multiple development of new athletic fields when they found pieces of MEA sensors in a row, contaminant fate in that the runoff volume caused by the modification stormwater can be profiled at a high spatial-temporal of pervious land to impervious fields would be resolution, greatly enhancing the monitoring problematic to combined sewage overflows. This capability and unveiling the stormwater quality in system collects water falling on the turf fields in a situ for pollution control and public health. I have large cistern beneath a parking area. While the water successfully conducted the lab-scale 1-month tests of is not reused, it is stored until it can be released to

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2017 Annual Conference & Exhibit Proceedings Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA • January 22 – 25

1 3 4 1. Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito addresses a record crowd at the Opening General Session 2. President Ray Willis cuts the The 2017 NEWEA Annual Conference convened with a meeting of the full Executive official grand opening ribbon to the exhibition hall. l-r: ExhibitorB ob Jones, WEF President-elect Jenny Hartfelder, Exhibits Chair Paul P. Casey, President-elect Jim Barsanti, Mr. Willis, and Program Chair Helen Gordon 3. NEWEA staff Linda Austin tends the bustling Committee on Sunday, January 22, 2017. More than 2,100 people registered for the registration counter 4. Among the crowd at the President’s playoff reception wereB ogdan Baudis and Amy Anderson conference. The three-day event featured 205 exhibit booths and 33 technical sessions. 33 Technical Sessions The Annual Business Meeting was held on Monday, The remaining incumbents are fulfilling unexpired terms: January 23, 2017. Nominating Committee Chair Mike • WEF Delegate – Daniel Bisson (through WEFTEC 2017) Session 1 Panel Moderator: Barbara Landau, Noble Use of a Nutrient Control Plan by the City HOT TOPIC: Creative Responses Wickersham & Heart of Rochester, New Hampshire to Develop Bonomo presented the slate for officers for 2017 as • WEF Delegate – Susan Sullivan (through WEFTEC 2018) to Water Management and Climate • Julie Wormser, Boston Harbor Now a Long-term Plan to Reduce Nutrient follows: • WEF Delegate – Fred McNeill (through WEFTEC 2019) Change, Lessons from Scandinavia, • Stephanie Kruel, VHB Loads to Receiving Waters • Vice President – Raymond Vermette • Council Director/Outreach – Jonathan Kunay (3rd year) Germany and the U.S. • Wendi Goldsmith, Sustainability • Daniel Bourdeau, Geosyntec • Treasurer – Priscilla Bloomfield (2nd year) • Council Director/Meeting Management – Elena Proakis Moderators: Consultant Consultants • Council Director/Collections Systems and Water Ellis (2nd year) • Maureen Neville, CDM Smith • Steve Roy, Ramboll • John Storer, City of Rochester, NH • Jaclyn Harrison, NEIWPCC • Bill Arcieri, VHB Resources – John Digiacomo • Council Director/Communications – Jennifer Lachmayr Session 2 • WEF Delegate – Matthew Formica (3rd year) Panel 1: Climate Change as a Catalyst for Watershed Management Blazing a Path to Implement a “Hybrid” Design Change Approach to Reduce Excessive Nitrogen • Connecticut State Director – Virgil Lloyd • Council Director/Treatment, Systems Operations, and Moderators: Discharges to the Town of Orleans’ • Massachusetts State Director – Justin deMello Management. – Marylee Santoro (2nd year) Panel Moderator: Donna Denio, Team • Phil Forzley, Fuss & O’Neill Dynamics Boston • Jennifer Johnson, Nitsch Engineering, Ponds, Estuaries and Embayments • Maine Director – Clayton “Mac” Richardson (2nd year) • Ellen Watts, Architerra Inc. • Thomas Parece, AECOM In accordance with the provisions of Article 9.3.2 of the • New Hampshire Director – Sean Greig (2nd year) • Kim Vermeer, Urban Habitat Initiatives, • George Meservey, Town of Orleans, MA Urban Watershed Renewal with Public/ • Michael Domenica, Water Resources NEWEA Constitution & Bylaws, these Officers will advance • Vermont Director – Nathan Lavallee (3rd year) Inc. Private Collaboration to the following positions: • Rhode Island Director – Michael Spring (3rd year) • Isabel Kaubisch, Clarendon Hill Association • Jennifer Johnson, Nitsch Engineering • Betsy Shreve-Gibb, AECOM • President – James Barsanti Consulting • Pallavi Mande, Charles River Watershed • President-Elect – Janine Burke-Wells All nominees have indicated their willingness to serve. • Gretchen Rabinkin, BSA Association • Past President – Raymond Willis Respectfully submitted by the NEWEA Nominating Panel 2: Collaborative Governance Mashpee’s Unique Approach to Committee: Mike Bonomo (Chair), Brad Moore, Supporting Water Control and Reuse, Implementing its Wastewater Planning Reducing Loop Holes and Red Tape Matt Formica, Fred McNeill, Susan Sullivan. Effort • J. Jefferson Gregg, GHD

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3 3 4 1. Comparing notes between sessions 2. Plant Operations Committee Vice Chair Tom Hazlett smiles at a comment 1. Anthony Giovanone, Vicki Quiram, and Udayarka Karra unwind at the Young Professionals Summit reception 2. A discussion 3. Bruce Berger leads the discussion at the Young Professionals’ Summit on the exhibit floor 3. The Water For People Committee luncheon meeting 4. Andy Fish and Phyllis Rand share a smile at the Microconstituents Committee meeting

Session 3 Session 4 • Jason Kreil, Woodard & Curran Case Study in Engineering, Procurement Asset Prioritization with GIS Session 8 Stormwater 1: Successful Community Collection Systems 1: Make • Tim Willett, Town of North Andover, MA and Construction Management as an • Michael Stein, Wright-Pierce CSO/Wet Weather Issues 1: Planning and Collaboration in Construction Great Again Warwick Sewer Authority Main Influent Alternative Project Delivery Method • Jeff Normandin, Wright-Pierce CSO Success Stormwater Management Moderators: Sewer Rehabilitation • Jeffrey McDonald, Fuss & O’Neill • Greg Johnson, City of Burlington, VT Moderators: • Mark Thompson, Kleinfelder • Douglas Brisee, Fuss & O’Neill • Kate Mignone, AECOM Moderators: • Charles Gore, Brown and Caldwell Session 7 • Virginia Roach, CDM Smith • Michael Armes, ADS Environmental • Janine Burke-Wells, Warwick Sewer • Charlie Smith, AECOM Services Session 6 EPA Panel Discussion: Make Your • Vinta Varghese, CH2M Authority Asset Management 1: Leveraging IT&A Comments Count—Examples of What Closing of the CAM004 CSO in Duxbury/Kingston Bay Stormwater Management and Response Action for (A = Automation) Works Cambridge Catastrophic Sewer Force Main Failures Session 5 • David VanHoven, MWH/Stantec Mitigation— Completed after 11 Years Small Community: Design, Operation and Moderators: Moderators: • Tom Pawlina, ATP Environmental in Plymouth, Massachusetts • James Barsanti, Town of Framingham, • Roger Janson, U.S. EPA Region 1 (retired) • David Kubiak, MWRA • Ziad Kary, Environmental Partners Purchasing Issues for Small Communities • Jeremy Lane, MWRA • Joe Grady, Town of Duxbury, MA Moderators: MA • Sarah White, UniFirst Corp. • Maureen Thomas, Town of Kingston, MA Group, Inc. • Geraldine Ciardelli, City of Nashua, NH • Christine Clancy, Kleinfelder • Jonathan Beder, Town of Plymouth, MA • Brandon Blanchard, Pare Corporation Make Your Comments Count—How to Managing the Winnicut River • Michael Headd, Woodard & Curran Getting Started with Asset Management Comment Effectively on NPDES Permits Turning a Negative into a “Positive”— Beach Community has its own “Point Negotiating a Consent Decree to Watershed Through Collaboration of Six Effects of Flow Fluctuations on Cape Cod on the Cheap—Three Case Studies • Ken Moraff, U.S. EPA, Region 1 Communities Break”— Hampton, NH—How a • Daniel Roop, Tighe & Bond Develop a Reasonable Endpoint Thriving Beach Community Handled a Package Plants Panelists from US EPA include: • James Drake, CDM Smith • Renee Bourdeau, Horsley Witten Group • Christopher Hayward, WhiteWater • Janet Moonan, Tighe & Bond • David Webster • Robert Hartzel, Geosyntec Consultants Coastal Sewer Force Main Failure and • Robert Ward, City of Haverhill, MA Emergency Repair Septage Receiving Upgrades: Regionally Securing SCADA—an Overview of • Thelma Murphy • Paul Jessel, City of Haverhill, MA A Green Possibility in Kansas City Cybersecurity and Countermeasures • Damien Houlihan • Michael Curry, Wright-Pierce Serving Northern, NH CSO Success—Overcoming Funding & • Courtney Eaton, Carollo Engineers • Jennifer Hale, Town of Hampton, NH • Michael Theriault, Wright-Pierce • Daniel Capano, Stamford, CT, WPCA • Ellen Weitzler • Shawn Dent, Carollo Engineers • Justin Finnigan, ARCADIS Design Challenges in Madawaska, ME Pump Station Replacement Overcomes • Jason Randall, Plymouth Village Water & • Robert Polys, Woodard & Curran Collaboration and Planning for Sewer District Town Wide SCADA Upgrade Strategy Obstacles to Address Reservoir Fitchburg’s Largest Sewer Separation Successful Drainage Management in Contamination Potential Village of Morristown NY Wastewater • Ashley Dunn, Town of Framingham, MA New England Community • Blake Lukis, Town of Framingham, MA Project Provides Relief to the Nashua • Kenneth Carlson, Woodard & Curran Treatment Plant Upgrade for Small River—Conquers Urban City Challenges • Denise Cameron, Woodard & Curran • Bruce Thibodeau, Town of North Community • Jon Grant, Woodard & Curran • John Livsey, Town of Lexington, MA • Michael Theriault, Wright-Pierce Andover, MA • Ashish Mehna, Premier Tech Aqua • Anthony Maressa, City of Fitchburg, MA

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4 5 1 2 1. Young Professional Tenzin Lama hears a sustainability presentation 2. The audience concentrates on a nitrogen removal 1. Networking at the Young Professionals Summit reception 2. A busy time in the 4th floor exhibit hall presentation 3. Dave Polcari opens a Utility Management session 4. Concentrating on a session about climate change 5. Donna Denio moderates a panel discussion regarding climate change and design

Session 9 • Michael Lynch, Hazen and Sawyer Asset Management Lite for the Small Use of Porous Pavement Improves Water Innovative Primary Effluent Sampling Session 14 Plant Operations 1: Cutting Edge • Robert Sharp, Hazen and Sawyer User Quality and Reduces Beach Closures in and Better TN Removal Through SRT Utility Management 2: Planning for the Nitrogen • Keith Mahoney, New York City DEP • Christian Lund, Town of Groton, CT Provincetown Harbor Management Worst—Doomsday Planning Moderators: • Sandra Tripp, GHD • Mike Carle, Town of Hampton, NH DPW Moderators: Session 10 Session 11 • Susan Guswa, Woodard & Curran • Richard Waldo, Town of Provincetown, MA In-house Digester Emptying and Septage • Meg Goulet, Narragansett Bay Commission • Mickey Nowak, SUEZ Utility Management 1: Preparing for HOT TOPIC: All Things Green • Sara Greenberg, GHD • Donald Gallucci, Weston & Sampson Millennials Management Moderators: Receiving Concept Efficient Nutrient Removal Operating at Moderators: • Robert Montenegro, Grundfos Session 12 • Sean Greig, Town of Newmarket, NH Incident Management Planning—How Low Dissolved Oxygen Does Your Utility Compare? • David Polcari, CDM Smith • Charles Pike, Black & Veatch Operator Ingenuity Session 13 • Don Esping, Brown and Caldwell • Fred McNeill, Cty of Manchester, NH Moderators: • Marian Long, Gradient Planning LLC • Dave Green, City of Rochester, NH Urban Stormwater Wetlands: Research Opportunities in International Succession Planning Initiatives at the into Form and Function • Kristen Lemasney, Wright-Pierce Development Work The Taanstafl Principle—Secondary Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactors— South Essex Sewerage District • Celina Balderas Guzman, MIT Center for • Tim Vadney, Wright-Pierce Moderators: Impacts of Water Conservation Efforts Oxygenated Fun with Less Carbon Cost • Edward Leonard, Wright-Pierce Advanced Urbanism No Cost Upgrade to Enhance • Anastasia Rudenko, GHD • Todd Lusk, Ramboll Environ • Kelly Martin, Black & Veatch • David Michelsen, South Essex • Alan Berger, MIT Phosphorus Removal • Sahar Kunay, Green Mountain Pipe • Russell Parkman, Ramboll Environ • Sandeep Sathyamoorthy, Black & Veatch Sewerage District • Heidi Nepf, MIT • Leo Gaudette, Town of Merrimack, NH Operator Rainfall into Water Security— Winnipesaukee River Basin Program Push the Limit of Enhanced Biological • Richard Delacono, South Essex ENVISIONing the LCA of a Wastewater WTF Students Partnering with a Rural Balanced Scorecard Phosphorus Removal Process for More Sewerage District Treatment Plant SCADA Upgrade for the Stamford WPCA Guatemalan Community to Achieve • Sharon McMillin, NH Dept. of Sustainable Phosphorus Removal and Identifying and Preparing the Next • Anjana Kadava, Black & Veatch • Edward Abel, Stamford Water Pollution Water Security Environmental Services - Winnipesaukee Recovery—A Mechanistic Investigation Generation of Wastewater Treatment • Sudhir Murthy, DC Water Control Authority, Stamford, CT • Evelyn Grainger, Worcester Polytechnic River Basin Program • Yueyun Li, Northeastern University Facility Leaders—The Narragansett • Andrew Shaw, Black & Veatch Institute Planning for Framingham’s Future—An • Annalisa Onnis-Hayden, Northeastern Biological Phosphorus Removal Chemical Bay Commission’s Field’s Point WWTF Regulatory Compliance: Air Quality, Reduction • Kerry Muenchow, Worcester Polytechnic Integrated Approach to Wastewater University Experience Institute Infrastructure Planning, Operation, and • April Gu, Northeastern University Noise and Hazardous Materials • Ken Harwood, Town of Ayer, MA WWTP • Paul Nordstrom, Narragansett Bay Management Water For Health in Fonfred, Haiti Management A Novel Testing Approach for BNR Commission • Timothy Kucab, Tighe & Bond • Tim Loftus, Town of Webster, MA • John Murphy, Stantec Optimization in NYC • James Barsanti, Town of Framingham, MA EPA—Effective Utility Management Panel Discussion • Vera Gouchev, Hazen and Sawyer Presentation • Sarah Galst, Hazen and Sawyer • James Horne, US EPA

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3 4 3 4 1. Catching up in the lobby between sessions are Erin Loder, Amanda Jett, Frank Occhipinti, and Patty Chesebrough 2. An exhibitor 1. Rob Gundersen comments during a lively Operator Ingenuity session 2. InfluentI ntegrator Charlie Tyler holds forth at the 5S discusses instrumentation with an interested attendee 3. Kelly Martin presents results of an innovative treatment technology concept luncheon 3. Incoming Collection Systems chair Peter Garvey presents the Golden Manhole pin to outgoing chair John Digiacomo 4. Denise Descheneau describes her poster to Bob Dunn 4. Paula Drouin, Justin deMello, John Downey, and Scott Firmin at the AffiliatedS tate Association meeting

Session 18 • Ryan Bodnaruk, Wright-Pierce • Robert Lucic, Sheehan Phinney Bass & Session 15 Session 16 More Efficient Mechanisms of Biological Plant Operations 3: Case Studies for • Todd Goldman, Town of Middleborough, Green HOT TOPIC: Global Climate Change Plant Operations 2: New England BNR Phosphorus Removal Construction through Operations MA • William Hall, Hall & Associates Moderators: All Stars in Nitrogen Removal • James Barnard, Black & Veatch Moderators: • Alan Slater, MassDEP (retired) Moderators: • Patrick Dunlap, Black & Veatch • Pamela Westgate, Kleinfelder Session 19 Session 20 • Sean Osborne, OSD, LLC • Ben Levesque, Tighe & Bond • Mark Steichen, Black & Veatch • Stephen Sloan, Portland Water District Stormwater 2: MS4 Communities and Collection Systems 2: A Trenchless • Jon Hume, Wright-Pierce NPDES Compliance Revolution is Coming Onwards from Climate Change Session 17 Nashua WWTF Headworks Upgrade— Moderators: Moderators: Assessment to Implementation—City of Collaborative Ingenuity and Careful Safety: Today’s Safety Climate —Is Your Alleviation of Flooding through Equipment • Robert Robinson, City of Manchester, NH • Dennis Sullivan, National Water Main Cambridge, MA Operations Brings a Unique Fixed Film Program Compliant? Automation and Modernization • Emily Scerbo, Tighe & Bond Cleaning Co. • Indrani Ghosh, Kleinfelder Process to BNR Moderators: • Andy Morrill, Wright-Pierce • George Pendleton, Martinez Couch & • Kathy Watkins, City of Cambridge, MA • Paul Dombrowski, Woodard & Curran • Noelle Osborne, City of Nashua, NH Integrating Sewer System Evaluation • David Aucoin, Narragansett Bay Surveys and Illicit Discharge Detection Associates Comprehensive Watershed Planning • Roger Ignazio, Jr., Town of Canton, CT Commission Wrestling with Storm Tides Again—How • Cory Knick, Woodard & Curran and Elimination and Helping the Design/Build for Trenchless Rehabilitation— for Climate Change in Manchester-by- • James Laliberte, NEIWPCC to Host a WWTF Mock Storm Drill Community Understand Why They Matter Find and Fix: Lessons for Success the-Sea, MA Flying High at the Fairhaven, MA What’s New in Health and Safety • Kathryn Roosa, Woodard & Curran • Deirdre Hall, City of Quincy, MA • Jonathan Kunay, CDM Smith • Gabrielle Belfit, Tighe & Bond WWTF—The Ups and Downs of • David Horowitz, Tighe & Bond • Frank Cavaleri, Woodard & Curran • Zach Henderson, Woodard & Curran • Nicholas Rystrom, City of Revere, MA • Janet Moonan, Tighe & Bond Conducting a Full-Scale Pilot Study for 20-Year Valve Replacement at the Deer • Mary Reilly, Town of Manchester-by-the Nitrogen Reduction The Top 10 ! Woburn Engineering Department’s Force Main Slip Lining—Critical Pipe • David Wright, Weston & Sampson Island Treatment Plant Efforts to Meet MS-4 Permit Rehabilitation Under Interstate Highway Sea, MA • Meredith Zona, Stantec • Ethan Wenger, MWRA Don’t be Scared of Medium Voltage, Requirements • Jeffrey Hutton, Weston & Sampson Integrated Hydraulic Modeling in the • Linda Schick, Town of Fairhaven, • Brian Kubaska, MWRA Embrace the Revolution Enhancing • Stephanie Collins, City of Woburn, MA • David Elmer, Weston & Sampson Alewife Brook—Developing the Right MA • David Duest, MWRA Safety and Sustainability • John Corey, City of Woburn, MA Tools for Climate Change Preparedness • Robert Backman, Evoqua • Stephen Cullen, MWRA Great Augusta Utility District (GAUD)— • David Bedoya, Stantec I Want My MLE • Jeff Miller, Schneider Electric Innovative BMP Crediting Trenchless Rehabilitation for the I-95 • Marc Buchwald, Schneider Electric Phasing Approaches Yield Fast • Theresa McGovern, VHB Interceptor Sewer • Nicholas Stepina, Stantec • William McConnell, CDM Smith Compliance and Big Savings for Town But, Did You See the Moonwalking Bear? • Shawn Ready, Ted Berry Company, Inc. Climate Change and Flood Risks to of Middleborough for Nutrient Removal Assessment of New General Stormwater • David Wright, Weston & Sampson Permit for Small MS4 Communities • Brian Tarbuck, GAUD Municipal Wastewater Infrastructure Upgrades • Andy Begin, GAUD • Nasser Brahim, Kleinfelder • Jon Hume, Wright-Pierce • John Hall, Hall & Associates

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4 5 3 4 1. Professor Francis (Jerry) Hopcroft presents a short session on professional writing to poster contest participants 2. A special board 1. Rick Merson of NE APWA speaks as NEWEA’s Priscilla Bloomfield looks on during an association cooperative leadership meeting welcomes NEWEA attendees to a hallway lounge area 3. Renee Bourdeau speaks regarding a successful watershed management 2. University of Rhode Island graduate student Yichen Zhang 3. Public Awareness Committee meeting: Stevi Hunt-Cottrell (WEF), project 4. David Wu of MWRA speaks on Deer Island outfall effects 5. Program sessions were often thought-provoking Teri Demers, Elena Proakis-Ellis, Meg Tabacsko 4. Ray Willis hands the NEWEA gavel off to 2017P resident Jim Barsanti

Horizontal Directional Drilling a Force Construction and Commissioning of • Anastasia Rudenko, GHD Disinfection and Dilution Prevent Influence An Uncomplicated, Effective Approach Breathing New Life into Existing Assets: Main in Franklin, MA—Challenges and a Merchant Food-Waste Digester in • Sara Greenberg, GHD of Deer Island Treatment Plant Effluent on to the Implementation of Asset Full-Scale Performance Results for Cloth Pitfalls, Benefits and Success Southington CT • Dan Ramer, Town of Ithaca, NY Indicator Bacteria Levels in Massachusetts Management in the Creation of a 20-year Media Filters to Meet 0.1 mg/L TP • Amy Anderson, ARCADIS • Brian Paganini, Quantum Biopower Infrastructure for a Livable Future Bay Outfall Receiving Waters Capital Improvement Plan for 36 Pump • Alexandra Doody, CDM Smith • Laurie Ruszala, Town of Franklin MA • Michael Curtis, Quantum Biopower • Julie Wood, Charles River Watershed • David Wu, MWRA Stations • Maureen Neville, CDM Smith • Scott Haynes, ARCADIS Bench Marking Digestion for Process Association • Daniel L. Codiga, MWRA • Kevin Olson, Wright-Pierce • Elizabeth Taglieri, Charles River Pollution • Marc Moccio, Wright-Pierce Control District Session 21 Capacity Assessment and Improved • Bruce Douglas, Natural Systems Utilities Using Constant SRT as a Process Control Performance • Nigel Pickering, Horsley Witten Group Strategy • Robert Ward, City of Haverhill, MA • Kristen Mucciarone, Charles River Residuals 1: Optimizing Energy from • Paul Jessel, City of Haverhill, MA Pollution Control District Biosolids • Christopher Muller, Brown and Caldwell • Robert Black, Industrial Economics • Mickey Nowak, SUEZ Moderators: • Eric Wahlberg, Wastewater Technology Applying the NACCS Framework in New Cheshire’s Spin for Achieving Effluent TP Session 22 Session 23 Trainers Jersey—A Case Study of Less Than 0.1 mg/L with Disc Filtration • Eric Spargimino, CDM Smith HOT TOPIC: Planning for a Sustainable Plant Operations 4: Operational • Ned Beecher, NEBRA • Kevin Carney, SUEZ • Lauren Klonsky, CDM Smith • Matt Formica, AECOM Future Challenges and Solutions from Influent • Ashley Warren, SUEZ • Frances Bui, CDM Smith • Dennis Dievert, Town of Cheshire, CT Thermal Hydrolysis in Texas Moderators: to Effluent • Donald Cresitello, USACE • Jon Pearson, AECOM • Gregory Roy, CDM Smith • Katelyn Biedron, CDM Smith Moderators: Session 24 • JB Smith, USACE • Walt Gancarz, Town of Cheshire, CT • Scott Lander, Retain-It • Tom Hazlett, Woodard & Curran Asset Management 2: Focus on Assets Direct Electricity Generation from Asset Management for MS4 Compliance Selecting the Optimal Coagulant to Biosolids using a Hybrid Fermentation- A Utility Business Reference Model for • Ed Rushbrook, Process Analysts Moderators: • Christian Lund, Town of Groton, CT • Lauren Caputo, VHB Achieve Both Low-Level Phosphorus and Bioelectrical System Sustainability Manchester Retools its Aeration System • Annie Bastoni, MassDOT Metal Limits at the Upper Blackstone • Caitlyn Butler, University of • Michael Barnett, SmartCloud, Inc. for the Next Generation • Daniel Capano, Diversified Technical Services • Theresa McGovern, VHB • Alexandra Bowen, CDM Smith Massachusetts, Amherst Integrated Planning and the Triple • Fred McNeill, City of Manchester, NH – • Erik Grotton, Blueleaf, Inc. • Daniel Clasby, University of Bottom Line EPD Taking it to the Next Level: Predictive Session 25 • Karla Sangrey, Upper Blackstone Water Massachusetts, Amherst • Nancy Kelley Beaton, CDM Smith • Bryanna Denis, Wright-Pierce Models Based on Over 500 Miles of Walking the Tightrope for Metals and Pollution Abatement District • Varun Srinivasan, University of • Terrance Sullivan, City of Fall River, MA Being a Good Neighbor!—Reducing Force Main Condition Assessment Phosphorus Removal Massachusetts, Amherst Offsite Odors by Optimizing Odor • David Smith, Pure Technologies U.S. Inc. Moderators: • Cynthia Castro, University of Utilizing Food Waste in its Path Towards • Jeff Zdrojewski, Pure Technologies U.S. • Nicholas Tooker, Northeastern University Net Zero Energy Performance—Ithaca Removal at Mattabassett WPCF Massachusetts, Amherst • Prashanth Emmanuel, Wright-Pierce Inc. • David Press, Tighe & Bond • Sandeep Sathymoorthy, Black & Veatch WWTP Case Study

Removing Metals from Wastewater: Failure Analysis Fundamentals for Session 30 Session 32 Poster Board Displays Undergraduate Student Lessons Learned from Recent Case Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Utility Management 3: Utility Projects Water Reuse: Growing Sustainable Development of a Novel Digester— Poster Board Competition Studies Materials in Wastewater Service Management—What Works and Resilient Businesses and Co-Generation Approach for a Food The Lexington Storm Water Monitoring • Austin Weidner, Tighe & Bond • Gary Arthur, Fiberglass Institute Moderators: Communities with Water Reuse Waste Digester Project • Fred Mueller, Tighe & Bond • Kevin Krawiec, Corrosion Probe, Inc. • Gary Zrelak, Greater New Haven WPCA Moderators: • Michael Curtis, Quantum Biopower • Benjamin Aho, University of • Ian Catlow, Tighe & Bond • Richard Rodgers, Town of Danvers, MA • Meredith Zona, Stantec Massachusetts/Lowell Session 28 • Ed Whatley, VHB Success—New England’s First Linear Session 26 CSO/Wet Weather Issues 2: The Role and Value of the Owner’s Motion Sludge Mixer The Impacts of Living Learning Residuals 2: Biosolids Optimization Wet Weather Technology Project Manager on Treatment Plant and From Wine to Vine—Water Reuse at • Denise Descheneau, Stantec Machine Configuration on Nitrogen Technologies Moderators: Utility Projects Ridge Vineyards and Phosphorous Concentrations of • Paul Millett, Environmental Partners • Pete Annunziato, bioprocessH2O, Ocean Outfall Design to Mitigate Nutrient Moderators: • Jeff Cantwell, Flow Assessment Services Loading Of Stressed Watersheds Wastewater for Reuse • Natalie Sierra, Brown and Caldwell • Chuck Wilson, Hazen and Sawyer Group. Inc. LLC • Lindsey Carver, Northeastern University • Emily Massed, bioprocessH2O, LLC • Marc Drainville, GHD • Elaine Sistare, CDM Smith Next Generation Hydraulic Modeling— Step One of Integrated Planning: What Phosphorus Removal Options for Can You Afford?—A Case Study from Achieving Sustainability and Less Mixing Yields Big Savings in BNR Biosolids Stabilization in Concord, New Forecasting and Real Time Decision Selector Basins Wastewater Lagoon Systems Hampshire—So Where Do We Go From Making Upper Blackstone Resiliency in Arid Inland Communities • Jeffrey Lewis, University of Vermont • David VanHoven, MWH/Stantec Through Water Reuse • Jim Fischer, Xylem Here? • Nicholas Anderson, MWH Global The Effect of Pharmaceuticals and • Chris Dwinal, Wright-Pierce • Karla Sangrey, Upper Blackstone Water • Vijay Sundaram, Stantec Development of Nutrient-Rich Crystals Utilizing Two Trenchless Rehabilitation Pollution Abatement District from Wastewater for the Fortification of Personal Care Products Within Urine • Daniel Driscoll, City of Concord, NH Technologies to Reduce Wet Weather Evaluating Emerging Contaminants Composting Applications • Matt Labovites, City of Worcester, MA Biodegradation—Are Nitrifiers Doing Compost Recycling/Solid Waste Impact of Flows in the Bear Brook Watershed— • Aliza Furneaux, Lafayette College • Christa Spedding, University of Orthophosphate Concentrations on the Saco Maine Case Study Harvesting Operational Inefficiency: the Work? Massachusetts/Amherst Dewatering Process—A Summary from • Matt Timberlake, Ted Berry Company, Strategies for Performance Contracting • Amy Hunter, Tufts University Evaluating Non-Traditional Nitrogen • Peter Thomson, Black & Veatch • Sandeep Sathyamoorthy, Black & Control Measures Storming and Performing: Real-time Phosphorus Recovery Tests Inc. Nitrogen and TSS Removal in an Active • Gerhard Forstner, CNP Technology • Shawn Ready, Ted Berry Company, Inc. • Mike Hanna, Black & Veatch Veatch • Mike Giggey, Wright-Pierce • Roland Jezek, Black & Veatch • C. Andrew Ramsburg, Tufts University Control Wet Pond Water and Biosolids • Howard Carter, City of Saco, ME Variations in Hydrogen Sulfide • Micah Strauss, University of • Hiroko Yoshida, Centrisys Corporation Sanford Sewerage District—10 Years • Catherine Hoar, Columbia University Concentrations in a Wastewater Pumping If You Can’t Go Green, Go Lean! • Kartik Chandran, Columbia University Massachusetts/Lowell • Zhongtian Li, CNP Technology Water • Kristel Zaman, Xylem Later Station with an Odor Control System and Biosolids • Jim Fischer, Xylem • Lindsey Shields, Wright-Pierce Disruptive Tech—Beyond Net Zero • Mohamed Hamoda, Consultant • Andre Brousseau, Sanford Sewerage Energy Onsite Water Reuse Graduate Poster Board Innovative Water Treatment Technology Solutions to Pipeline Construction Septic Tank Replacement Using a Reduces Struvite and Lowers Polymer District • Zachary Gallagher, Natural Systems Low-Pressure Sewer System Displays Challenges • Ed Leonard, Wright-Pierce Utilities LLC Use • Robert Robinson, City of Manchester, • Clark Henry, Environment One Development and Standardization of • Douglas Miller, Douglas L. Miller • Bruce Douglas, Natural Systems Corporation Ceramic Water Filter Clays Selection NH – EPD Session 31 Utilities LLC Consulting, LLC • Robert McCoy, Kleinfelder Stormwater 3: Stormwater Management To Locate or Not to Locate is a Question Criteria • James Morris, James W. Morris & Innovative Projects and Ideas Session 33 of Mapping • Yichen Zhang, University of Rhode Associates, Inc. Session 29 Moderators: Energy: Energy Saving Pumps and • Nick Holly, PelicanCorp Island Collection Systems 3: Studying and Pilot Testing Biosolids • Vonnie Reis, Town of Framingham, MA More CMAR Delivery Process Thickening Alternatives at NYC’s Largest I’m With Innovation • Glenn Haas, Brown and Caldwell Moderators: Moderators: • Mike Leonard, PC Construction Company WWTP Continuous Monitoring and Adaptive • Sharon Rivard, NH DES • Bryan Atieh, Hazen and Sawyer • Peter Garvey, Dewberry • Tom Schwartz, Woodard & Curran Improving Nutrient Removal of Existing • Ashley Dunn, Town of Framingham, MA Control (CMAC) Retrofits—Maximize the Wastewater Facilities Using Cyclical • Paul Saurer, Hazen and Sawyer Value of Your Stormwater Infrastructure Perfecting Your Pumps—Pump • James Mueller, New York City DEP Detect Growing Blockages, Monitor Aeration & Chemical Addition Assets System Optimization Through Interior • Rachel Schnabel, Fuss & O’Neill CSOs and Conduct Micro-metering with • Dave Wheeler, City of South Burlington, Coatings Session 27 an Innovative Parabolic Depth Sensor • Stephanie Baldino, Town of Plainfield, CT Corrosion: Lessons in Solving Corrosion VT • Jessica Dzwonkoski, JKMuir, LLC • Patrick Stevens, ADS Environmental • Tom DiPietro, City of South Burlington, • Jen Muir, JKMuir, LLC Pre-Installation Detection and Correction Issues Services of New VFD Motor Resonance Issues Moderators: VT • Carina Hart, JKMuir, LLC • Michael Armes, ADS Environmental • Viktor Hlas, OptiRTC, Inc. on Water Treatment Pumps at City of • George Pendleton, Martinez Couch & Services Variable Frequency Motor Cambridge, MA Associates Decatur WAY Green Alley Control—30 Years of Lessons Learned • Eric Olson, Mechanical Solutions, Inc. • Charles Labbe, Warwick Sewer Authority Educational Outreach—Kitchen BMP • Michael Dodson, CDM Smith • Marc Buchwald, Schneider Electric at Local High Schools and Testing of a • Mike Stuer, Lowell Regional Wastewater • Jeff Miller, Schneider Electric Taking Inventory of Municipal Facilities for Corrosion Basics for Concrete and Novel Protein-based Degreaser Stormwater Management: SWPPPs—MS4 Metals in Wastewater Applications Utility Co-Gen Without Gas Scrubbing • Patrick Antle, Tufts University • Mark Young, Lowell Regional vs. MSGP • Randy Nixon, Corrosion Probe, Inc. • Albert Robbat, Tufts University • Matt Williams, WesTech Engineering • Rosalie Starvish, GZA • David Crowe, Corrosion Probe, Inc. Wastewater Utility Inc. The Main Interceptor Project—An • Daniel Bisson, CDM Smith • Brian Mitchell, WesTech Engineering Bowling Green Municipal Utilities Key Principals for Success When Lining Engineered Approach to Innovative Sludge Dewatering Process Control Concrete Headspaces to Prevent Assessing the Impacts of a Biofiltration Inc. Pipeline Rehabilitation Best Management Practice (BMP) and • Rachelle Tippets, WesTech Improvements Biogenic Sulfide Corrosion • Jonnas Jacques, Kleinfelder • Amy Pollack, HACH • Larry Mitkus, Righter Group, Inc. Associated Groundwater Flow on Water Engineering Inc. • Jason Lavoie, Kleinfelder Quality Life Cycle Costs of Wastewater Pumping • David Pope, Righter Group, Inc. • Eric Morse, MWH/Stantec Green Energy and Efficiency • Paul Mathisen, Worcester Polytechnic Improvements at a Wastewater Systems Monitoring and Upgrading Cathodic The Design and Constructability Aspect Institute • Ian Belczyk, Xylem, Inc. Protection Systems for CAN Type Pump Treatment Plant in Western MA of Private Inflow Removal—Creating • Jacquelyn Tupper, Worcester • Pamela Westgate, Kleinfelder Stations and Executing a Private Inflow Removal Polytechnic Institute • Arthur Enderle, Town of East Windsor, CT • Alan Wells, Kleinfelder Contract in a Coastal Community Innovative Stormwater Treatment for • Carl Shaw, City of Pittsfield, MA • Edward Alibozek, Town of East Windsor, CT • Sean McFee, CDM Smith • Randy Nixon, Corrosion Probe, Inc. Tavares, Florida • Marina Fernandes, CDM Smith • Brad Hayes, City of Tavares, FL • Scott Shannon, ARCADIS

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U.S. EPA REGION I NEWEA Recognitions NEWEA awards WEF – MA Awards & Recognitions The following retiring NEWEA NEW ENGLAND AWARDS Scholarship Recipients 2016 Asset Management Award Operations Challenge Division II - Process Control, 3rd Place* officers and committee chairs Wastewater Treatment Plant O&M Undergraduate Student • Town of Canton DPW, Canton, MA • NH Seacoast Sewer Snakes: Mike Carle (Coach), Brian Farmer, were acknowledged Excellence Award • Evelyn Grainger, Sean Kehoe, Patty Chesebrough, Dustin Price Biosolids Management Award Officer Office • Seabrook, New Hampshire Worcester Polytechnic Institute • Clayton Richardson, Lewiston, ME George W. Burke, Jr. Award Wastewater Treatment Facility Graduate Student Matthew Formica...... Past President Clair N. Sawyer Award • Woodard & Curran—Pinehills PSTF • Belchertown, Massachusetts • Zhiheng Xu, University of Connecticut (Management Review) • Joseph Boccadoro. Chelmsford, MA Plymouth, MA Wastewater Treatment Facility Student Design Competition Laboratory Analyst Excellence Award Gerald Potamis...... Secretary • South Kingstown, Rhode Island Committee Service Award • Meghan Bruckman, Greg Coyle, • James Galasyn, Portland, ME Michael Wilson...... WEF Delegate (10/13) Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Andrew Gillen, Alston Potts, Mitch • Tim Vivian, Bethel, VT • Quonset Development Corporation Quine—Northeastern University, E. Sherman Chase Award WEF Service/Delegate Award Jay Sheehan...... Director—Connecticut North Kingstown, Rhode Island Boston, MA • Scott Firmin, Portland, ME • Michael Wilson, Boston, MA Michael Moreau...... Director—Massachusetts • Athol, Massachusetts Wastewater Stockholm Junior Water Prize Elizabeth A. Cutone Executive William D. Hatfield Award Virgil Lloyd...... CS/Water Resource Council Treatment Plant • Courtney Litts, Shelton, CT Leadership Award • Roger Ignazio, Jr., Collinsville, CT • Great Barrington, Massachusetts • Lauren Pawlowski, Shelton, CT • Raymond J. Marshall, Providence, RI Arthur Sidney Bedell Award Chair Committee Wastewater Treatment Facility • Paige Brown, Bangor, ME Energy Management Achievement • Daniel Bisson, North Yarmouth, ME Charles Applebee...... Awards Committee Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator • Lillian Cain, Worcester, MA Award Quarter Century Operators’ Club John Digiacomo...... Collection Systems Committee Excellence Award • Mary Zhu, Nashua, NH • City of Keene WWTP. Keene, NH • Joseph Alosso, Plainville, CT • Dustin Price, Seabrook, • Nicolas Berg, North Kingston, RI Daniel Roop...... Committee Member Founders Award • Peter Eldridge, West Warwick, RI New Hampshire Wastewater • Josie Ford, South Burlington, VT Appreciation Committee • Charles W. Tyler, Sherborn, MA • Vivian Matkivich, Auburn, ME Treatment Facility • Clayton Richardson, Lewiston, ME Peter Grose...... Government Affairs Committee • Joseph Nowak, Upper Blackstone James J. Courchaine Collection Michael Bonomo...... Nominating Committee Water Pollution Abatement District, NEWEA awards Systems Award WEF Life Membership Milbury, Massachusetts NEWEA Operator Award • Jonathan Beder, Plymouth, MA • John Batorski, Durham, CT Michael Burke...... Operations Challenge Connecticut • Arnold Bevins, Vernon Rockville, CT Committee Industrial Pretreatment Program Operator Safety Award • Rian Savage, Storrs, CT • Robert Chervincky, Manchester, NH Excellence Award • Vivian Matkivich, Auburn, ME Raymond Vermette...... Plant Operations Committee Maine • James Colantonio, Norwell, MA • City of New Bedford, Massachusetts • Mark Holt, Jay, ME Past President’s Plaque and Pin • Robert Dunn, Jr, Lexington, MA Elaine Sistare...... Residuals Management • Massachusetts Water Resources Massachusetts • Matthew Formica, Chelmsford, MA • James Geremia, Providence, RI Committee Authority Toxic Reduction and Control • Michael Hughes, Winthrop, MA • William Hebard, Norton, MA Philip Forzley...... Watershed Management Division, Boston, Massachusetts Paul Keough Award New Hampshire • Heather H.M. Goldstone. • William Howard, Providence, RI Committee Lifetime Achievement Award • Jason C. Randall, Plymouth, NH Woods Hole, MA • James Morris, Standish, ME Justin Skelly...... Young Professionals • Charlie Tyler (retired), Massachusetts • David Press, Medfield, MA Rhode Island Public Educator Award Committee Water Resources Authority • Lorraine Sander, Merrimack, NH • John Mackenzie, Wakefield, RI • Leonard Young, Winthrop, MA Vermont • Nelson Thibault, Nottingham, NH • Robert Baillargeon, South Burlington, VT Wastewater Utility Award • Grant Weaver, New London, CT • City of Ellsworth WWTF, • Christopher Woodcock, Northborough, MA Alfred E. Peloquin Award Ellsworth, ME Connecticut • Thomas Sgroi, New Haven, CT Young Professional Award Maine • Robert A. Pontau, Jr.. • Timothy J. Levasseur, Waterville, ME Brunswick, ME Massachusetts • Evangelos Manoloulis, Winthrop, MA New Hampshire • Jack Healey, Tewksbury, MA Rhode Island • Adel Banoub, Woonsocket, RI Vermont • Ernie Kelley, Montpelier, VT *Presented at WEFTEC 2015

EXHIBITORS Environmental Operating Solutions, Inc Manning Environmental Wastewater SPX FLOW, Inc. - Lightnin Samplers A.W. Chesterton eRPortal Software, Inc. Stacey DePasquale Engineering, Mechanical Solutions, Inc. (CT) Inc. (SDE) Abba Pump Parts & Service EST Associates, Inc. Mechanical Solutions, Inc. (NJ) Statewide Aquastore, Inc. ADS Environmental Services Esteem Wireless Modems Methuen Construction Co., Inc./Summit Stormtrap & Freshcreek Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Evoqua Water Technologies Metal Fabricator Technologies AERO-Mod F.R. Mahony & Associates, Inc. MGD Process Technology Inc. SUEZ Aesc Utility Cloud F.W. WEBB Co. - Process Controls Div. Momentum Press Synagro Northeast, LLC AirSep Corp. - A Chart Industries Company Fiberglass Fabricators, Inc National Filter Media Technology Sales Associates, Inc. Airvac-Aqseptence Group Flo Pro Products National Water Main Cleaning Co. Ted Berry Company, Inc. Allied Powers LLC Flomotion Systems Netzsch The MAHER Corporation ANUA International Flood Control International Inc. New England Environmental Equipment The Wise Company, Inc. AP/M CentriPipe Flottweg Separation Technology Inc NewTerra Thermal Process System, Inc. Applied Dynamics Corp Flow Assessment Services LLC Nexom Thompson Pipe Group - Flowtite Aqua Solutions, Inc. Flow Tech, Inc. Oakson, Inc. Travelers Insurance Company & Aquaturbo Systems, Inc. Flowworks Opti FCB Insurance Services LLC. Aquionics UV Flygt Products - A Xylem Brand Opti Float/Cox Research Trelleborg Pipe Seals Milford, Inc. Aries Industries, Inc. Ford Hall Company Parkson Corporation Trident Actuators ASA Analytics Fournier Ind. Performance Chemicals, LLC Truax Corporation Asahi/America, Inc. Franklin Miller, Inc. Perma-Liner Industries, Inc. Trumbull Industries, Inc. Associated Electro Mechanics Inc. Gabriel Novac & Associates Ltd. Phoenix United Concrete Products Atlantic Fluid Technology Inc. GEA - Westfalia Pica Corp USABlueBook Atlas Copco Grande Water Management Systems Town of Framingham staff surrounding their colleague, NEWEA President Jim Barsanti PINNACLE OZONE Solutions, LLC Valmet Inc. Autrol America Green Mountain Pipeline Services PMC Engineering LLC VEGA Americas Bakercorp Groth Corp. POND Technical Sales Verder Conference Sponsors BAU/HOPKINS Grundfos Water Utility, Inc. Precision Systems Viking Chains Enviro Division a BDP Industries Hach Company Division of Connexus Industries Inc. ADS Environmental Services Hoyle, Tanner & Associates Precision Trenchless, LLC BioprocessH2O, LLC Hach Flow Vogelsang Premier Tech Aqua AECOM Kleinfelder Blake Equipment Co. Hannah Equipment Vortex Infrastructure Primex Controls Aqua Solutions NASSCO BMC Corp Hayes Pump, Inc. Vulcan Industries, Inc. PULSCO, Inc. Boerger, LLC Hazen And Sawyer Walker Wellington, LLC ARCADIS NEFCO Pump Systems Inc. Boyson And Associates, Inc. High Tide Technologies Wastecorp Pumps, LLC Purafil Brown and Caldwell Nitsch Engineering C.N. Wood Co. Hiller Separation & Process Water & Waste Equipment, Inc. Pure Technologies CDM Smith Stantec Cabot Norit Americas Inc. Hobas Pipe Usa Water Resource Technologies Quality Control Equipment Co. (QCEC) Carl Lueders & Company, Inc. Holland Company Watson-Marlow, Inc. David F. Sullivan & Associates SUEZ R. H. White Construction Co., Inc. Carlsen Systems, LLC Honle UV America Weir Specialty Pumps (WEMCO) R.I. Analytical Laboratories, Inc. Dewberry Synagro Northeast Carter Pump Company Hydro Gate Wescor Associates, Inc. Raco Manufacturing & Engineering Co Duke’s Root Control Tata & Howard Casella Organics Hydro Logic WesTech Engineering, Inc. Rain for Rent Channeline International Hydromatic Pump / Pentair Whipps, Inc. Environmental Partners Group Ted Berry Company Raven Lining Systems Clean Waters Inc In-Situ Inc. WILO USA Reliner (PROGRAM SPONSOR) EST Associates The MAHER Corporation Continental Carbon Group IPEX USA LLC Winters Instruments Righter Group Inc. Flow Assessment Services Tighe & Bond Coyne Chemical Environmental Services Ishigaki USA Ltd. Xylem Dewatering Solutions RITEC Environmental Cretex Specialty Products ITpipes Zerion Fuss & O’Neill Weston & Sampson Rockwell Automation CSI Controls J.F. McDermott Corp Ross Valve Mfg. Co. GHD Woodard & Curran CUES J&R Sales And Service, Inc. Rotork Controls Inc. The following companies Green Mountain Pipeline Services Wright-Pierce Danfoss Drives JDV Process Equipment Co. received award of recognition Russell Resources, Inc. David F. Sullivan & Assoc., Inc. JWB Company of continuously exhibiting at the Hayes Pump WSP/Parsons Brinckerhoff s::can Measuring Systems LLC NEWEA Annual Conference: DeZURIK, Inc. Kemira Water Solutions, Inc. Hazen and Sawyer Kruger Inc. SAF-T-FLO 25-Year Award DN Tanks • Duke’s Root Control, Inc. Kusters Water, a division of Kusters Zima Schreiber Duke’s Root Control • Synagro Northeast, LLC. Corporation Schwing Bioset, Inc. Duperon Corporation • Water & Waste Equipment, Inc. Lakeside Equipment Corporation SEACOAST SUPPLY INC Eastern Pipe Service, Inc. LandTech Consultants, Inc. Seepex 10-Year Award Enaqua • Cabot Norit Americas, Inc. Lane Enterprises Shelter Works Enduro Composites, Inc. • EST Associates, Inc. Layne Water Smith & Loveless ENTEX TECHNOLOGIES • Oakson, Inc. LobePro Rotary Pumps SNF Polydyne Inc. Enviro-Care Co. • USABlueBook Lystek International Inc. Spartan Tool LLC • Hanna Instruments, Inc. Environment One Corporation Maltz Sales Company Spencer Environmental Dynamics, Inc.

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98 | NEWEA JOURNAL SPRING 2017 NEWEA JOURNAL SPRING 2017 | 99 NEWEA/WEF* Membership Application 2017 To help us serve you better, please complete the following: (choose the one that most closely describes your organization and job function) *NEWEA is a member association of WEF (Water Environment Federation). By joining NEWEA, you also become a member of WEF. What is the nature of your What is your Primary What are your ORGANIZATION? JOB FUNCTION? KEY FOCUS AREAS? (circle one only) (ORG) (circle one only) (JOB) (circle all that apply) (FOC) 1 1 1 Municipal/district Water and Wastewater 1. Upper or Senior Management Collection Systems Plants and/or Systems (e.g., President, Vice President, Owner, Director, Executive Director, 2 2 General Manager, etc.) Drinking Water Municipal/district Wastewater Only Systems and/or Plants 2 3 Engineering, Laboratory and Industrial Water/Wastewater/ 3 Operations Management Process Water Municipal/district Water Only (e.g., Superintendent, Manager, 4 Systems and/or Plants Section Head, Department Head, Groundwater 4 Chief Engineer, Division Head, Landscape Architect etc.,) Industrial Systems/Plants 5 (Manufacturing, Processing, Extraction) 3 Odor/Air Emissions Engineering and Design Staff 5 6 (e.g., Consulting Engineer, Land and Soil Systems Consulting or Contracting Firm Civil Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, (e.g., Engineering, Contracting Chemical Engineer, Planning Engineer, 7 Environmental, Landscape Architecture) Landscape Architect, Environmental/ Legislation 6 Wetland Scientist etc.) (Policy, Legislation, Regulation) Government Agency 4 8 (e.g., U.S. EPA, State Agency, etc.) Scientific and Research Staff Public Education/Information (e.g., Chemist, Biologist, Analyst, Lab 7 9 Research or Analytical Laboratories Technician, Environmental/Wetland Scientist etc.) Residuals/Sludge/Biosolids/Solid Waste 8 5 10 Educational Institution Operations/Inspection & Maintenance Stormwater Management/ (Colleges and Universities, libraries, (e.g., Shift Supervisor, Foreman, Floodplain Management/Wet Weather and other related organizations) Plant Operator, Service Representative, Collection Systems Operator, BMP 11 9 Toxic and Hazardous Material Manufacturer of Water/Wastewater Inspector, Maintenance, etc.) Equipment or Products 6 12 Utility Management and Environmental 10 Purchasing/Marketing/Sales Water/Wastewater Product Distributor or (e.g., Purchasing, Sales Person, Market 13 Manufacturer’s Rep. Representative, Market Analyst, etc.) Wastewater 11 7 14 Educator (e.g., Professor, Teacher, etc.) Stormwater (MS4) Program Only Water Reuse and/or Recycle 8 12 Student 15 Public Financing, Investment Banking Watershed/Surface Water Systems 9 13 Elected or Appointed Public Official 16 Non-profits (e.g., Trade, Association, (Mayor, Commissioner, Board or Water/Wastewater Analysis and Health/ NGO, Advocacy, etc.) Council Member) Safety Water Systems 99 10 17 Other ______Other ______Other ______(please specify)

Education level? (ED) ______Water quality professionals, with fewer than 5 years Optional Items (OPT) 1 High School 2 Technical School working experience and 3 Some College 4 Associates Degree Years of industry employment? ______under the age of 35, are 5 Bachelors Degree 1 (1 to 5) 2 (6 to 10) 3 (11 to 20) eligible to join WEF as 6 Masters Degree 7 JD 8 PhD an Active Member, while 4 (21 to 30) 5 (>30 years) Education/Concentration Area(s) (CON) ____ participating in the NEWEA/WEF Young Professionals Gender? ______Program. This program allows up to 50% off of the 1 Physical Sciences (Chemistry, Physics, etc.) 1 Female 2 Male Active Member dues, valid for the first three years 2 Biological Sciences 3 Engineering Sciences of membership. This program is available for new 4 Liberal Arts 5 Law 6 Business member applicants and Student Members.

100 | NEWEA JOURNAL SPRING 2017 Represented in New England by: Contact ED QUANN c.781.820.6268 [email protected] Please visit our WEB SITE! t.781.982.9300 f.781.982.1056 www.frmahony.com Call or email for more information. Water resources are one of mankind’s most valuable assets Stantec strives to conserve and manage these resources through sustainable design

NELSON MEMORIAL PARK, PLYMOUTH MASSACHUSETTS Working to preserve valuable assets and protect sensitive resource areas, Stantec’s design included a stormwater bio-retention basin to eliminate untreated stormwater discharge. A large splash pad was incorporated into the design to enhance the function of the park on days of poor beach water quality.

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