Bringing you the latest news, events, and updates from NEIWPCC and our partners. | |
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In This Issue
Spring Issue of Interstate Waters Available | Maine, Vermont Floods Underscore Climate Change Impacts | Course on Outreach Skills for Wastewater Professionals | Collaboration at the Northeast Aquatic Biologists Conference | New from the Clean Water Pod Podcast | In Brief | Accolades | Employment Opportunities | Events
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Spring Issue of Interstate Waters now Available | One of NEIWPCC's key critical objectives centers on workforce development, with the goal of delivering programs and services that attract and retain a diverse, talented group of water quality professionals... | | | |
Maine, Vermont Floods Underscore Climate Change Impacts | As powerful floods swept through Vermont and Maine in 2023 and early 2024, they left communities struggling to cope and highlighted the increasing risks posed by climate change. Record rainfall caused... | | |
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Upcoming Course Will Teach Outreach Skills to Wastewater Professionals | NEIWPCC will offer a live-virtual course worth three training contact hours entitled "Increasing Public Support for Wastewater with Proven Positive Outreach" on Thursday, April 11 at 12:15 - 3:15 p.m.... | | | |
Collaboration and Research at the 2024 Northeast Aquatic Biologists Conference | More than 175 aquatic and environmental biologists attended the annual Northeast Aquatic Biologists (NAB) Conference in Fairlee, Vermont. The event drew participants from state, federal, tribal, and municipal governments; the private sector... | | | |
New from the "Clean Water Pod" Podcast | |
A Partnership Approach in Maryland's Choptank River Watershed
In this episode, listeners will learn about the Envision the Choptank partnership that works to improve water quality by developing locally driven projects that benefit the community and the environment.
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In Brief
The EPA released its 2023 Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) annual report. The report highlights $3 billion in water infrastructure investments across the country.
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation announced the finalization of the Lake Champlain Watershed Implementation Plan that creates a detailed path forward to build upon progress to reduce phosphorus that impairs Lake Champlain.
A webinar will be held on April 9 at 10 a.m. to review the recently released Long Island Nitrogen Action Plan (LINAP) Embayment Water Exchange Study, which explored potential technologies available to exchange more sea water into embayments to help reduce the accumulation of nutrients and improve the health of the waterbody. Register for the webinar here.
The EPA announced that 10 communities will receive technical assistance to foster equitable development strategies to reach environmental goals. This includes the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Point Pleasant, Maine, and the Akwesasne/St. Regis Mohawk Tribe in New York.
Approximately $600,000 is now available to help communities in the Hudson River Estuary watershed increase shoreline resiliency, conserve natural resources, and reduce localized flooding. Funding for these projects is administered by NEIWPCC in partnership with New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Hudson River Estuary Program through two requests for proposals.
The EPA finalized new safeguards for communities and the environment from facilities that store and could discharge dangerous chemicals into a river, lake, or other waterbody in extreme weather events.
Through Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection will provide financial assistance to three municipalities to help fund improvements to wastewater treatment plants to reduce nitrogen that flows into Long Island Sound.
The EPA released its 2022 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis which includes national and individual state information. Readers can view data by state, tribe, metropolitan area, EPA region and watershed using the “Where You Live” mapping tool.
New York offers more than $265 million in financial assistance for water infrastructure projects across the state.
Nearly $24 million in EPA grants is available to support states, U.S. territories, and tribes in providing technical assistance to businesses to develop and adopt pollution prevention practices.
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In March, the NEIWPCC and Lake Champlain Basin Program team traveled to Washington, D.C. to provide program updates to the New York, Vermont and New Hampshire delegation. Additional meetings were held with the International Joint Commission and National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. Shown here from left to right: Tom Berry with the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, NEIWPCC’s James Brangan, Meg Modley Gilbertson, Sarita Croce, and Eric Howe, with Isabella Weston, legislative correspondent with Senator Welch’s office. | |
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Accolades
Matthew Vaughan, environmental analyst and chief scientist at the Lake Champlain Basin Program, presented “Exploring Water Quality Impacts of the July 2023 Storm in the Lake Champlain Basin,” as part of the Love the Lake speaker series. He was also interviewed by North Country Public Radio about this same topic.
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Job Opportunities
Employment opportunities and internships are posted as they become available. We are currently accepting applications for the following positions:
Full-time positions:
- Staff Attorney and Program Manager (Lowell, Mass.)
- Information Officer – Resource Room Coordinator (Burlington and Grand Isle, Vt.)
- Assistant Environmental Analyst – Hudson River Stewardship (Staatsburg, N.Y.)
- Wastewater Infrastructure Project Manager or Environmental Engineer (Kingston, N.Y.)
- Program Manager – Drinking Water Source Protection Program (Albany, N.Y.)
- Real Property Coordinator – Long Island Conservation (Stony Brook, N.Y.)
- Environmental Analyst – Long Island Sound Habitat Restoration Coordinator (Kings Park, N.Y.)
- Information Officer – Contracts Management (Lowell, Mass.)
- Environmental Analyst – Long Island Bioextraction (Kings Park, N.Y.)
Internships:
- Seasonal Invasive Species Intern (Providence, R.I.)
- Lake Champlain Education and Outreach Steward (Grand Isle and Burlington, Vt.)
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Events
April 2-4, Northeast Conference on The Science of PFAS: Public Health & the Environment, Marlborough, Mass.
April 3-4, NEWWA Spring Joint Regional Conference & Expo, Worcester, Mass.,
April 7-13, National Water Week, Washington, D.C.
April 9-12, WEF Collection Systems and Stormwater Conference, Hartford, Ct.
April 10-11, Annual Nonpoint Source (NPS) Conference, Old Saybrook, Ct. (hosted by NEIWPCC)
May 15, Long Island Sound Research Conference, Port Jefferson, N.Y.
May 16, New Hampshire Drinking Water Source Protection Conference, Pembroke, N.H.
May 19-22, NEWEA Spring Meeting, Newport, R.I.
June 10-13, American Water Works Association, ACE24, Anaheim, Calif.
June 19-20, WEF Residuals and Biosolids Conference, Oklahoma City, Okla.
To submit your event for possible inclusion in a future issue, please send an email with a link to your event to: NEIWPCC.
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