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NAB 2020 will be held March 4–6, 2020 at the Newport Harbor Hotel and Marina in Newport, RI.
This conference, coordinated by New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC) in partnership with member states and EPA, continues the tradition of providing a forum for the professional sharing of knowledge and collaboration.
This conference is open to all registrants, and attendees will include representatives from public and private sectors in New England and New York State, including participants from state, federal, and municipal governments; the private sector; academia; and watershed organizations.
For more information, check out the conference webpage.
Announcing the 31st Annual Nonpoint Source Pollution Conference.
NEIWPCC is hosting the event with support from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation and the EPA Region 1.
The event will take place April 23-24, 2019 in Woodstock, Vermont.
A Call for Abstracts will be released in late October.
The conference is open to federal, tribal, state, and municipal government and private sector professionals. Nonprofit and watershed organizations staff, and college and university students and professors are also welcome.
For more information, visit the conference website.
NEIWPCC maintains a NPS Conference archive, with access to conference materials between 2007 and 2019.
2018 National Nonpoint Source Training Workshop and Archive
NEIWPCC is a not-for-profit interstate agency that serves and assists our states by coordinating activities and forums that encourage cooperation, developing resources that foster progress on water and wastewater issues, representing the region in matters of federal policy, training environmental professionals, initiating scientific research projects, educating the public, and providing overall leadership in water management and protection.
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Watersheds cross political boundaries. So do we. In addition to region-wide work at our Lowell, Massachusetts, headquarters, NEIWPCC manages or supports programs and environmental training in its seven member states. Many programs focus on a particular watershed or area. Learn More >
Additional NEIWPCC employees work in state offices across the region. Learn More >
NEIWPCC’s JETCC program trains and accredits wastewater operators in the state of Maine. Go>
NEIWPCC trains and accredits wastewater operators and soil and septic inspectors in Massachusetts. Go>
The Lake Champlain Basin Program runs and funds research, monitoring, mitigation, and public outreach programs that protect the lake. Go>
The Narragansett Bay Estuary Program runs and funds research, monitoring, and mitigation projects that protect the bay and its watershed. Go>
The Long Island Sound Study Program runs and funds research, monitoring, mitigation, and public outreach programs that protect the sound. Go>
NEIWPCC employees support the work of the New York Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery, helping hard-hit areas rebound from Hurricane Sandy.
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In the Hudson Valley, two linked programs run and fund research, monitoring, mitigation, and public outreach programs that protect the Hudson estuary watershed. Go>
The Peconic Estuary Program runs and funds research, monitoring, mitigation, and public outreach programs that protect the estuary. Go>
Commercial and residential growth have combined to produce an abundance of pollutants that often flow unchecked into lakes, rivers, and bays. See below for the primary environmental issues of our region.
