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Massachusetts Wastewater Management Training Program Now Accepting Applications
Wastewater operators, managers and supervisors in Massachusetts are eligible to apply for NEIWPCC’s Wastewater Management Training Program. This year-long program provides wastewater operators with the essential skills needed for leadership positions. Candidates can be nominated by their supervisors or self-nominated. Participants must commit to attending the monthly classes, typically held at the Richard Alden Training…
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Volunteers Help Clear Invasive Plant from Waterbodies
This past spring and summer, community volunteers helped remove water chestnut, an aquatic invasive plant, from waterbodies in Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts. Working by boat across 16 events, a total of 256 community members hand-pulled an estimated 23 cubic yards, totaling approximately 6,505 pounds of plant material. These efforts are part of a water…
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NEIWPCC Supports Massachusetts’s Efforts to Limit Pollution From Septic Systems
More than one in five households across the United States depend on septic systems to treat their wastewater, but in rural parts of New England, that number can be as high as one in every two households, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). “The Northeast has a higher proportion of homes serviced by septic…
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Volunteers Remove Invasive Plant from Waterways
Working from both land and water, volunteers hand-pulled water chestnut, an invasive plant, from waterbodies in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Over the course of 10 events this past June and July, 133 community members removed forty-six cubic yards of plant material from four locations, totaling 463 volunteer hours. These efforts are part of a habitat…
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Environmental Groups Recruiting Volunteers to Harvest Invasive Aquatic Plant from Local Ponds
Several environmental organizations are banding together in calling for volunteers to help remove invasive water chestnut (Trapa natans) from local ponds in the Blackstone and Ten Mile River watersheds, located in Southeast Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The events will be held throughout the month of June and are open to all members of the community.…
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SNEP Funding Supports Water Chestnut Management in Rhode Island and Massachusetts
The Southeast New England Program (SNEP) awarded NEIWPCC a $262,077 grant for habitat restoration efforts in two interstate watersheds. The project, Community-Based Habitat Restoration: Water Chestnut Management in the Blackstone and Ten Mile Watersheds, will launch in the spring of 2023. Both the Blackstone and Ten Mile watersheds are located in southeastern Massachusetts with sections…
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EPA Honors NEIWPCC Commissioners with Regional Environmental Awards
For more than 50 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) New England has recognized those who have made outstanding contributions to protect the region’s environment. The 2022 Environmental Merit Awards, presented in a virtual ceremony on Oct. 12, included several NEIWPCC partners. NEIWPCC Commissioner Melanie Loyzim was honored with the Ira Leighton “In Service…