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Reflecting on 50 Years of the Clean Water Act
By Susan J. Sullivan 1972. Some of you were children, others were environmental advocates and college students, and many not even born. Yet 1972 was the year one of the…
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Seven Years in the Making: Flood Resiliency Project Comes to Fruition on the Hudson River
The Hudson River’s popular and scenic Dockside Park in the village of Cold Spring, New York is the site of a new sustainable shorelines demonstration project. The $1.85 million resiliency…
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NEIWPCC Commissioner John Sullivan Reflects on His Career
Fifty Years at the Boston Water & Sewer Commission John Sullivan, NEIWPCC commissioner and chief engineer of the Boston Water & Sewer Commission (BWSC), is featured in a new video…
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Nonpoint Source Conference Celebrates 50 Years of the Clean Water Act
Returning as an in-person event after being held virtually due to the pandemic, the 32nd Annual Nonpoint Source (NPS) Conference was held April 27-28 in Woodstock, Vermont. Acting as a regional…
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New Biotic Index Helps Resource Managers Assess Stream Health
Resource managers in Southern New England have a new tool to assess biological conditions and water quality in slow-moving streams. The index of biotic integrity (IBI) uses biomonitoring – the…
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The First Fully Integrated Sludge Composting System
Durham, New Hampshire Wastewater Treatment Facility By Nelson Thibault In the late 1970s, I was hired by a New Hampshire consultant engineering firm, Hoyle, Tanner & Associates (HTA), as onsite…