• Tanks Webinar Series Continues to Engage

    Current travel restrictions may have impacted in-person events, but can also be viewed as a boon for webinars, trainings, and other virtual events, including NEIWPCC’s  National Tanks Conference 2020 webinar…

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  • Comments Address CSOs, Stormwater Reuse Funding

    NEIWPCC recently weighed in on the EPA’s proposed allotment formula for the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grants program. In a letter dated September 3, NEIWPCC, on behalf of…

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  • EPA Recommendations for Nutrient Criteria Require Clarification

    On August 20, NEIWPCC submitted a comment letter to the EPA in response to their draft numeric nutrient criteria recommendations for lakes and reservoirs. Accurately quantifying acceptable levels of nutrient…

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  • Reinventing NEIWPCC: Interstate Waters

    The September issue of Interstate Waters reintroduces NEIWPCC amidst major changes in the way we work and interact in a post-COVID world. In Teaching the Teachers, Colleen Hickey, NEIWPCC’s education and…

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  • NEIWPCC Staff, Commissioners Receive EPA Awards

    NEIWPCC Staff, Commissioners Receive EPA Awards

    In a virtual celebration, three [current and former] NEIWPCC staff and commissioners were honored by the EPA during its 2020 Merit Award ceremony. Ron Poltak, former NEIWPCC executive director for…

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  • NEIWPCC Recognizes Staff in 2020

    NEIWPCC Recognizes Staff in 2020

    NEIWPCC recently rewarded employee Katie DeGoosh-DiMarzio with our Annual Achievement Award, for her excellent work protecting water quality in Rhode Island. Each year, NEIWPCC acknowledges one staff member who has…

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  • Lake Stewards Slow Invasives

    Lake Stewards Slow Invasives

    It is too late to keep the fishhook waterflea out of Lake Champlain. The invasive crustacean, native to Eurasia, was first detected in the lake in 2018. But there are…

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  • National Tanks Conference to Offer 2020 Twist

    Emergency power generators for underground storage tank systems (EPG UST systems) will be the topic of the first of a four-part webinar series designed to accompany the 2021 National Tanks…

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  • Webinar Series Tackles State Revolving Fund

    Webinar Series Tackles State Revolving Fund

    NEIWPCC is planning four webinars to train state revolving fund (SRF) managers and interested individuals from across the country. The series fills in for an in-person workshop, originally scheduled for…

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  • Grants Sustain Lake Champlain Partners

    The Lake Champlain Basin Program this spring awarded more than $50,000 in COVID-19 related emergency organizational support grants to 14 partner organizations in Vermont and New York. The groups, many…

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