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Achieving Water Quality Standards Through Collaboration and Problem-Solving
NEIWPCC Commissioner Pete LaFlamme Shares His Perspectives From protecting Lake Champlain to managing biosolids: In this new video, commissioner Pete LaFlamme praises NEIWPCC staff for their collaborative efforts across the Northeast region to improve water quality. LaFlamme, director of the Watershed Management Division at the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, speaks of the many invaluable…
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NEIWPCC Launches Clean Water Success Story Project
Fifty years after the passage of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) – and many successes later – a new EPA-funded grant will focus on sharing these accomplishments. NEIWPCC will collect and produce stories highlighting program achievements covering a diverse array of CWA Section 303(d): Impaired Waters and Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) topics. The…
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Meeting Challenges in Modernizing the Clean Water Act
By Heather Radcliffe October 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and 35 years since its last major amendments. While there is much to celebrate — undeniably, significant progress in water quality has been made since 1972 — it is time to move forward from boasting that our rivers no longer…
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The “Only Girl in the Room:” NEIWPCC Commissioner Jane Stahl Reflects on Career
When Jane Stahl began her environmental career in the late 1970s, it was – not surprisingly – a male-dominated field. She did not let this deter her, and worked as an environmental policymaker, regulator and consultant during her career. Notably, she served as deputy commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for…