Addressing key water challenges through regional collaboration and state-federal engagement.

NEIWPCC workgroups and collaboratives are organized around critical topics such as contaminants of emerging concern, wetlands, and groundwater and source water protection.

At meetings, typically twice annually, the state-agency staff members who are tasked with these issues sit down with their peers from other states in the region and with federal officials, NEIWPCC staff members, and other practitioners to grapple with the ongoing and latest issues and trends in the field.

Workgroup/Collaborative NEIWPCC Staff Contact
Chlorides collaborative James Plummer, jplummer@neiwpcc.org
Contaminants of emerging concern Ian Dulin, idulin@neiwpcc.org
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) Maryann Dugan, mdugan@neiwpcc.org
Long Island Sound nitrogen coordination Richard Friesner, PhD, rfriesner@neiwpcc.org ​
Management school Spring Connolly, sconnolly@neiwpcc.org
Massachusetts Wastewater Training Advisory Committee Michelle Jenkins, mjenkins@neiwpcc.org
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) James Plummer, jplummer@neiwpcc.org
New England Biological Assessment of Wetlands (NEBAWWG) Alex DuMont, adumont@neiwpcc.org
Nonpoint source pollution (NPS) Devon Case, dcase@neiwpcc.org
Northeast aquatic biologists Maryann Dugan, mdugan@neiwpcc.org
Onsite wastewater Michelle Jenkins, mjenkins@neiwpcc.org
Source water protection Ian Dulin, idulin@neiwpcc.org
Stormwater Devon Case, dcase@neiwpcc.org
Total Maximum Daily Loads Beth Malcolm, bmalcolm@neiwpcc.org
Tracking and accounting collaborative Devon Case, dcase@neiwpcc.org
Underground Storage Tanks (UST/LUST) James Plummer, jplummer@neiwpcc.org
Underground Storage Tanks Tribal workgroup James Plummer, jplummer@neiwpcc.org
Volunteer monitoring Maryann Dugan, mdugan@neiwpcc.org
Wastewater residuals Jennifer Lichtensteiger, jlichtensteiger@neiwpcc.org
Wastewater training and certification Spring Connolly, sconnolly@neiwpcc.org
Water quality standards Beth Malcolm, bmalcolm@neiwpcc.org
Wetlands Alex DuMont, adumont@neiwpcc.org