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Wastewater Advisory Committee to MWRA (WAC) PRESENTATIONS ARCHIVE

Return to WAC Main Page \| Meeting Schedule \| Minutes \| Presentations \| Documents of Note \| WAC on Tour This page is an archive of presentations to the Wastewater Advisory Committee to the MWRA (WAC). Files are in PDF format unless otherwise noted. 2023 \| 2022 \| 2021 \| 2020 \| 2019 \| 2018 \| 2017 \| 2016 \| 2015 \| 2014 \| 2013 \| 2012 \| 2011 \| 2010 \| 2009 \| (2008) \| 2007 \| 2006

2023 Energy & Sustainability Program Overview November 16, 2023 CSO Annual Report May 12, 2023 Cambridge Partial Sewer Separation & Charles River Water Quality April 14, 2023 MWRA Fiscal Year 2024 Proposed CEB March 16, 2023 Biobot Analytics - Beyond Covid February 3, 2023 Ward Street and Columbus Park Headworks Design Progress January 6, 2023 2022 Staying On TRAC November 4, 2022 Update on the Combined Heat and Power Project for the Deer Island Treatment Plant October 7, 2022 MWRA Fiscal Year 2023 - Proposed CEB and CIP April 19, 2022 CSO Post-Construction Monitoring and Performance Assessment March 4, 2022 Deer Island NPDES Permit February 4, 2022 MWRA OMSAP January 7, 2022 MWRA Environmental Monitoring January 7, 2022 2021 Big Storms, Big Projects November 4, 2021 Knowns and Unknowns on Health and Environmental Justice for PFAS October 8, 2021 BWSC's Climate Change Strategies May 7, 2021 MWRA Fiscal Year 2022 Proposed Current Expense Budget April 20, 2021 PFAS: MWRA Activities and Federal Regulatory Update March 6, 2021 MassDEP's PFAS Update March 6, 2021 MWRA's Response to Covid February 5, 2021 2020 Update on MWRA Energy Program May 15, 2020 MWRA FY21 Proposed CEB and CIP Presentation for WAC and WSCAC April 21, 2020 Low Temperature Thermal-alkaline Hydrolysis Process for Biosolids and Organics Management - Lystek March 6, 2020 Activities for Children and Adults - BWSC February 11, 2020 Partnering To Bring Stormwater Education In and Out of the Classroom - MWRA Education division February 11, 2020 What Can We Do To Protect The Environment? - BWSC February 11, 2020 2019 CSO Post Post-Construction Monitoring and Performance Assessment David Kubiak, MWRA, Senior Program Manager, Engineering and Construction User-Friendly Ways to Communicate MWRA’s Environmental Data Sally Rege Carroll, MWRA Senior Analyst, Environmental Quality Per and Poly Fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): Why all the Fuss? C. Mark Smith Ph.D., M.S., MassDEP Office of Research and Standards October 15, 2019 What Do We Know about PFAS in MWRA Water, Wastewater and Biosolids? Steve Rhode, MWRA Lab Director October 15, 2019 Cottage Farm CSO Facility Tour May 10, 2019 MWRA Fiscal Year 2020 Proposed Budget Thomas Durkin and James Halloran, MWRA April 23, 2019 Water Reuse in Sewered Areas Bruce Douglas, Natural Systems Utilities March 8, 2019 Update on the 2018 Water and Wastewater Master Plan MWRA Planning Staff February 12, 2019 2018 CSO Post-Construction Monitoring and Performance Assessment Jeremy R. Hall, MWRA, Operations/Engineering & Construction December 7, 2018 Year in Review: Toxic Reduction and Control Becky Weidman, Director, MWRA TRAC November 2, 2018 Reducing Flooding and Combined Sewer Overflows, Improving Water Quality, and Restoring Ecological Flows with Continuous Monitoring and Adaptive Control OPTI October 5, 2018 Leave Mark Canopus Water Technologies October 5, 2018 Greater Lawrence Sanitary District Organics to Energy Project The Next Step Towards Net Zero Operation Cheri Cousens, Executive Director Richard Weare, Capital Projects Manager GLSD May 4, 2018 Proposed FY 19 Comments and Recommendations Preview Joseph Favaloro, MWRA Advisory Board April 24, 2018 FY19 Proposed Capital Improvement Budget Kathy Soni, MWRA Budget Director April 24, 2018 Transformation: Water Infrastructure for a Sustainable Future Charles River Watershed Association March 2, 2018 MWRA Long-Term CSO Control Plan Performance Objectives David A. Kubiak, PE, Sr. Program Manager, MWRA Operations/Engineering & Construction February 2, 2018 2017 Deer Island NPDES Permit Betsy Reilley and Wendy Leo, MWRA Environmental Quality Department December 8, 2017 NPDES Delegation Julia Blatt, Massachusetts Rivers Alliance November 14, 2017 Infiltration and Inflow Control Bureau of Water Resources, Mass. Department of Environmental Protection October 6, 2017 Update on MWRA's Community Support Program Carl Leone, Senior Program Manager, MWRA, Community Support Program October 6, 2017 Indicator Bacteria Deer Island Disinfection and Dilution at Deer Island Outfall Protect Mass. Bay David Wu and Dan Codiga, MWRA, EQUAL June 2, 2017 Deer Island Treatment Plant David F. Duest, Director, MWRA Wastewater Treatment May 5, 2017 Valve and Piping Replacements Deer Island Treatment Plant, (MWRA Contract 7275) May 5, 2017 Fiscal Year 2018 Proposed Capital Improvement and Current Expense Budget Overviews Thomas Durkin and Kathy Soni, MWRA April 18, 2017 The Cost of Water Infrastructure: Implications for State Policy and Municipal Budgets Thomas P. Champion, Policy Research Analyst, Office of the State Auditor, Division of Local Mandates April 18, 2017 Wastewater Pipeline Inspection and Maintenance March 3, 2017 Coordinating Infrastructure for Construction February 3, 2017 2016 Boston's Planning for Green Stormwater Infrastructure December 2, 2016 Boston Harbor Now November 4, 2016 MWRA's Pragmatic Approach to Climate Change Lise Marx, MWRA, Senior Program Manager, Master Planning November 4, 2016 Climate Change in Massachusetts and Its Impact on River Flood Behavior David R. Vallee, NOAA/NWS November 4, 2016 MassDEP’s Surface Water Monitoring Program Kimberly Groff, Ph. D., Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Water Resources, Division of Watershed Management, Watershed Planning Program, Worcester, MA October 7, 2016 MWRA's Water Quality Monitoring Program, Mystic and Charles Rivers Besty Reilley, Ph.D., MWRA, Director, Environmental Quality, Water and Wastewater October 7, 2016 FY 2017 Proposed Captial Improvement and Current Expense Budgets Thomas J. Durkin, MWRA, Director, Finance April 12, 2016 MWRA CSOs: Performance Assessment and Remaining Regulatory Determinations March 4, 2016 MWRA Reservoir Water Withdrawals vs Deer Island Wastewater Flows Comparison of 2014 Flows February 16, 2016 2015 Preparing for MS4 in the Neponset Valley December 4, 2015 A Tale of Two Treatment Plants: MWRA/Deer Island vs. DC Water/Blue Plains David F. Duest, MWRA, Director, Wastewater Treatment November 6, 2015 What's In It? A Discussion of the Development of Pollutant Limits and Contaminants of Emerging Concern Denise Breitheneicher, Project Manager, Tech Services, MWRA October 2, 2015 Biosolids and Soil: Remarkable Media for Managing Microconstituents (web link) Ned Beecher, North East Biosolids Association (NEBRA) October 2, 2015 What is WAC? YouTube Video Proposed MWRA CEB/CIP Tom Durkin, Director of Finance and Kathy Soni, Budget Director, MWRA New England Water Innovation Network Karen Golmer, Executive Director, and Nicole Desantis, Director of Research March 6, 2015 Municipal Stormwater Planning, Innovations, Outreach and I/I Removal Charlie Jewell, Director of Planning and Sustainability, Boston Water and Sewer Commission February 6, 2015 Presentation to MWRA Advisory Board and WAC - Valve and Piping Replacements, Deer Island Treatment Plant (MWRA Contract 7275) Rick Adams, Manager, Engineering Services, MWRA January 9, 2015 2014 January \| February \| March \| April \| May \| June \| July \| August \| September \| October \| November \| December Existing and Future Combined Heat and Power (CHP) at the Deer Island Treatment Plant David F. Duest, Director, DIWWTP, MWRA November 7, 2014 Organics Ban Implementation in Massachusetts - Evolving Infrastructure Zoe Neale, Mass Organics Solutions LLC October 17, 2014 Alewife CSO Control, Sewer Separation and Stormwater Management Project Rendering of Constructed Wetlands Cambridge Department of Public Works Posted May 9, 2014 Fiscal Year 2015 Proposed Capital Expense Budget and Current Expense Budget Kathy Soni, MWRA, Budget Director April 8, 2014 Going Green, Staying Green: MWRA’s Energy Initiatives Denise Breiteneicher, MWRA, Project Manager, Technical Services March 13, 2014 MWRA’s Pragmatic Approach to Climate Change Adaptation Stephen Estes-Smargiassi, MWRA Director of Planning March 7, 2014 Impacts to the Sewer System from Disposal of Rags and Wipes Carolyn Fiore, MWRA Toxics Reduction and Control February 7, 2014 2013 January \| February \| March \| April \| May \| June \| July \| August \| September \| October \| November \| December 2013 MWRA Master Plan Water and Wastewater System Carl Leone and Lise Marx, MWRA Wastewater Pipeline Asset Management and Protection John Vetere, Stephen Cullen, Margery Johnson and Patrick Smith, MWRA October 4, 2013 Pellet Plant Tour (photos and video) Carl Pawlowski, MWRA May 3, 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Proposed Capital Improvement and Current Expense Budget Overviews Kathy Soni, MWRA Budget Director April 5, 2013 Smart Growth plus Sewer Collection Equals Smart Sewering CRWA March 1, 2013 Co-Digestion at Deer Island: A Feasibility Study on a Major Green Energy Initiative Dan O'Brien, PE, Director, Wastewater Treatment Dave Duest, Manager, Deer Island Process Control February 1, 2013 Hurricane Preparations Before and After Sandy Michael J. Hornbrook, MWRA, Chief Operating Officer January 4, 2013 2012 January \| February \| March \| April \| May \| June \| July \| August \| September \| October \| November \| December Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plants Impact on Antibiotic Resistance Karen Lachmayr, PhD Harvard University, Microbial Sciences Initiative (MSI) November 2, 2012 MWRA Outreach and Communications Strategy Ria Convery, MWRA, Communications October 5, 2012 2011 January \| February \| March \| April \| May \| June \| July \| August \| September \| October \| November North System Hydraulic Study Richard Trubiano, MWRA, Deputy COO November 4, 2011 Long-Range Residuals Planning Daniel O'Brien, PE, MWRA, Director, Deer Island WWTP Carl Pawlowski, MWRA, Manager, Residuals Operations October 14, 2011 Wastewater System Update Richard Trubiano, MWRA, Deputy COO May 6, 2011 FY 2012 Current CEB and CIP Overviews Kathy Soni and Thomas Durkin, MWRA April 8, 2011 BWSC - CSO and Stormwater Project Update February 16, 2011 MWRA Operations Maintenance Updates Stephen Cullen, Director, WW Operations & Maintenance February 3, 2011 Effluent and Shellfish Monitoring Results 2009 Andrea Rex, Director, ENQUAD January 7, 2011 Sediment Studies in Massachusetts Bay Ken Keay, Program Manager, ENQUAD January 7, 2011 Water Column Monitoring Results for 2009 Mike Mickelson, Program Manager, ENQUAD January 7, 2011 Back to top 2010 November \| October \| (September) \| (August) \| (July) \| (June) \| (May) \| April \| March \| February \| January North Dorchester Bay CSO Project Update Rick Trubiano, MWRA, Director, Field Operations November 4, 2010 Remote Headworks Upgrade Rick Trubiano, MWRA, Director, Field Operations November 4, 2010 Sanitary Sewer Overflows: Response to EPA Rule Making Rick Trubiano, MWRA, Director, Field Operations October 15, 2010 Impacts of March Storms MWRA April 23, 2010 CSO Control Plan Progress in 2009 David Kubiak, MWRA March 10, 2010 MWRA's Renewable and Sustainable Energy Initiatives Kristen Patneaude, MWRA Energy Management February 5, 2010 MWRA Toxic Reduction and Control Carolyn Fiore, MWRA TRAC Manager January 8, 2010 Back to top 2009 (November) \| (October) \| September \| (August) \| (July) \| June \| May \| (April) \| (March) \| February \| (January) Presentation to a joint meeting of WAC, WSCAC and the Advisory Board: Challenges Ahead September 17, 2009 by Frederick A. Laskey MWRA Executive Director VIDEO: Time-lapsed Construction of MWRA Wind Turbines at Deer Island (26.8 MB, requires Apple Quicktime or Windows Media Player.) Posted September 22, 2009 Field Operations Department Wastewater Operations and Maintenance Update June 2009 Wastewater Advisory Committee Proposed FY 2010, Current Expense and Capital Improvement Budget Overviews May 15, 2009 Deer Island Treatment Plant Facilities Asset Management Program February, 2009 20 Years of Change: Boston Harbor Recovers February, 2009 Sediment and Flounder Studies in Boston Harbor February, 2009 Back to top 2007 MWRA FY07 Accomplishments and FY08 Challenges September, 2007 Climate Change: What We Know and What We are Learning WAC/WSCAC Joint Meeting - November 13, 2007 Back to top 2006 Briefing - MWRA Master Plan October, 2006 Back to top 2002 South Boston CSO Reassessment November, 2002 Updated November 16, 2023