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T he NEWEA Small Community Committee is hosting a specialty conference addressing the challenges small communities are facing with new nitrogen and phosphorous removal requirements. Speakers will focus on the drivers for lower permit limits, low cost strategies to achieve nutrient reduction, and ways to finance significant capital upgrades. Information will be presented from a diverse group of speakers from watershed advocacy groups, to regional planners and consultants. Following a series of presentations in the morning participants are invited to participate in a boat tour of Narragansett Bay after lunch which will highlight recent water quality improvements and future work. CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Registration/Continental Breakfast 8:30 am 9:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks • Ray Vermette, NEWEA President • Ian Catlow, Vice Chair, Small Community Outreach Committee 9:15 Narragansett Bay TMDL Update • Topher Hamblett, Save the Bay 9:45 Cape Cod 208 Plan Update • Sharon Rooney, Cape Cod Commission 10:15 Alternative Nitrogen Mitigation Approach in Tisbury , MA • Melinda Loberg and John Smith, Town of Tisbury 10:45 Break 11:00 Lessons Learned in Orleans: Financing the Downtown Sewer System •T om Parece, AECOM 11:30 NHDES and RD Funding Opportunities • Rob Ploys, Woodard & Curran 12:00 Rate Making and the Secret to Project Funding • Michael Schrader, Tighe & Bond 12:30 1:15 3:30 Lunch (provided) Boat Tour (sign up below) Adjourn TRAINING CONTACT HOURS (TCHs) will be awarded for operator recertification from participating states. REGISTRATION FORM: NEWEA Small Community Specialty Conference Wednesday, September 11, 2019 • Save the Bay Center, Providence, RI Last Name ____________________________________________________ First Name ____________________________________________________ Affiliation/ . __________________________________________________ Address______________________________________________________ City/State__________________________________ Zip_______________ Phone ______________________________________________________ Email_______________________________________________________ Mail to: NEWEA, 10 Tower Office Park, Suite 601, Woburn, MA 01801 FAX to: 781-939-0907 Questions: Contact the NEWEA office at 781-939-0908 or [email protected]. Registration Deadline—9/5/19 Cancellations: If you are unable to attend, please contact us prior to 9/5/19. Space is limited. First-come, first-served. No refunds. *Must work in a facility with a daily flow of <1 mgd. Non-members wishing to register at the member rate, please contact the NEWEA office. If interested in sponsoring this event, visit www.newea.org for more information. Payment: ☐ $100.00 pp NEWEA Members & Speakers ($125 pp after 9/5) ☐ $75.00 pp Small Community Employee* ($100 pp after 9/5) ☐ $150.00 pp Non-Members ($175 pp after 9/5) Membership ID # __________________________________________ ☐ Check enclosed / Made payable to NEWEA ☐ Purchase Order # ________________________________________ ☐ Visa/MC/Discover/AMEX # ________________________________________ Security/CVC ______ Exp. _________ Signature __________________________________ Register online at https://sforce.co/2GI9L1Z AECOM Arcadis Carlsen Systems CDM Smith Dewberry Environmental Partners Group, Inc. Flow Assessment Services, LLC Fuss & O’Neill, Inc. GHD, Inc. Green Mountain Pipeline Services Jacobs Mott MacDonald Stantec Tetra Tech Weston & Sampson Woodard & Curran SPONSORS Regulator & Student Rates available online Boat Tour ☐ yes, I want to participate (limited seating - first-come) yes, I want to participate (limited seating - first-come) yes, I want to participate (limited seating - first-come) yes, I want to participate (limited seating - first-come, first-served)
