Wastewater Advisory Committee to the MWRA
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2022-2023 Meeting Schedule
(Meeting dates, times, locations and topics may change)
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Updated September 7, 2022
| Date | Time | Location | Topic | Presenter(s) |
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
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10:30AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
Deer Island Permit | |
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
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10:30AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
Deer Island Permit | |
Thursday, September 21, 2023 Joint meeting with WSCAC/AB/WAC |
10:00AM-12:00PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
What We Are Doing in 2023-24 | Fred Laskey, Matthew Romero, Lexi Dewey, Andreae Downs |
| Friday, October 13, 2023 | 10:30AM-12:00PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
Draft Deer Island NPDES Permit | |
Friday, November 3, 2023 |
10:30AM-12:00PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
Discussion/ vote of the Draft Deer Island NPDES Permit comments | |
Thursday, November 16, 2023 |
10:30AM-12:00PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
Overview on MWRA's Energy & Sustainability Program | Kristen Patneaude |
Thursday, March 21, 2024 (changed from Friday 2/15) Joint meeting with WSCAC/AB/WAC |
10:00AM-12:00PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
MWRA Budgets | Tom Durkin, MWRA Budget Director |
| Friday, May 3, 2024 | 10:30AM-12:30PM | Tour of Nut Island | Nut Island Headworks Tour | Charlie Ryan |
| Friday, June 7, 2023 | 10:30AM-12:00PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
WAC Year Ahead Planning |
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| Date | Time | Location | Topic | Presenter(s) |
Thursday, September 15, 2022 Joint meeting with WSCAC/AB/WAC |
10:00AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
What We Are Doing in 2022-23 | Fred Laskey, Joe Favaloro, Lexi Dewey, Andreae Downs |
Friday, October 7, 2022
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10:30AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
Combined Heat & Power Plant plans for Deer Island | David Duest |
| Friday, November 4, 2022 | 10:30AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
TRAC Updates/PFAS | Matt Dam, Rebecca Weidman |
| Friday, January 6, 2023 | 10:30AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
Design Progress in Headworks Rehabilitation | Charles Ryan |
| Friday, February 3, 2023 | 10:30AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
The Public Health Uses of Wastewater Testing: Past, Present & Future | |
Thursday, March 16, 2023 Joint meeting with WSCAC and MWRA Advisory Board |
10:00AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
MWRA’s Proposed Fiscal Year 2024 Current Expense Budget & Capital Improvement Program | Tom Durkin, MWRA Budget Director |
Friday, April 14, 2023
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10:30AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
Cambridge Partial Sewer Separation project & Charles River Water Quality | Catherine Woodbury, Senior Project Manager, Cambridge DPW & Jim Wilcox, Cambridge City Engineer and Assistant Commissioner for Engineering, Cambridge DPW |
Friday, May 12, 2023
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10:00AM-12:00PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
Combined Sewer 2022 Annual Update | Jeremy Hall, Brian Kubaska and Michael O'Keefe |
Friday, June 2, 2023
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10:30AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
WAC Year Ahead Planning |
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| Date | Time | Location | Topic | Presenter(s) |
Thursday, September 16, 2021 |
10:00AM-12:00PM | Virtual | What We Are Doing in 2020-21 | WAC |
Friday, October 8, 2021 Joint meeting with WSCAC |
10:30AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
PFAS Legislative Task Force update | Dr. Phil Brown, Northeastern University Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Health Sciences |
| Friday, November 5, 2021 | 10:30AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
Big Rain, Big Infrastructure projects and MWRA | Charlie Ryan |
| Friday, January 7, 2022 | 10:30AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
OMSAP (Outfall Monitoring Science Advisory Panel) Discussion | TBD |
| Friday, February 4, 2022 | 10:30AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
DI NPDES draft permits - data | |
| Friday, March 4, 2022 | 10:30AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
CSO Post-Construction Monitoring and Performance Assessment Update | |
Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Joint meeting with WSCAC |
10:30AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
MWRA Budgets | Tom Durkin, MWRA Budget Director |
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 Joint meeting with WSCAC |
10:00AM-12:00PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
PFAS | |
Friday, June 3, 2022
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10:30AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
WAC Year Ahead Planning |
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Archive
| Date | Time | Location | Topic | Presenter(s) |
Thursday, September 19, 2019 Joint meeting with WSCAC and the Advisory Board |
11:00AM-1:00PM | Lexington DPW, 201 Bedford St, Lexington | State of the MWRA | Fred Laskey |
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 Joint meeting with WSCAC |
10:30AM-12:30PM | Waterworks Museum, 2450 Beacon St., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 | PFAS in pellets/water OMSAP | Mark Smith, DEP MWRA Staff Rep. Kate Hogan |
| Friday, November 1, 2019 | 10:30AM-12:30PM | MAPC, 60 Temple Place, Boston | User-friendly Ways to Communicate MWRA’s Environmental Data | Sally Carroll, Senior Analyst, MWRA Environmental Quality Department |
| Friday, December 6, 2019 | 10:30AM-12:30PM | MAPC, 60 Temple Place, Boston | CSO update | David Kubiak, MWRA |
Tuesday, February 11, 2020 Joint meeting with WSCAC |
10:30AM-12:30PM | Waterworks Museum, 2450 Beacon St., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 | MWRA Education Program | Meg Tabacsko, MWRA |
| Friday, March 6, 2020 | 10:30AM-12:00PM | MAPC, 60 Temple Place, Boston | Innovations in wastewater solids destruction | Lystek |
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 Joint meeting with WSCAC |
10:30AM-12:30PM | To be held VIRTUALLY |
MWRA Budgets | Thomas Durkin, Michael Cole, MWRA |
| Friday, May 15, 2020 | 10:30AM-12:30PM | To be held VIRTUALLY |
Reduce, Recycle, $ave |
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| Friday, June 5, 2020 | 10:30AM-12:30PM | To be held VIRTUALLY |
WAC Year-ahead Planning |
| Date | Time | Location | Topic | Presenter(s) |
Thursday, September 17, 2020 Joint meeting with WSCAC and the Advisory Board |
10:00AM-12:00PM | Virtual | Year Ahead Planning (2020-21) | Fred Laskey, Joe Favoloro, Lexi Dewey, Andreae Downs |
| Friday, October 9, 2020 | 10:30AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
Inflow/Infiltration & wastewater metering | Carl Leone, Steve Estes-Smargiassi, MWRA |
| Friday, November 6, 2020 | 10:30AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
PFAS Removal Technology | Aclarity UMass |
| Friday, December 4, 2020 | 10:30AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
CSO Update | David Kubiak, Jeremy Hall, MWRA |
| Friday, February 5, 2021 | 10:30AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
Post-Covid Facilities Planning | Steve Estes-Smargiassi, MWRA |
| Friday, March 5, 2021 | 10:30AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
PFAS, TRAC and residuals | Becky Weidman, EoEA |
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 Joint meeting with WSCAC |
10:30AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
MWRA Budgets | Tom Durkin, MWRA Budget Director |
| Friday, May 7, 2021 | 10:30AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
Boston Water's Climate Change Strategies | Charlie Jewell, BWSC |
Friday, June 4, 2021
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10:30AM-12:30PM | Virtual Email Andreae Downs (andreae-dot-WAC-at-gmail.com) to receive the link at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting |
WAC Year Ahead Planning |
| Date | Time | Location | Topic | Presenter(s) |
Thursday, September 20, 2018 |
11 AM |
Samuel Hadley DPW building, 201 Bedford St, Lexington |
State of the MWRA—Jointly with AB and WSCAC |
Fred Laskey, MWRA |
Friday, October 5, 2018 |
10:30 AM |
MAPC, 60 Temple Place, Boston |
Presentation on New Wastewater Technologies |
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Friday, November 2, 2018 |
10:30 AM |
MAPC, 60 Temple Place, Boston |
Toxic Reduction and Control (TRAC) |
Becky Weidman, TRAC Director, MWRA |
Friday, December 7, 2018 |
10:30 AM |
MAPC, 60 Temple Place, Boston |
CSO Update |
David Kubiak, MWRA |
Tuesday, February 12, 2019 |
10:30 AM | Waterworks Museum, 2450 Beacon St., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 | MWRA Master Planning, System Maintenance | Stephen Estes-Smargiassi, MWRA |
| Friday, March 8, 2019 | 10:30 AM | MAPC, 60 Temple Place, Boston | Building and campus level wastewater treatment for non-potable reuse in MWRA sewer areas Introducing the Director of Wastewater |
Bruce Douglas
Stephen Cullen |
| Tuesday, April 23, 2019 (Jointly with WSCAC) |
10:30 AM | Waterworks Museum, 2450 Beacon St., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 | MWRA Budgets | Thomas Durkin and Jim Halloran, MWRA |
| Friday, May 10, 2019 | 10:30 AM |
Cottage Farm CSO Facility, Magazine Beach, Cambridge | TOUR | Staff |
| Friday, June 7, 2019 | 10:30 AM | MAPC, 60 Temple Place, Boston | WAC Year-Ahead Planning |
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| Tuesday, September 10, 2019 | 11:00 AM | Lexington DPW, 201 Bedford St, Lexington | Joint meeting with WSCAC and the Advisory Board: Year Ahead for MWRA, AB, WSCAC and WAC |
| Date | Time | Location | Topic | Presenter(s) |
| 09/21/17 | 10:30 AM | Lexington DPW | Annual Assessment: MWRA, Advisory Board, WSCAC, WAC | |
| 10/06/17 | 10:30 AM | MAPC, 60 Temple Place, Boston | Inflow and Infiltration: The Latest Guidance and MWRA Communities | Kevin Brander, DEP |
| 11/14/17 (Tuesday) |
10:30 AM | Waterworks Museum, 2450 Beacon St., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 | Delegation/Primacy | MWRA Advisory Board, Mass Rivers |
| 12/08/17 | 10:30 AM | MAPC, 60 Temple Place, Boston | Thoughts on the Next Deer Island Permit
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MWRA |
| 02/02/18 | 10:30 AM | MAPC, 60 Temple Place, Boston | Order of the Court: How is MWRA verifying that it has attained the goals for combined sewer overflows (CSOs)? | Jeremy Hall, MWRA Project Manager |
| 03/02/18 | 10:30 AM | MAPC, 60 Temple Place, Boston | CWERCs Might Work: Wastewater Treatment that Pays for Itself, with the Charles River Watershed Association | Charles River Watershed Association |
| 04/24/18 Joint with WSCAC |
10:30 AM | WaterWorks Museum 2450 Beacon St. Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 |
MWRA Budgets | Kathy Soni, MWRA |
| 05/04/18 | 10:30 AM | Lawrence, MA | Tour - Greater Lawrence Sanitary District Co-Digestion Project | |
| 06/01/18 | 10:30 AM | MAPC, 60 Temple Place, Boston | WAC Year-Ahead Planning |
| Date | Time | Location | Topic | Presenter |
| 08/18/16 | Nut Island | Advisory Board Field Trip to Nut Island | MWRA Advisory Board | |
| THURSDAY 09/15/16 |
10:30 AM | Hadley DPW Building, Lexington, 201 Bedford St. | State of the MWRA, Jointly with the MWRA Advisory Board and WSCAC | Fred Laskey |
10/07/16 |
10:30 AM |
MAPC, 60 Temple Place, Boston |
DEP and MWRA Water Monitoring |
DEP, MWRA |
| 11/04/16 | 10:30 AM | Waterworks Museum, 2450 Beacon St., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 | Climate Change and Boston Harbor, MWRA Facilities | Panel: Boston Harbor now, NOAA, MWRA |
| 12/02/16 | 10:30 AM | Mass Department of Environmental Protection, One Winter St., Boston, Second Floor, Conference Room A | Boston's Green Infrastructure for Flood Prevention and Clean Stormwater | BWSC |
| 02/03/17 | 10:30 AM | MAPC, 60 Temple Place, Boston | Underground Utility Coordination in Construction Projects | Revere |
| 03/03/17 | 10:30 AM | MAPC, 60 Temple Place, Boston | How We Prevent Sewage Spills: MWRA TV Inspections and Pipe/Interceptor Maintenance | MWRA |
04/18/16 |
10:30 AM | Waterworks Museum, 2450 Beacon St., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 | MWRA Budgets | MWRA |
| 05/05/17 | 10:30 AM | Deer Island | Tour: Deer Island Old Power Plant and New Valves | MWRA |
| 06/02/17 | 10:30 AM | MAPC, 60 Temple Place, Boston | WAC Year-ahead Planning |
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