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The Wastewater Advisory Committee (WAC)

 

 

Treatment Plant Startup Event

Checking under the hood at the Deer Island Treatment Plant Startup event.

MEETING MINUTES AND AGENDAS
Minutes | Agendas
MWRA MASTER PLAN
Wastewater Master Plan - Released March, 2007 - (32 MB PDF)
PRESENTATIONS

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
January 8, 2010
by Carolyn Fiore, MWRA TRAC Manager

Presentation to a joint meeting of WAC, WSCAC and the Advisory Board: Challenges AheadSeptember 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

CURRENT MEMBERSHIP
Stephen Greene
WAC Chairman, Howard-Greene Consulting, LLC
Karen Lachmayr
Harvard University
Mary Adelstein, Citizen Advocate
Ed Bretschneider, Executive Director
Taber Keally, Vice Chairman, Neponset River Watershed Association
Bill Katz, Ionics, Inc.
Martin Pillsbury, Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Larry Schafer, Citizen Advocate
Cornelia Potter, MWRA Advisory Board
Vincent Spada, SEA Consultants

PRESENTATIONS TO WAC

South Boston CSO  PDF

The MWRA Board of Directors created WAC in 1990 to offer independentrecommendations on wastewater policies and programs. WAC’s mission is to be a citizens advisory committee to the MWRA providing an independent public forum for holistic discussion of wastewater issues. Membership is designed to reflect the knowledge and interest of major affected constituencies: engineering and construction, environmental advocacy, planning, academic research, and business.

MEETINGS

The committee meets monthly. The agenda is geared to provide timely recommendations to the Board of Directors and MWRA staff on policy, project plans, program initiatives, and public concerns. Current areas of focus are CSOs, System Expansion and Maintenance. WAC is an independent voice in these areas.A diverse group of participants, including, MWRA staff, representatives of environmental agencies and organizations as well as municipal officials attends meetings. Interested citizens also participate. The meetings involve lively discussions as a result of diverse opinions, leading to recommendations that capture the spirit of that diversity.

CONTACT

Ed Bretschneider,
Wastewater Advisory Committee,
Charlestown Navy Yard,
100 First Ave. Boston, MA 02129
Tel.: (617) 788-4436

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