WASTEWATER TREATMENT ON LINE AND OTHER RESOURCES
FUNDING: http://www.epa.gov/owm/cwfinance/index.htm related funding information - EPA’s Main page for finding water
http://cfpub.epa.gov/fedfund -Catalog of Federal Funding Sources for watershed Protection http://www.epa.gov/OW-OWM.html/mab/smcomm/eparev.htm -Federal Funding Sources for Small Community Wastewater Systems http://www.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/srf_for_decentralized_systems.pdf -Funding Decentralized Systems Using the Clean Water State Revolving Fund http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/grantsfi.htm -Main page for finding water related funding information http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/wastewater/srfhowto.htm -Primer on SRF funding ON-SITE SYSTEMS: http://cfpub.epa.gov/owm/septic/home.cfm -EPA Main page linking to many on-site related documents, i.e. Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems: A Program Strategy, Voluntary National Guidelines for Management of Onsite and Clustered Wastewater Treatment Systems, Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Manual http://www.epa.gov/owm/onsite -Another EPA general resource page for onsite http://www.epa.gov/ORD/NRMRL/Pubs/625R00008/625R00008totaldocument.pdf Onsite Wastewater Treatment manual -
http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/wastewatermonth.cfm#smallcomm -Wastewater treatment programs serving small communities http://www.uri.edu/ce/wg/owtc/html/owtc.html - RI Cooperative Extension Water Quality Program http://www.nesc.wvu.edu/netcsc -National Environmental Training Center for Small Communities http://www.rcap.org -rural community assistance partnership http://www.neiwpcc.org - NE Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission offer trainings, conference and assistance on wastewater, and stormwater issues
POLICY AND REGULATIONS: http://www.epa.gov/OW-OWM.html/mab/smcomm/eparev.htm -Link to EPA’s, Report to Congress On Use of Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems http://www.mass.gov/envir/wptf/default.htm -new MA Water Policy http://www.mass.goiv/dep/water/lawsrule.htm - MA laws governing water and wastewater http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/laws/policies.htm#wmgt -On-site/septic system guidance, policies, water supply surface water, stormwater, groundwater discharge and drinking water STORMWATER: http://www.unh.edu/erg/cstev/
- University of NH Stormwater Center -National Stormwater Quality
http://www.cwp.org/NPDES_research_report.pdf Database (NSQD)
http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/wastewater/stormwat.htm -MA DEP’s main page for links to stormwater information http://www.mastep.net - Stormwater Technology Clearinghouse INNOVATIONS AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES: http://www.horsleywhitten.com/smart-grwth/ - Information and tools on Smart Growth for communities http://www.mass.gov/enviro/sus_dev/default.htm - State’s web page on Smart Growth and Low impact Development http://www.epa.gov/ttbnrmrl/ - Guidelines for water reuse- scroll to end of page for link http://ww.epa.gov/owm/gapreport.pdf -Report on the Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastructure Gap Analysis http://www.ecological-engineering.com/solaraquatics.html/NEB-SolarAquatics.pdf Information on Solar Aquatic design including the new treatment system at NE Bio Labs http://eagletribune.com/news/stories/20040915/BU_001.htm -News article about the new NE Bio Labs solar aquatic treatment system
Http://www.greenneighborhoods.org - Open Space Residential Design resource BEYOND SEWERING PRESENTERS: http://www.massriverways.org -Riverways Program, MA Dept. of Fish and Game http://www.bridgew.edu -Bridgewater State College http://www.ceiengineers.com -Comprehensive Environmental, Inc. http://www.uri.edu/ce/wq/mtp/html/munitrai.html -Cooperative Extension at the University of Rhode Island- Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officails http://www.earthtech.com -Earthtech http://www.ecological-engineering.com -Ecological Engineering http://www.horsleywitten.com -Horsley Witten Group http://www.mass.gov/envir/eoea.htm -MA Executive Office of Environmental Affairs Http://www.mass.gov/dep/dephome.htm -MA Dept of Environmental Protection http://www.srpedd.org -Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District UPCOMING CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS Dec. 1 Water for People Seminar: The Watershed Management Toolbox EPA New England Lab, 11 Technology Dr, Chelmsford, MA Register by Nov 23 at: http://www.newea.org/ (click on “Schedule” and “Water for People Seminar”) Dec. 2 Water Law in Connecticut: Balancing Needs for Fish and Faucet Northeast Utilities Auditorium, Berlin, CT Register by Nov 18 at: http://www.yale.edu/ccws/ct%20water%20agenda.htm Stormwater Management and Financing Seminar (stormwater utility) Westford Regency Hotel, Westford, MA Register at: http://www.vhb.com/stormwaterseminar/register.htm
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