Principal Helen Gordon moderated Session 3, “PFAS: Flowing Forward: Navigating PFAS Challenges in Treatment Facilities” where representatives from the public and private sectors presented cutting edge insights on PFAS.

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EP assisted the Newton DPW with envisioning low-cost treatments that allow for two-way bike travel despite the location’s unique conditions that have been well received by the public and local officials.

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The facility treats water for the removal of iron and manganese to below the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection maximum contaminant level from the Whitney Pond Wells.

Thank you to the voters of Groton, elected/appointed officials, Town staff, the Groton Water Department, and Board of Water Commissioners.

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The 1.69 million gallon per day (MGD) WTP treats raw water from three existing groundwater supplies for the removal of source water iron and manganese.

Thank you to the voters of Easton, elected/appointed officials, Town staff, and the Easton Department of Public Works and Water Division.

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In June 2020, Town Meeting approved funding for a PFAS engineering study to identify long-term PFAS treatment options. The results of that study recommended the installation of PFAS treatment filter plants at wells 1, 2, and 4. In May 2021, Town Meeting approved funding for construction of the three PFAS treatment plants, which was bolstered by a $2 million grant secured by former State Representative Claire Cronin. Construction began in May 2022 and completed December 2023 with all three plants fully operational. The filter plants are installed with ion exchange resin to filter out PFAS to a level of non-detection.

Thank you to the voters of Easton, elected/appointed officials, Town staff, and in particular the Easton Department of Public Works and Water Division.

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On Thursday April 4th at 2:30pm, Kevin Rathbun and Hanna Schenkel presented, “Know Your Assets Inside and Out” discussing a Water System Asset Management case study and the steps that were taken to create a comprehensive action plan.

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Lauren Underwood was awarded one of the two 2024 ACEC/MA Young Professional Awards which “recognizes the accomplishments of our young professionals who have contributed to the engineering profession and impacted society.” Congrats Lauren!

Principals Ryan Allgrove and Ziad Kary were also present to accept the Bronze award for Town of Weymouth’s project, “Weymouth Sewer Collapse Emergency Response: Turning Historic Infrastructure into Innovative Solutions on Bridge Street.” Congrats to the entire project team!

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The new bridge will restore tidal flow into the river basin improving water quality, restoring native salt marsh habitat, increasing resilience of the floodplain, and reviving the river’s ability to sequester heat-trapping greenhouse gases.

This large environmental project is a true collaborative effort among the Town of Wellfleet, National Park Service, Cape Cod National Seashore, National Resources Conservation Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Friends of Herring River as well as the contractor and consultant partners. EP will oversee construction with Weston & Sampson as the Owner’s Project Representatives. MIG Corporation has mobilized and is starting the initial phase of construction work.

For more project details, see Friends of Herring River’s site: https://herringriver.org/news/restoration-updates/

October 2023 Update

The team is making steady progress on the Herring River Restoration Project!

The pile foundations are in place and the pier caps are being completed for the temporary bridge. A significant portion of the stone armor scour protection is in place. The temporary bridge superstructure work will be underway in October and November, allowing work to then commence on removing the old dike and the permanent bridge abutments. MIG Construction has completed over $5M of work to date on this $29M project.

February 2024 Update

Construction of the new, temporary bridge over Herring River has been completed by MIG Construction. The final step before the bridge can be open to traffic is the relocation of overhead utilities which will be commencing in the coming weeks.

The temporary bridge will now allow work to begin on construction of the foundations for the new bridge and tide gates. When this work is completed, the existing dike can be removed. The new bridge will restore tidal flow into the river basin improving water quality, restoring native salt marsh habitat, increasing resilience of the floodplain, and reviving the river’s ability to sequester heat-trapping greenhouse gases.

Over $9M of construction work has been completed to date from the $29.9M construction contract.

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EP sponsored the Young Professionals Summit on Sunday which kicked off the multi-day event.

Moderator Sessions

• On Tuesday, Eric Kelley moderates Session 17, Stormwater 2: Tools – Expanding your #Stormwater Toolbox.
• On Wednesday, Natalie Pommersheim moderates Session 33, Stormwater 4: Next Steps in Addressing the Stormwater Nutrient Dilemma

Presentations

• Andrew Grota and Town of Plymouth’s Douglas Pinard present Tuesday during Session 16 – Collection Systems 3, “Step by Step: A Data Collection and Planning Approach for Addressing Sewer Collection System Improvements through the Plymouth CMOM Program”
• Chris Dapson and Eric Kelley present Wednesday during Session 26 – Stormwater 3, “The Climate Change Climb – Preparing for Rising Seas and Extreme Storms in Coastal Communities”

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Congratulations to Lauren Underwood on becoming the 75th MWWA President! What a well-deserved and hard-earned achievement.

Also kudos to Adam Kran, P.E. for being the recipient of this year’s William H McGinness Member of the Year Award! This is given to an affiliate member of MWWA whose knowledge and contributions to the profession merit special recognition. Adam goes above and beyond to serve his clients, and is committed to identifying the right infrastructure solutions for the communities that he works with.

Congrats Lauren and Adam!

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