Narragansett Bay Commission wins
Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the Government Finance
Officers Association for Fiscal Year 2007 Budget.
Narragansett
Bay Commission wins NEWEA Wastewater Utility Management Award,
honoring outstanding performance of a wastewater division in New England.
Standard &
Poor’s Ratings Services assigned its ‘A+’ standard long-term
rating, and stable outlook, to Narragansett Bay Commission, R.I.’s
revenue bonds and affirmed its ‘A+’ Standard & Poor’s
underlying rating (SPUR), with a stable outlook, on the commission’s
wastewater system revenue bonds.
Narragansett Bay Commission wins
National Public Education Award from the National Association of Clean
Water Agencies for the classroom program, Woon
Watershed Explorers.
Both
the Field's Point and Bucklin Point facilities achieve Silver Awards
for excellent effluent quality from the National Association of Clean
Water Agenceis.
Narragansett Bay Commission wins
Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the Government Finance
Officers Association for Fiscal Year 2006 Budget.
Narragansett Bay Commission wins
National Public Education Award from the National Association of Clean
Water Agencies for the DVD, The
Biggest Project You’ll Never See, about the agency’s Combined
Sewer Overflow Project.
Narragansett Bay Commission wins
a Bell Ringer Award from the Publicity Club of New England for the Breakthrough
for Clean Water in Rhode Island press event.
The State of
Rhode Island
passes legislation requiring the use of mercury amalgam separators in
dental offices. The legislation credits the Narragansett Bay
Commission’s groundbreaking work in mercury reduction as its
impetus.
Executive
Director wins National Environmental Achievement Award from National
Association of Clean Water Agencies.
Narragansett
Bay Commission wins National Public Service Award for Dental Amalgam
Best Management Practices from National Association of Clean Water
Agencies.
Narragansett
Bay Commission wins Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the
Government Finance Officers Association for Fiscal Year 2005 Budget.
Executive
Director wins National Environmental Achievement Award from
Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies.
Narragansett Bay Commission wins Excellence in
Management Award from the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage
Agencies.
Narragansett Bay Commission wins Distinguished Budget Presentation Award
from the Government Finance Officers Association for Fiscal Year 2004
Budget.
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Narragansett Bay Commission wins Distinguished Budget Presentation Award
from the Government Finance Officers Association for Fiscal Year 2003
Budget. In addition, the NBC's bond rating by Standard & Poor's is
upgraded to an A+.
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Narragansett Bay Commission Executive Director Paul Pinault, P.E.,
elected President of the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies
(AMSA), a national group of wastewater treatment facilities that serve
the majority of the sewered population in the United States, and
collectively treat and reclaim more than 17 billion gallons of
wastewater each day. AMSA maintains a key role in the development of
environmental legislation, and works closely with federal regulatory
agencies in the implementation of environmental programs.
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Narragansett Bay Commission breaks ground on Phase I of its Combined
Sewer Overflow (CSO) Abatement Project, the most important clean water
project in Rhode Island and the state's largest public works project.
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2000
Narragansett Bay Commission receives Association of Metropolitan
Sewerage Agencies National Public Service Award for NBC's support of the
1999 Shellfish Transplant Program, which successfully moved 800,000
pounds of quahogs from restricted fishing waters in Narragansett Bay to
unrestricted waters.
Narragansett Bay Commission awarded $500,000 EMPACT (Environmental
Monitoring for Public Access and Community Tracking) grant from the US
EPA to develop a program for providing real-time water quality data to
the public.
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued a Finding
of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Narragansett Bay
Commission's Combined Sewer Overflow Abatement Plan.
Narragansett Bay Commission Pretreatment Program receives US EPA's
National Pretreatment Excellence Award in the Large Significant
Industrial Users category. This award honors those organizations that
are demonstrating their commitment to the protection and improvement of
the nation's waters through their operation and exemplary pretreatment
programs.
Narragansett Bay Commission receives Association of Metropolitan
Sewerage Agencies' Public Information & Education Award for documentary
that chronicles the history of Rhode Island's largest wastewater
treatment facilities and the important role they play in our community.
Narragansett Bay Commission Chairman receives Association of
Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies National Environmental Achievement Award
for excellence in state public service.
Narragansett Bay Commission's Pretreatment Program has been nominated
for the US Environmental Protection Agency's 1998 National Pretreatment
Program Excellence Award.
Narragansett Bay Commission's Bucklin Point facility recognized by the
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management for outstanding
performance in operations and maintenance.
Narragansett Bay Commission and its Field's Point facility named a
success story of the Clean Water Act by the Water Environment
Federation.
Narragansett Bay Commission and its Field's Point facility named an
environmental success story and finalist in Renew America's annual
national award for environmental sustainability.
Narragansett Bay Commission and its stakeholder workgroup reach
consensus on plan to control combined sewer overflows in Rhode Island.
Narragansett Bay Commission receives Association of Metropolitan
Sewerage Agencies' Public Service Award for the establishment of a
Wildlife Management Program at the Bucklin Point facility.
The Field's Point facility is selected the Best Operated and Maintained
large secondary wastewater treatment facility in the country by the US
Environmental Protection Agency and winner of its National Excellence
Award. US EPA Administrator Carol Browner and US EPA Region I
Administrator John DeVillars is shown at Field's Point
with the national excellence award.
The Field's Point facility is recognized as the Best Operated and
Maintained large secondary wastewater treatment facility in New England
by the US EPA, Region I.
Narragansett Bay Commission receives Association of Metropolitan
Sewerage Agencies' Public Service Award for the establishment and
furtherance of the Environmental Enforcement Fund (EEF) program.
Narragansett Bay Commission receives EPA's Environmental Merit Award for EEF program.
US EPA Administrator Carol Browner and US EPA Region I Administrator
John DeVillars present the national excellence award at Field's Point.
Laboratories become state licensed and laboratory personnel registered
Environmental Laboratory Technologies by the National Registry of
Environmental Professionals.
Field's Point sludge incinerator tested and issued US EPA's first sludge
incinerator operating permit in the country since the passage of its 503
sludge regulations in 1993.
Narragansett Bay Commission and its Field's Point facility named an
"environmental success story" and finalist in Renew America's annual
national award for environmental sustainability.
Narragansett Bay Commission receives national award from the
Professional Engineers in Private Practice for its professional services
selection system.
Narragansett Bay Commission sets own record for pollution removal at the
Field's Point facility -- 84% reduction since 1982.
The Field's Point facility receives Narragansett Water Pollution Control
Association's Maguire Group Award for Most Efficient Large Wastewater
Treatment Facility in Rhode Island.
Completed comprehensive Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Abatement plan
and started design on the $476 million project.
Field's Point Wastewater Treatment Facility receives Narragansett Water
Pollution Control Association's Whitman & Howard Award for Most Improved
Large Wastewater Treatment Facility in Rhode Island.
AMSA
Silver Award for operation of the Field's Point Wastewater Treatment
Facility.
The Narragansett Bay Commission acquires Rhode Island's second largest
facility, the Bucklin Point Wastewater Treatment Facility in East
Providence.
The Bucklin Point Wastewater Treatment Facility receives Narragansett
Water Pollution Control Association's Whitman & Howard Award for Most
Improved Large facility in Rhode Island.
Applied for and received $300,000 US EPA grant for the establishment of
a Pollution Prevention Program.
American Consulting Engineer's Council of New England Award for the
design of the Ernest Street Pumping Station upgrade.
AMSA Silver Award for operation of the Field's Point Wastewater
Treatment Facility.
Field's Point facility receives Save The Bay's highest designation for
treatment performance.
Field's Point Wastewater Treatment Facility receives Narragansett Water
Pollution Control Association's Whitman & Howard Award for Most Improved
Large Wastewater Treatment Facility in Rhode Island.
AMSA Silver Award for operation of the Field's Point Wastewater
Treatment Facility.
Field's Point facility receives Save The Bay's highest designation for
treatment performance.
Field's Point Wastewater Treatment Facility receives Narragansett Water
Pollution Control Association's Whitman & Howard Award for Most Improved
Large Wastewater Treatment Facility in Rhode Island.
Field's Point facility receives Save The Bay's highest designation for
treatment performance.
Field's Point
Wastewater Treatment Facility receives Narragansett Water Pollution
Control Association's Whitman & Howard Award for Most Improved Large
Wastewater Treatment Facility in Rhode Island.
