03/06 - National Journal Highlights RI NEMO & VT NEMO Partner

Small Flows Quarterly, an EPA-funded publication by West Virginia University that is focused on small communities and their wastewater issues, ran a front page article highlighting the RI NEMO program in their Winter 2006 issue. The article, entitled Wastewater Planning is an Integral Part of Smart Growth, features RI NEMO Director Lorraine Joubert, and her programs and publications on wastewater management and planning. It also features Juli Beth Hinds, Director of Planning and Zoning for South Burlington, Vermont. Juli is a key advisor to the new VT NEMO program.

The article makes a strong case for wastewater system planning as an overall community planning tool. To quote Lorraine: “…a wastewater treatment system is a tool for the community to use to achieve their land-use goals, whether that means controlling sprawl in rural areas or whether it is redeveloping or revitalizing an existing historical downtown area or growth center.”

Participants in a NEMO U3 conference field tour get a first hand look at a demonstration recirculating peat filter (treatment unit in foreground) designed to reduce nitrogen and pathogens entering Green Hill Pond, in Charlestown, RI. George Loomis, Director of URI's New England Onsite Wastewater Training Center, describes basic operation and maintenance.

The Article can be found on the web at: www.nesc.wvu.edu/nsfc/nsfc_sfq.htm. Congrats to Lorraine and RI NEMO.

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