Since joining the NHWWA in February 2020, Boyd, along with colleague and Office Manager Sue Kowalski, the Board of Directors and key professional partners across New Hampshire’s public drinking water sector, have helped make NHWWA a recognized, well-respected and effective force for safe, affordable drinking water. Some of NHWWA’s key successes include:
Leak detection surveys are an important way of discovering leaks on a water system's mains, service lines, hydrants and valves. Proactive leak detection and repair can reduce a water system's pumping and treatment costs, avoid emergency outages from major breaks and protect water supply quantity. Recognizing the importance of these surveys, NHDES has offered the Leak Detection Survey Grant since 2010.
The City of Portsmouth’s water system managers recognized over 100 years ago that good data was necessary to account for their water balance by becoming one of the first water systems in New Hampshire to meter all of their customers. Since then, these efforts have expanded to include water conservation retrofit kits, tiered water rates, radio-read metering, monthly billing, leak detection, water main replacements and water efficiency rebates, together with expanded customer outreach.
The Municipal EcoLink is a monthly e-bulletin designed to inform cities and towns of the latest environmental ideas, trends, grants, rules and more from NHDES. We respectfully request that municipalities electronically distribute or otherwise make available this newsletter to your municipal committees, councils and boards. Please feel free to post it on your municipal website as well.
New Hampshire’s environment offers so many possibilities for summer fun, and one of the most popular is recreating in our lakes! This time of year, our lakes are host to an influx of residents and visitors, many of whom like to enjoy the water from the comfort of their boats. One thing we don’t want our lakes to host, however, are aquatic invasive species. Invasives can severely affect the water, our ecosystems, and our ability to enjoy the lakes.
The Municipal EcoLink is a monthly e-bulletin designed to inform cities and towns of the latest environmental ideas, trends, grants, rules and more from NHDES. We respectfully request that municipalities electronically distribute or otherwise make available this newsletter to your municipal committees, councils and boards. Please feel free to post it on your municipal website as well.
Pollinators play a necessary role in our everyday lives. We wouldn’t be able to survive without them! Pollinators include bees, butterflies, moths, beetles and any other insect or animal that moves pollen within flowers. These little guys are responsible for much of our ecological survival.
