Cheri Cousens drew inspiration from a Girl Scout tour of a clean-water plant. That set her on course for an award-winning career. Through a long career, this Massachusetts Utility Executive never strayed far from a focus on water. Cheri Cousens found out early that wastewater treatment was interesting.
Mayor Brian A. De Peña had the pleasure of visiting the Greater Lawrence Sanitary District in North Andover, MA, touring its wastewater plant and facilities. GLSD is committed to promoting clean rivers, including the Merrimack River, and green economies.
In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act—a job well done—this article chronicles the history of northern New England’s Merrimack River and its cleanup from one of the most polluted rivers in the country.
The City of Boston is taking an important leadership role in reducing waste disposal through its food waste collection program. MassDEP supports the efforts of the City to establish a pilot curbside food waste collection program for residents. This pilot effort helps advance MassDEP’s 2030 Solid Waste Master Plan goals of diverting food waste.
The NEWEA Plant Operations Committee and Energy Committee presented a conference on April 14-15, 2022 Highlighting best practices for energy efficiency, capital upgrades, and plant operations. The event included a facility tour of the Greater Lawrence Sanitary District (GLSD) facility on Thursday, April 14th.
When the state of Massachusetts prohibited the landfilling of organic material, the Greater Lawrence Sanitary District made plans to use food waste to boost biogas production from its anaerobic digesters. The plan has worked so well that the wastewater treatment plant is a net producer of electricity.
January 26, 2022 – Boston, MA – Greater Lawrence Sanitary District Executive Director Cheri Cousens was honored today at the New England Water Environment Association’s (NEWEA) Annual Conference held at Boston’s Marriott Hotel / Copley Square.
The tour was organized by NEBRA, which is assisting UConn researchers working to improve anaerobic digestion operations and optimize biogas production at facilities doing co-digestion with food waste. UConn received a grant from the Department of Energy intended to advance resource recovery from wastewater.
From left to right; MassDEP Commissioner Martin Suuberg, GLSD Executive Director Cheri Cousens, Representative Christina Minicucci, Representative Tram Nguyen, Secretary of Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs Kathleen Theoharides, Representative Linda Dean Campbell, Interim CEO of Massachusetts Clean Energy Center Jennifer Daloisio and GLSD Commissioner Raymond DiFiore. View Press Release
FORGET THE CAREFULLY curated Zoom office background or the blank white wall. Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Kathleen Theoharides testified before the Legislature on Thursday sitting at an outdoor table next to a sewage outfall pipe on the Merrimack River.