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EBC New Hampshire Chapter Water Program:
New Hampshire Water & Wastewater Infrastructure Trends
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Public Service of New Hampshire
Manchester, New Hampshire
Agenda
8:00 a.m.
Welcome - Robert Hasevlat, Chair - EBC New Hampshire Chapter
Business Development Manager, Normandeau Associates, Inc.
Introduction - Russell Lagueux, P.E., Program Chair & Moderator
President, EnviroSense, Inc.
8:15 a.m.
Findings and Recommendations - NH 2012 Water Sustainability Commission
Report - New Hampshire Lives on Water
 John Gilbert, Past Chair, NH Water Sustainability Commission
President, Synchrony Advisors, LLC
9:00 a.m.
New Hampshire Water System Infrastructure Planning:
A Manchester Water Works Perspective
 David G. Miller, P.E., Water Supply Administrator, Manchester Water Works
9:30 a.m.
Regional and National Water and Sewer Rate Trends
 Brian F. Goetz, Project Manager, Tighe & Bond
10:00 a.m.
Networking Break
10:30 a.m.
Asset Management: State Initiatives and Perspective
 Adam Torrey, Infrastructure Sustainability Manager, Drinking Water and Groundwater
Bureau, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services*
*For Adam Torrey’s presentation, please click here and enter password torrey when prompted.
(A Brief Overview of Contaminants of Concern in New Hampshire’s Water Resources)
Materials prepared by Brandon Kernen, PG, Drinking Water and Groundwater Bureau, New
Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
11: 00 a.m.
Funding Challenges for Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Infrastructure
 John Boisvert, Chief Engineer, Pennichuck Water Works
11:30 a.m.
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Russell Lagueux, P.E., President, EnviroSense, Inc.
Panel Members:
o John Gilbert, Synchrony Advisors, LLC
o David G. Miller, Manchester Water Works
o Brian F. Goetz, Tighe & Bond
o Adam Torrey, NH Department of Environmental Services
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12:00 p.m.
John Boisvert, Pennichuck Water Works
Adjourn
Program Co-Chairs
Russ Lagueux, President
EnviroSense, Inc.
1F Commons Drive, Suite 34, Londonderry, NH 03053
(603) 437-8227 // rlagueux @ envirosense.com
Russ is the president of EnviroSense, Inc., an environmental and health & safety consulting firm located in
Londonderry, NH. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in New Hampshire and Massachusetts and has over 26
years of experience managing environmental investigations and remediation services at industrial facilities,
municipal and commercial properties, uncontrolled hazardous waste sites and solid waste landfills, and federal
facilities. He holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of New Hampshire. Russ is Vice Chair of the NH
Chapter of the Environmental Business Council, and is a member of the Boston Post and the Piscataqua Post of the
Society of Military Engineers. He has a long record of volunteer service for his home town of Londonderry, having
served in the past as Chair of the Planning Board, Chair of the Energy Efficiency Task Force, and Chair of the
Historic Properties Preservation Committee. He has also been a member of the town’s Old Home Day Committee,
Police Station Building Committee, and currently serves as a Commissioner of the Londonderry Housing and
Redevelopment Authority and is a member of the Master Plan Steering Committee. He is a life-long resident of New
Hampshire, raised in the Lakes Region, and along with his wife has made Londonderry his home for the past 27
years, where they enjoy raising their soon-to-be college bound daughter.
Brian F. Goetz, Project Manager
Tighe & Bond
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
(603) 433-8818 // bfgoetz@tighebond.com
Brian is a Project Manager in Tighe & Bond’s Portsmouth, New Hampshire office with 25 years of water resources
and water systems management and consulting experience. He specializes in water resource and system planning
and regulatory compliance issues. He is Past President of the New Hampshire Water Works Association and
represented them on the New Hampshire Groundwater Commission. He is currently the Chair of the New England
Water Works Association’s Water Resources Committee. Brian has a Bachelor of Science in Technology from
Bowling Green State University and a Masters in Environmental Policy from Indiana University.
Speakers
John Boisvert, Chief Engineer
Pennichuck Water Works
200 Concord Street, Nashua, NH 03064
(603) 882-5191 // john.boisvert@pennichuck.com
John has held the position of Chief Engineer for Pennichuck Water Works of Merrimack New Hampshire since
2006. John has over 25 years of experience in water resources engineering. He holds both a B.S. and M.S. in Civil
Engineering from the University of New Hampshire and a Masters in Environmental Law and Policy from Vermont
Law School. John is a member of the NEWWA, the NHWWA, and is a member of the New Hampshire Legislature’s
Water Infrastructure Sustainability Funding Commission. He is a lifelong resident of New Hampshire and serves as
Chair of the Town of Stratham Public Works Commission where he currently resides.
John Gilbert, President
Synchrony Advisors, LLC
36 Dwinell Drive, Concord, New Hampshire 03301
(603) 219-6538 // john@synchronyadvisors.com
John Gilbert brings three decades of experience as an environmental engineering practitioner, business leader and
consultant. His background includes 15 years of developmental growth experience in senior level business
management as founder/CEO of a $10MM environmental engineering firm with three offices, serving clients in the
northeastern United States and nationally.
As CEO, John was responsible for oversight of accounting and financial management, benchmarking and reporting
procedures; legal and risk management; human resources management; information technology systems; health
and safety processes; and quality assurance practices. He led business development efforts, successfully
implemented an internal ownership transfer from founder to senior management team and implemented an
Employee Stock Ownership Plan as a key element in ownership transfer.
John earned a BA with honors from Williams College and an MS degree in Civil Engineering from Tufts University.
He is a 1998 graduate of Leadership New Hampshire and served as a facilitator and presenter of the Environment
Day in that program for several years. John has business management training in Pathways to Principal, Balanced
Scorecard, Predictive Index, Lean Manufacturing and Vested for Growth best management practices.
Brandon Kernen, PG
Groundwater and Drinking Water Bureau
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
(603) 271-0660 // Brandon.Kernen@des.nh.gov
Brandon Kernen manages the Hydrology and Conservation program at the NH Department of Environmental
Services. He has worked with the Department for over thirteen years on research and regulatory programs
pertaining to the development of community water supply wells, drought management, large groundwater
withdrawals, groundwater discharges, water conservation, water use reporting, well construction, well driller
licensing, rock blasting, drinking water residual disposal policies and emerging contaminants of concern in the
environment. Brandon holds a BS in Hydrology and Water Resources from the University of Arizona and a MS in
Civil and Environmental Engineering from Tufts University.
David G. Miller, P.E., Water Supply Administrator
Manchester Water Works
1581 Lake Shore Road, Manchester, NH 03109
(603) 624-6482 // dmiller@manchesternh.gov
Dave is the Water Supply Administrator for the Manchester Water Works. He is responsible for water quality,
personnel, and facility management at a 50 MGD conventional water treatment plant. He has been with the Water
Works since 1996 and during that time was responsible for overseeing a major upgrade to their water treatment
plant. He is the Chair of two New England Water Works Association Committees and also sits on the American
Water Works Association’s Committee for Flexible Reservoir Liners and is also Vice Chair of the Partnership for
Safe Water Program Effectiveness Assessment Committee (PEAC). Additionally, Dave has been an active member
of Exeter Region Cooperative School Board and the SAU 16 School Board. He is also a member of the East
Kingston Conservation Committee. Dave has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of New
Hampshire.
Adam Torrey, Infrastructure Sustainability Manager
Drinking Water & Groundwater Bureau, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
(603) 271-2950 // adam.torrey@des.nh.gov
Adam is the Infrastructure Sustainability Manager in the Drinking Water and Groundwater Bureau of the New
Hampshire Department of Environmental Services. He coordinates asset management assistance to public water
systems and provides oversight of the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and State Assistance Grants that
provide funding for public water system capital and planning projects. Prior to working for the state, Adam has
experience supervising and operating municipal and privately-owned, public water systems in New Hampshire.
Adam received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of New Hampshire in Water Resources
Management and holds advanced licenses in Drinking Water Distribution and Treatment operations.
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