One consequence of the crisis in Flint, Michigan is that it elevated public awareness that a substantial number of service lines connecting individual homes and businesses to public water systems may contain lead components. This means that even if the water source and transmission lines do not contain lead, the water could become contaminated prior [...]
Otter Creek Engineering was proud to support this year's LEGO Contest and Exhibit at the Bixby Memorial Free Library. This is the fifth year the Bixby Library and Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes held the event, and OCE's own Robert M. Clark, P.E. presided as one of three judges. The competition, which included [...]
Otter Creek Engineering has been working on a two-phase water system improvements project in the heart of historic downtown Middlebury. This section of water main provides both potable water service in a critical business district and fire protection for the entire community. This main is particularly important because it acts as a key transmission main [...]
Over the last 6 months, OCE’s Natural Resources Ecologist, Mary Beth Poli, PWS, has been leading a group of about 20 dedicated Vermont wetland professionals in forming a new organization, the Vermont Association of Wetland Science (VAWS). A primary goal of VAWS is to provide Vermont-specific continuing education. The group worked together to plan and [...]
Every summer, OCE seeks interns for its East Middlebury office in order to support future generations of engineers and environmental scientists. In 2022, we were lucky enough to welcome two Environmental Engineering college students: Will Crawford, a Worcester Polytechnic Institute student, and Kaitlyn McNamara, an undergraduate at Clarkson University. The two had a lot to [...]
In 2022, The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission's (NEIWPCC) 32nd Annual Nonpoint Source (NPS) Conference was held April 27-28 in Woodstock, Vermont. NEIWPCC describes the conference as "a regional forum to share information on NPS pollution issues, research, and related projects." At this year's conference, one of OCE's own, Craig Jewett, P.E., was [...]
Following the closure of a Teflon-coating plant, it was found that 60-70 residential wells in North Bennington had been contaminated with Perfluorooctanoic acids (PFOAs), ranging everywhere from trace amounts to a thousand parts per trillion (ppt)—Vermont’s standard is not to exceed 20 ppt. OCE produced a preliminary engineering report that recommended the Village abandon a [...]
OCE is happy to announce the opening of a new office at 93 South Main Street, Suite 203A in West Lebanon, New Hampshire. As principal engineers Craig Jewett, P.E. and Brent F. Rakowski, P.E. are licensed in both New Hampshire and Vermont, it was a logical next step in the growth of the company. “We [...]
OCE had the opportunity to welcome two interns into our East Middlebury office and provide them with first-hand experience in a civil engineering firm. Mia Grasso, a UVM upperclassmen, and Daniel Anguish, a recent graduate of Vergennes Union High School and current University of Maine freshman, spent the better part of the summer working alongside [...]
Otter Creek Engineering is pleased to announce that it has helped the Addison County Community Trust secure funding for a new wastewater system at the Lindale Mobile Home Park, located off of Route 116 in Middlebury. OCE not only provided funding assistance but also has designed the new system and will provide bid and construction [...]
