Municipal utilities facing wastewater collections conundrums can now get help through a new assessment process developed by the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC).Based around the CMOM (Capacity, Management, Operation & Maintenance) concept developed by the U.S. EPA, the assessment process has been applied through an extensive pilot program involving communities in New England and the State of New York. Now the results are available to utilities nationwide, free of charge, by way of a user-friendly Web site.“Our CMOM evaluation tool is designed to help utility managers self-assess their organizations,” says Mike Jennings, a program manager in the
