{"id":2405,"date":"2023-05-08T21:00:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T21:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mawea.org\/?page_id=2405"},"modified":"2025-04-04T21:15:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T21:15:03","slug":"waters-worth-it-day-2023-ma-legislative-briefing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mawea.org\/index.php\/waters-worth-it-day-2023-ma-legislative-briefing\/","title":{"rendered":"Water&#8217;s Worth It Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/mawea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-Legislative-Briefing-Banner-1000-\u00d7-333-px1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3501\" style=\"width:561px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mawea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-Legislative-Briefing-Banner-1000-\u00d7-333-px1.png 3000w, https:\/\/mawea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-Legislative-Briefing-Banner-1000-\u00d7-333-px1-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/mawea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-Legislative-Briefing-Banner-1000-\u00d7-333-px1-1024x341.png 1024w, https:\/\/mawea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-Legislative-Briefing-Banner-1000-\u00d7-333-px1-768x256.png 768w, https:\/\/mawea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-Legislative-Briefing-Banner-1000-\u00d7-333-px1-1536x512.png 1536w, https:\/\/mawea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-Legislative-Briefing-Banner-1000-\u00d7-333-px1-2048x683.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEngineers and Land Surveyors Day + Water&#8217;s Worth It Day\u201d @ the MA Statehouse &#8211; MAWEA will be there on May 14 with MWEA, MWWA, ACEC\/MA, BSCES, MALSCE, and other infrastructure partners to meet with Senators and Representatives to lobby on behalf of wastewater facilities for project funding and for water quality issues affecting Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ll start with a continental breakfast and distribution of materials in Room 428, and then move on to appointments in legislative offices. &nbsp;Participants are paired to meet with the representative and senator serving their district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There will be three zoom meetings, dates and times listed below, prior to May 14 for those planning to participate in Water&#8217;s Worth It Day:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Friday, May 9, 10:30 \u2013 11:30 AM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monday May 12, 4:00 \u2013 5:00 PM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuesday, May 13, 3:00 \u2013 4:00 PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 14 pieces of legislation currently being considered that affect our operations, today and in the future. We need you, the experts on the topics involved, to be heard. Join your colleagues and make a difference!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event is free for members of MAWEA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit ACEC&#8217;s site to register online by <strong>April 28<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acecma.org\/events\/engineers-and-land-surveyors-day-at-the-state-house-5985\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">https:\/\/www.acecma.org\/events\/engineers-and-land-surveyors-day-at-the-state-house-5985<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact MAWEA at <a href=\"mailto:info@mawea.org\">info@mawea.org<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Look up the names of your state legislators<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check for these names on the Legislature&#8217;s website: <a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Search\/FindMyLegislator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Search\/FindMyLegislator<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enter your home address on the FindMyLegislator site, then press Search<br>Look for the names of your State Senator and your State Representative, shown on the page. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEngineers and Land Surveyors Day + Water&#8217;s Worth It Day\u201d @ the MA Statehouse &#8211; MAWEA will be there on May 14 with MWEA, MWWA, ACEC\/MA, BSCES, MALSCE, and other infrastructure partners to meet with Senators and Representatives to lobby on behalf of wastewater facilities for project funding and for water quality issues affecting Massachusetts. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mawea.org\/index.php\/waters-worth-it-day-2023-ma-legislative-briefing\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Water&#8217;s Worth It Day<\/span>Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2405","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mawea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mawea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mawea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mawea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mawea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2405"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/mawea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3507,"href":"https:\/\/mawea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2405\/revisions\/3507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mawea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}