Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission

✔️Another great tour in the books! Thank you to all who showed interest and joined us last week to take a tour of the MWMC's regional wastewater treatment facility. We love showing folks how 💧

Stay tuned for more opportunities to tour the regional wastewater treatment facility later this summer! Here's how:
➡️Email us at [email protected] if you'd like to be included on a general interest list
➡️Sign-up for our Water Wisdoms monthly e-news at mwmcpartners.org for tour announcements

Thank you to Bill and Mandy from Wake Up Call on 1120 KPNW for inviting our Executive Director, Matt Stouder, in for a conversation about how we clean wastewater all day, every day!

In case you missed it, you can hear their discussion on beneficial bugs, renewable natural gas, what inspires people to work in wastewater (and more!) here: https://loom.ly/jUzBCZQ

Matt Stouder - Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission Sewer Talk

🦆 Spotted: a mama and her ducklings, taking a little break by the secondary clarifiers at MWMC's Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility last week! We Clean Water for them, their aquatic wildlife friends, and our entire community.

The May Issue of our Water Wisdoms newsletter has been sent!
In this issue:
📈2025 Annual Report
🦺Amy's Water Story
📆Tour Opportunity
🚧Celebrating National Public Works Week

Check it out or sign up for the next one on our website at https://loom.ly/uUu15gM

Come meet the MWMC team and learn about how at the June 2nd Drifters game! ⚾️

⚾ Save the Date: Springfield Night at the Springfield Drifters Baseball Club

Join us Tuesday, June 2, for a fun summer evening celebrating Springfield community pride at the ballpark!

Springfield Night at the Drifters brings together local organizations and public agencies that help serve our community every day, including the City of Springfield, Springfield Public Library, Springfield History Museum, Springfield Public Schools - OR, Willamalane Park and Recreation District, Springfield Police Department - Oregon, Springfield Utility Board, Springfield Chamber of Commerce, and more.

Come enjoy baseball, family activities, giveaways, and opportunities to connect with the people and programs that help make Springfield special.

📍 Hamlin Sports Complex
📅 Tuesday, June 2
🎟️ Get tickets: https://loom.ly/K-hY5VA

On our recent Wastewater Connections mailer, we printed a quote from Jacuqes Cousteau: "We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one." Local artist, Emma Kuhn, was inspired to get crafty. "My intention was to move away from the self-fulfilling prophecy of the "we forget" statement, and to simply let the cycle be the cycle." Thank you, Emma, for sharing this wonderful piece with us 💙

Telling her , meet the City of Eugene Wastewater's Safety and Emergency Manager, Amy Hartsfield!

Amy, who is typically found with an open office door and warm smile, is a go-to resource for any and all safety questions someone may have whether working at or visiting the Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility.

"In my work, I wear two distinct hats," shared Amy. "The first hat – safety – encompasses ensuring we are in compliance with Occupational Health & Safety (OSHA) regulation, staff are trained to safely and competently do their jobs, we have all the equipment needed to do work safely, and policies and procedures are created keeping safety in mind. My second hat – emergency preparedness – is looking forward at our most likely and impactful disaster scenarios and preparing by having emergency supplies on hand, creating disaster response plans, testing plans through tabletop exercises and drills, and training staff in both personal preparedness and in our disaster response and continuity of operations plans."

The MWMC deeply appreciates Amy’s dedication to protecting the safety and well-being of our team, our community, and the environment!

Each year, staff in the Regional Industrial Pretreatment Program award a certificate to businesses who achieve 100% compliance with their wastewater discharge permits. In 2025, eight businesses in Springfield and eleven businesses in Eugene won Environmental Compliance Awards!

Pictured, Julio (Springfield) visited Rosboro Company, LLC and Zach (Eugene) visited Bowtech INC. Anodizing to congratulate these businesses on their commitment to responsible environmental stewardship in 2025.

You can find out more about our Compliance Award winners at mwmcpartners.org on our Industrial Pretreatment page.