In the News Categories - South Essex Sewerage District

SESD Wins Project of the Year Award

Posted on October 22, 2025 (December 23, 2025) by Pam Geiser

SESD is the winner of the 2025 Robert L. Moylan, Jr. Project of the Year Award for our Porter River Siphon Rehabilitation Project in Danvers, MA. “Following failure of a force main, the South Essex Sewerage District (SESD) began a comprehensive program of managing its critical infrastructure, including sewer siphons that convey all of Danvers’ flow […]

NACWA 2025 Public Information & Education Award

Posted on February 14, 2025 (February 25, 2025) by Pam Geiser

This year, the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) held their National Environmental Achievement Awards ceremony during their winter conference. At the awards ceremony and reception on January 29, 2025, our Executive Assistant, Executive Director, Manager of Administration & Finance, Engineers, and Superintendents at SESD, along with our branding agency, Mayo Designs, were awarded […]

Elizabeth A. Cutone Executive Leadership Award

Posted on January 30, 2025 (February 25, 2025) by Pam Geiser

This year, the New England Water Environment Association (NEWEA) Annual Conference was held at Boston Marriott Copley Place in downtown Boston, MA. At the awards ceremony luncheon on January 29, 2025, our Executive Director, David Michelsen, received the prestigious Elizabeth A. Cutone Executive Leadership Award. Established in 2014, the Award is given annually to an […]

Free Lecture Series Features SESD

Posted on January 6, 2025 (February 25, 2025) by Pam Geiser

On January 6, 2025, Salem Sound Coastwatch issued a press release regarding their free lecture series “Underwater in Salem”. Our Executive Director, David Michelsen, P.E., is invited to present one of five lectures on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm at the Abbot Public Library in Marblehead, MA. We hope to […]

SESD Launches Updated Website to Protect Public Health and Environmental Awareness Through Wastewater Education

Posted on September 5, 2024 (February 25, 2025) by [email protected]

SESD has prepared and released a new website and an updated logo to protect public health and environmental awareness through wastewater education. Please click the link below or visit The Salem News to read the Press Release. […]

POO and Brew

Posted on September 4, 2024 (September 17, 2024) by [email protected]

In June of 2024, SESD hosted the New England Water Environmental Association’s Young Professionals in installment number 38 of their popular Poo and Brew Event at the SESD Treatment Facility. More than 30 young professionals from NEWEA came to the facility for a plant tour and to learn more about SESD. After the tour, the […]