PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: April 8, 2013
Contact: Talia Girard, Public Affairs Specialist
(401) 461-8848 x394
NBC Board of Commissioners Re-elect Board Members
On April 2, 2013 at The Narragansett Bay Commission’s (NBC) monthly board meeting the Board of Commissioners unanimously re-elected Vincent J. Mesolella to a twenty-third term as Chairman of the state’s largest wastewater treatment authority. Also re-elected were Angelo Rotella of Providence as Vice Chairman and Robert Andrade of Pawtucket as Treasurer.
Mesolella is a charter member of the Commission, having served since its inception in 1980. The NBC has won numerous state and national awards for its treatment performance and environmental initiatives with Mesolella’s guidance. In 2012, the NBC became one of the first wastewater treatment agencies in the nation to construct and operate wind turbines, providing a sustainable source of energy for the agency’s clean water operations. In addition NBC has also completed the last twenty-one fiscal years under budget and has recently been reconfirmed by the Standard & Poor’s rating agency with a AA- financial rating. The NBC is currently in phase II of Rhode Island’s largest public works project the CSO project, which will virtually end wet weather related sewage discharges to Upper Narragansett Bay.
Those re-elected thank the Board for their voice of confidence and pledged to the Board and staff continued diligence to protect the agency and its ratepayers.
The Narragansett Bay Commission owns and operates Rhode Island’s two largest wastewater treatments facilities and provides wastewater collection and treatment services to 350,000 people in the metropolitan Providence area and Blackstone Valley. For more information on the Narragansett Bay Commission’s award-winning contributions to environmental protection and wastewater management, contact the Public Affairs Office at (401) 461-8848 ext. 394, or visit us at www.narrabay.com.
