Awards & News

Corey Dehner & Paul Mathisen awarded
Educators of the Decade by the Mass Department of Environmental Protection (2025)
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Meritorious Service Award,

American Public Works Association (2018)

In 2018, the New England Chapter of the American Public Works Association awarded the Water Resource Outreach Center with a meritorious service award for our responsiveness to municipal needs and collaborative approach. 2018-New-England-Chapter-Awards-Summary.pdf

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Massachusetts Water Resource Outreach Center

Stormy Award winner (2016)

The New England Stormwater Collaborative presented WPI’s Massachusetts Water Resource Outreach Center with the 2016 Stormy Award at the New England Chapter of the American Public Works Association’s Annual Conference in June 2017.

The annual award recognizes simple, imaginative, and inventive ways that are increasing employee capacity, funding, or political support for stormwater management programs.

Water Resource Outreach Center Co-Director, Corey Denenberg Dehner (center) accepts the 2016 Stormy Award

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Are constituent driven

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Are action orientated and of immediate utility

Provide opportunity for WPI undergrads to learn the importance of protecting water resources

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Expand the capacity of MassDEP, watershed associations and coalitions to tackle water resource issues

Facilitate student education about science, societal impact, policy makers and policy implementers