Experience in Water Quality

 

Work Experience

Director of Public Works: January 2022 – present

Deputy Director of Public Works / Stormwater Superintendent: May 2006 – December 2021

Vermont Agency of Natural Resources - Water Quality Division Environmental Analyst III: January 2004 – May 2006

 

Awards

  • 2020 Elizabeth A. Walker Meritorious Service Award for exceptional contributions to the field of water quality and to GMWEA, May 2021

  • 2015 Alfred E. Peloquin Award, NEWEA

  • 2013 Green Mountain Water Environment Association Presidents Award

  • 2010 Young Professionals Award, Green Mountain Water Environment Association.

  • 2009 Urban Conservation Stewards of the Year, Winooski Natural Resource Conservation District

  • 2008 NEWEA Utility of the Year Award.

  • EPA Environmental Merit Award, for outstanding efforts in preserving New England’s environment April 2008.

 

Grant Management (since 2010)

Ecosystems Restoration Grant – $6,770 –Implemented a large scale rain barrel education and installation project in South Burlington, VT, 2010.

Lake Champlain Basin Program Education and Outreach Grant – $5,750 – Analyzed the extent to which residential properties in South Burlington have rooftops connected to the City’s drainage system. Created outreach materials to teach residents about rooftop disconnection, 2009. 

Lake Champlain Basin Program Habitat Improvement Grant – $9,700 – Analyzed culverts in Potash Brook for aquatic organism passage, hydraulic capacity, and condition.

Stormwater Impaired Watershed Restoration Fund (SWIRF) – $95,542 – Grant funding to construct a stormwater retrofit in the Hayes Avenue neighborhood of South Burlington, 2011

Clean and Clear Grant – $50,000 – Grant funding to complete a stormwater retrofit of the stormwater treatment system in the Hayes Avenue neighborhood in South Burlington, 2011.

SAFTEA-LU, Hayes Avenue Stormwater Improvement Project – $200,000 - Grant funding to construct a stormwater detention pond in the Hayes Avenue neighborhood of South Burlington, 2011.

Ecosystems Restoration Program – $250,000 - Grant funding for retrofit of an existing stormwater detention pond in the Village at Dorset Park neighborhood in South Burlington, 2015.

Lake Champlain Basin Program – $20,000 - Grant funding to evaluate the benefits associated with retrofitting existing stormwater detention ponds with floating wetlands, 2015.

Ecosystems Restoration Program – $400,000 - Grant funding for design and construction of a gravel treatment wetland in the Bartlett Brook watershed, 2015.

Transportation Alternatives Program, Oak Creek Village Culvert Replacement – $300,000 – Grant funding to replace two undersized culverts in the Oak Creek Village neighborhood in South Burlington, 2016 

Ecosystems Restoration Program – $83,497 - Grant funding for design and construction of a stormwater treatment wetland at the end of Iby Street in South Burlington (Potash Brook watershed), 2017.

Ecosystems Restoration Program – $83,497 - Grant funding for retrofit of the stormwater detention basin associated with the Commerce Square commercial center in South Burlington (Potash Brook watershed), 2017.

VTrans Municipal Mitigation Program, Bartlett Bay Stormwater Treatment System Expansion – $375,720 - Grant funding for the design and construction of a retrofit to the existing BBSTS in the Bartlett Brook watershed, 2017.

VTrans Municipal Mitigation Program, Muddy Brook Culvert Crossing – $66,240 - Grant funding for a scoping study to evaluate options for the failing Muddy Brook crossing on Kimball Avenue, 2017.

Ecosystem Restoration Program, Commerce Square – $235,896 - Provided treatment of stormwater runoff from 41.2 acres of existing impervious surfaces in South Burlington. Project included the expansion and retrofit of an existing detention pond in collaboration with private property owner, 2018.

VTrans Municipal Highway and Stormwater Mitigation Program, Kennedy Drive Pond 7 – $300,000 - Funding to design and reconstruct an existing stormwater treatment pond along Kennedy Drive in South Burlington so that it will provide improved treatment and capture a larger drainage area, 2018

VTrans Municipal Highway and Stormwater Mitigation Program, Lindenwood – $303,574 - Funding to design and construct a stormwater treatment practice to treat impervious surfaces from Lindenwood Road and Brewer Parkway in South Burlington, 2019.

SWCRPC Clean Water Block Grant (CWIP) – $21,100 - Funding was awarded for the design of a new stormwater treatment system on the Burlington Country Club property that would treat stormwater runoff from Spear Street, 2019.

Town/ Highway Structures Grant - $157,371 - Funding for design of the replacement culvert that carries Muddy Brook under Marshall/ Kimball Ave on the Williston and South Burlington municipal boundary, 2019.

VAOT Transportation Alternatives Program – $300,000 - Funding for the construction of a replacement culvert that carries Muddy Brook under Kimball / Marshall Ave in South Burlington, 2020.

VTrans, Town Highway Structures Grant – $175,000 – Provided funding for the installation of a replacement culvert to allow Muddy Brook to flow beneath Kimball / Marshall Avenue, 2020.

 

Publications

  • DiPietro, Thomas. “Making Use of Site Plan Review.” Planning Commissioners Journal. 73 (Winter 2009):16 

  • DiPietro, Thomas J. and M.E. Tignor. April 2004. “Scirpus atrovirens Root Architecture Responses to Aeration and Dairy Wastewater.” University of Vermont Graduate Research Day, Burlington, VT. 

  • DiPietro, Thomas J. and M.E. Tignor. July 2004. “Effects of Subsurface Constructed Wetland Environments on Emergent Wetland Plant Root Architecture and Biomass Accumulation.” Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. 

  • DiPietro, Thomas J. and M.E. Tignor. October 2004. “Effects of Subsurface Constructed Wetland Environments on Wetland Plant Root Architecture, Biomass Accumulation and Microbial Community Diversity.” Society of Wetland Scientists, New England Chapter, Worchsester MA. 

Volunteer Activities

Jericho Development Review Board – Chair 2008 - 2011, Board Member from 2005 - 2011, Jericho VT. 
Reviewed projects for compliance with the town’s land use regulations, and public works specifications.

Green Mountain Water Environment Association – President from 2018–2020. Director since 2009. Member since 2007, 

Vermont Deer Search – Leashed Tracking Dog Organization. 2000 - 2020. Jericho VT. 
Assist in the training of tracking dogs and the recovery of wounded deer during the hunting season. 

Browns River Little League & Mansfield United Soccer Club - Youth Sports Coach. 2017 – Present.
Coach and assistant coach for various youth baseball/softball and soccer teams.