On April 23, the U.S. House of Representatives passed by a vote of 355-63 H.R. 1731, the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (NCPAA). The bill, which is pending the U.S. Senate’s vote, will help American businesses better protect their digital networks from dangerous and destructive cyberattacks. Added to the legislation during floor proceedings were provisions […]
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Recommend WER to Your Local Library
May 19, 2015
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If you find the Water Environment Research (WER) journal to be valuable, then it’s time to let your local library know. Encourage local libraries or institutions to carry WER as a way to help lead innovation in the water sector. The Water Environment Federation (Alexandria, Va.) created a form to serves as a template to […]
WEF Encourages Federal and State Participation at Conferences
May 15, 2015
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The Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) seeks both federal and state representatives to get involved at upcoming conferences. During WEFTEC® 2014 in New Orleans, participants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Energy attended technology innovation sessions. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy hosted a panel on climate and resiliency to support […]
U.S. House Committee Urged To Invest in Water and Wastewater Infrastructure
May 8, 2015
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Leaders from the Water Environment Federation (Alexandria, Va.), U.S. Conference of Mayors (Washington, D.C.), Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (Washington, D.C.), American Public Works Association (Kansas City, Mo.), American Water Works Association (Denver), National Association of Clean Water Agencies (Washington, D.C.), and the WateReuse Association (Alexandria, Va.) submitted a letter to the U.S. House of […]
Water Quality Advocate Says “It’s Time to Put Water First”
April 27, 2015
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Heather Himmelberger, director of the Southwest Environmental Finance Center at the University of New Mexico (Albuquerque), recently presented at TEDxABQ, an individually organized TED event in Albuquerque, N.M. Himmelberger spoke about finding better ways to manage and pay for public water systems. She sees upcoming water quality, quantity, and infrastructure issues as an opportunity to […]
A Family That Builds Together
January 27, 2015
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Members of the Menniti family bond (and argue) over their love of engineering and wastewater treatment Most families argue around the dinner table about football games and politics. But, the Mennitis — a multi-generational family of engineers and Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) members — are just as likely to spar about all […]
Learn About Pipe Bursting, SRFs, and Performance Measurements in Upcoming WEF Webcasts
December 5, 2014
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Pipe Bursting: A Mature and Diverse Trenchless Technology Pipe bursting is a trenchless method for renewing deteriorated and undersized gas, water, sewer, utility conduit, and other pipelines. It allows the replacement of existing pipes with a new pipe of the same or larger inner diameter, and offers a pipe replacement alternative designed to reduce disturbances […]
Moving Toward Water Resource Recovery Facilities Publication Is Available
October 23, 2014
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Resource recovery is an emerging societal need globally. Due to the ever-increasing pressures on progressively limited resources such as water, nutrients, and energy, it is critical to recover these resources from wastestreams. The Water Environment Federation (Alexandria, Va.) released Moving Toward Resource Recovery Facilities, a peer-reviewed publication about moving away from wastestreams and moving toward […]
June 19, 2015
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