WEF Highlights

Featured Other News A Family That Builds Together 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 — […]

Staff from the Water Environment Federation (Alexandria, Va.), Water Environment Research Foundation (Alexandria, Va.), American Water Works Association (Denver), and Water Research Foundation (Denver) met Dec. 10 to share updates on each organization’s efforts on water sector innovation. During the meeting Jeff Lape, deputy director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Office of Science […]

As part of septic system demonstration program, county gives away 19 treatment systems   In areas without collection systems, Suffolk County, N.Y., encourages residents to install more advanced septic systems to reduce nutrient loading to local surface water and groundwater. To promote these installations, the county held a free advanced wastewater treatment system lottery as […]

The Challenging Nutrients Coalition, a coalition of federal agencies, has launched the Nutrient Sensor Challenge as part of a collaborative effort to provide information needed to better understand and more effectively manage nutrients. The coalition includes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, and […]

The latest practices, techniques, and case studies covering all aspects of utility management will be presented during The Utility Management Conference™ 2015. The conference, hosted by the Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) and American Water Works Association (AWWA; Denver), will be held Feb. 17–20 at the Hyatt Regency Austin. Through workshops, sessions, and networking […]

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 […]

Michael A. Kreiser, member since 1973, Pennsylvania Water Environment Association. James J. Longworth, member since 1977, New England Water Environment Association. Richard Renneker, member since 1973, Ohio Water Environment Association.

The 88th Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC®) will be held Sept. 24–30 at McCormick Place, Chicago. WEFTEC, the world’s largest water quality conference, offers many different educational, networking, and business opportunities. Both the technical program and exhibition has grown continually and WEFTEC 2014 set records for the exhibition with […]