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Experts Share Advice on Continuity of Operations During Coronavirus Pandemic
Even during the coronavirus pandemic, water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs) cannot cease operations even for a moment. It remains critical, then, for WRRF managers to develop actionable plans to ensure continuity of operations despite potential staffing shortages and supply chain disruptions. For utility managers, effectively responding to coronavirus requires additional attention to employee safety and […]
Continue reading...From the President: Preparing for Tomorrow’s Workforce Challenges
January 13, 2020
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Working in the water sector, I am constantly learning and being challenged by the people around me. Ours is a profession that, at its core, requires working with others to find solutions that make sense for the future. I love the spirit of cooperativeness that you can find so often behind the fence of a […]
Continue reading...Pick the Top Ops Challenge Team
October 15, 2017
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With the 30th Operations Challenge just concluded at WEFTEC 2017 in Chicago, now marks an ideal time to look back at the best of the best. The idea for the Operations Challenge competition began in the mid-1980s. After Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) Member Associations began to host local operator-focused competitions, WEF hosted the first […]
Continue reading...Operations Takes Center Stage at WEFTEC 2016
December 7, 2016
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Operator accomplishments and skills took center stage the morning of Sept. 28 in the Innovation Pavilion during WEFTEC© 2016. The event, “A Celebration of Operator Innovation, Excellence, and Professionalism,” spanned the breadth of what operators do, from fixing problems to pursuing continuing education to motivating others to serving as core team members in well-run utilities. […]
Continue reading...Veterans of U.S. Ops Challenge Take Home International Win from Open German Championship in Wastewater Technology
July 28, 2016
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A U.S. team of water sector professionals took home a first place win from an international competition modeled after Operations Challenge, a Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) contest for water treatment professionals. During the international trade fair, IFAT 2016, held May 30–June 3 in Munich, DWA (Hennef, Germany) – the German Association for Water, […]
Continue reading...WEF Staffer and Member Participate in Ecosystem Service Challenges Discussion
July 3, 2012
Ecosystem services, such as nutrient cycling and water filtration, are benefits provided by nature for free. Because they are difficult to value, many natural systems are being degraded, and nonrenewable resources are being depleted. Some, such as oil and phosphorus, could be gone within decades. In November, 170 researchers from various disciplines attended The National […]
Continue reading...Luncheon Speakers Issue Challenge to Water Industry Professionals
June 2, 2012
Professionals are asked to find ways to improve clean water, sanitation, and hygiene in poor countries World Vision (Federal Way, Wash.) speakers at a luncheon hosted by the Federal Water Quality Association (Washington, D.C.) on April 12 challenged attending water industry professionals to use their background and knowledge to help countries in need. “Your work, […]
Continue reading...WEF Members Todd Saums and Tom McGrain Aid Bahamas Relief Efforts
December 3, 2019
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Todd Saums and Tom McGrain, who operate and manage water resource recovery facilities for the Northwestern Water and Sewer District (Bowling Green, Ohio) have had a busy year. Saums and McGrain, members of the Ohio Water Environment Association (OWEA) and the Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.), spent the first several months of 2019 practicing […]
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March 27, 2020
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