WEF Highlights

While most winery owners in California’s Sonoma Valley grew concerned when the water table began sinking in the 1980s and ‘90s, Mike Benziger had a different response. He began searching for farming methods that required less water. Medical marijuana is becoming a new trend in the treatment and management of several diseases including those chronic […]

The Water Environment Federation (Alexandria, Va.) and 14 other organizations submitted a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) in support of future enrollments in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). The letter encourages FSA to set a target for continuous Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program sign-ups and enrollments to benefit water quality […]

The Valley of Mexico, a region surrounding Mexico City, has been experiencing an increased demand for a continually shrinking supply of water. On April 25, Ernesto Espino discussed the valley’s water problems and potential solutions during a luncheon of the U.S. chapter of the Inter-American Association of Sanitary & Environmental Engineering (Arlington, Va.) held at […]

The Water Environment Association (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) joined 27 other water and conservation organizations in opposing cuts to Farm Bill agricultural conservation programs. WEF and these organizations submitted a letter on Feb. 28 to the chairs and ranking members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives appropriations committees, opposing cuts to these programs that […]