Historic WRRF draws thousands of visitors during Doors Open Milwaukee event Of the 150 attractions, such as free tours of historic churches and museums, offered during the annual Doors Open Milwaukee, the Jones Island Water Reclamation Facility (Milwaukee) is one of the most popular. The 1.1 million-m3/d (300-mgd) facility, which is run jointly by […]
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From the President: How Global Partnerships Help WEF Achieve Its Mission
June 24, 2015
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An important part of the Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) mission is to enrich the expertise of water professionals. To achieve this objective in today’s global economy, we proactively seek out the best innovative water technologies, systems, and management approaches that the world has to offer. We focus on bringing the best of the […]
Water Environment Research Editor-in-Chief Becomes Fulbright Scholar
June 18, 2015
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Timothy Ellis, editor-in-chief of the Water Environment Federation’s (WEF’s; Alexandria, Va.) research journal, Water Environment Research, recently was named a Fulbright scholar. The professor of civil, construction, and environmental engineering at Iowa State University (Ames) served as a Fulbright Teaching Scholar in Malta for 4 months in early 2014. Part of Ellis’ trip focused on […]
WERF and WEF Launch New LIFT Projects
June 10, 2015
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The Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) and Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF; Alexandria, Va.) are launching three new projects under the Leaders Innovation Forum for Technology (LIFT) program. The three projects are a Genifuel hydrothermal processing bench-scale technology evaluation, an incentives-for-innovation adoption project, and a LIFT database project. The Genifuel hydrothermal processing bench-scale technology […]
Virginia’s Operators Prepare for MACT Rule at WEFMAX
May 29, 2015
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On April 15, the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD; Virginia Beach, Va.) hosted a training event during a Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) WEFMAX meeting. In order to attend this training event, operators had to meet set criteria under the operator training and qualification (OT&Q) requirements set by the sewage sludge incinerators (SSI) maximum-achievable […]
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 […]
WEF’s No-Charge Webcasts Feature Biosolids Marketing Strategies and Peristaltic Pumps
May 4, 2015
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Promoting Your Product: Marketing Tips and Techniques To Stimulate Biosolids Sales and Distribution Water sector experts will answer questions on how to develop efficient marketing solutions for the distribution of Class A and Class B biosolids. They also will provide lessons learned in biosolids marketing for various products, as well as tips to energize biosolids […]
Innovation for the Next Generation at WEF/IWA Residuals and Biosolids Conference 2015
April 28, 2015
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The Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) and International Water Association (IWA; London) present a multitude of residuals- and biosolids-related topics at the WEF/IWA Residuals and Biosolids Conference 2015. Being held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., June 7–10, the educational event will feature 22 technical sessions covering topics such as […]
November 13, 2015
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