Not all great ideas come from research laboratories. Many come from good old ingenuity, finding new uses for the supplies at hand. If you have come up with an innovative fix for a persistent problem, enter the Operator Ingenuity Contest for a chance to brag about it. This annual contest, now in its seventh year, […]
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Brag About Your Inventive Solutions by Entering the 2018 Operator Ingenuity Contest
Houston Operators Recognized for Hurricane Recovery Work
December 21, 2017
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Two City of Houston operators received special recognition during WEFTEC 2017. During Session No. 533, Operator Excellence: Operations Ingenuity Contest Winners, the Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) presented Tomas Martinez and Sidney Bomer with The First Responders’ First Responder Award. During the session, WEF celebrated winners of its sixth annual Operator Ingenuity Contest. They […]
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. […]
WEF Wants To Celebrate Your Ingenious Fixes at WEFTEC® 2016
April 22, 2016
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The Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) is hosting the fifth annual Ingenuity Contest. The competition recognizes that not all innovations come from the research laboratory. Some innovations come from the need to tackle a persistent problem with nothing more than the materials at hand and a hearty dose of ingenuity. The imaginative, inventive, and […]
Move Fast To Share the Quick Fix!
April 21, 2015
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The time has arrived to enter the fourth annual WEFTEC Ingenuity Contest WEFTEC® 2015 is hosting the fourth annual Ingenuity Contest. The contest submission portal is open now until June 5. This competition recognizes your ability to solve a persistent problem with nothing more than the materials at hand and your ingenuity and imagination. So, […]
WEFTEC Wants To Celebrate Your Ingenious Fixes
April 3, 2014
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WEFTEC® 2014 will host the third annual Ingenuity Contest. This competition recognizes that some innovations come not from a research lab, but from the need to tackle a persistent problem with nothing more than the materials at hand and a hearty dose of ingenuity with a tweak here or a little fix there. WEFTEC will […]
April 25, 2018
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