WEF Highlights

In response to one of the most severe droughts in U.S. history, primarily affecting California, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released the California drought visualization website. The website presents drought data through maps, graphics, and charts, helping to relay the conditions of the area’s rivers, streams, lakes, and reservoirs, according to a USGS news […]

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 […]

Linking Stormwater BMP Performance to Receiving Water Protection: Improving Selection and Design With the software Framework Version 2.0, watershed modelers now have a tool that allows them to connect their models to receiving water models as well as meteorological data, cost data, and best management practices (BMP) performance data. Framework Version 2.0 does not attempt […]

Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) staff members took time to spread the message of the value of water and to educate about wastewater treatment. On June 10, WEF welcomed 75 middle-school students from Lyles-Crouch Traditional Academy (Alexandria, Va.) to its headquarters as part of the service project “Operation H2O,” organized by the staff volunteer group, […]

Get outside and sample your local waterway for the World Water Monitoring Challenge™ (WWMC). Through Dec. 31, anyone can help protect water resources around the world by performing a series of hands-on tests of local lakes, rivers, and oceans. The Water Environment Federation (Alexandria, Va.) and International Water Association (London) are coordinating WWMC, which builds […]

Oysters may soon be making a comeback in New York waterways. And local students are getting their hands wet to help the oysters’ ecological return. Schools, businesses, organizations, and citizens have teamed up to contribute to the Billion Oyster Project, a long-term effort with the goal of placing one billion oysters into the New York […]

Need to reduce loadings of nitrogen and phosphorus in waterways? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a tool to help. The Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution Data Access Tool (NPDAT) was created to help states and other stakeholders develop source reduction strategies and numeric criteria for nitrogen and phosphorus, according to EPA’s NPDAT website. The […]

On March 27, Nancy Stoner, assistant administrator of the Office of Water in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), unveiled the Blueprint for Integrating Technology Innovation during a Water Innovation Tour at the University of South Florida (Tampa). Jeffery Lape, EPA Office of Science and Technology deputy director; Jeff Eger, Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, […]