WEF Highlights

Sponsor eShowcase: Checkmate Inline Check Valve for CSO Red Valve Co. (Pittsburgh) sponsors this eShowcase to describe the company’s CheckMate Valves that are used for interceptor, manhole, and outfall pipelines. Designed to maximize storage capacity while preventing water from back-flowing into water resource recovery facilities, the valves prevent odors from escaping while allowing water to […]

Delve into underground infrastructure and experience the realm of technological applications for assessments and rehabilitation at the Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) Collection Systems 2016 conference. The event will highlight innovation, technologies, and real-world examples through its exhibit hall and technical programming. It features an opening general session, workshops, technical sessions, a mobile session, […]

In September, the Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) Collection Systems Committee released a fact sheet on reducing private property infiltration and inflow (PPII). Infiltration and inflow of stormwater and groundwater into sanitary sewers can overwhelm the sewers’ capacity and cause overflows. Sewer laterals, which connect buildings on private property to sewer mains, can be […]

The Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) has joined other organizations in sending a letter on Nov. 10, to the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate requesting funding for water infrastructure in the final fiscal year (FY) 2016 Omnibus bill. President Barack Obama and Congress struck a deal to increase the federal debt ceiling […]

Eileen O’Neill, executive director of the Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.), wrote a letter to the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, requesting that the Senate version of the fiscal year (FY) 2016 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill not restrict water resource recovery facilities from releasing water into the Great Lakes, even during a wet weather […]

Lady Bird, DC Water’s (Washington, D.C.) tunnel boring machine (TBM), has completed a 7.2-km (4.5-mi) tunnel that will be used to help improve water quality in the Anacostia River. In July, Lady Bird completed the dig, and its cutterhead — the elaborate steel face of the machine with built-in cutting and slicing tools — was […]

On April 14, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D−N.M.) and U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards (D−Md.) re-introduced legislation to provide support for innovative stormwater strategies, improving the water sector’s ability to manage runoff and collection system overflows while relieving pressure on aging infrastructure. The Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.), National Association of Clean Water Agencies (Washington, […]

Soil Science Society of America suggests ways individuals can reduce runoff   When it comes to preventing contaminants in stormwater runoff from entering waterways, the crux of the problem is spread between point sources, nonpoint sources, and even regular citizens. But the average joe may need some advice regarding what exactly he or she can […]