WEF Highlights

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 […]

On Oct. 28–29, the Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.), National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA; Washington), and Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF; Alexandria, Va.) hosted a workshop covering the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s revised ammonia criteria. The workshop explored the need for additional implementation tools and discussed a framework to help utilities with […]

On Oct. 1, two water-sector leaders will take the podium during WEFTEC® 2014 Technical Session 521 to discuss numeric nutrient criteria and an implementation plan. Raj Bhattarai, manager of the Environmental and Regulatory Services Division for the Austin (Texas) Water Utility, and Ana Peña-Tijerina, process engineer for Village Creek Water Reclamation Facility (Fort Worth, Texas), […]

Think Blue Maine collaboration works to reduce runoff pollution   Rubber ducks aren’t just for bath time anymore. A yellow rubber duck and red devil duck take center stage for stormwater educational messaging distributed throughout Maine. A total of 30 nonprofits, state agencies, and municipalities have joined together through the Think Blue Maine campaign to […]

Three lab managers discuss their switch to TOC analysis in a no-charge August webcast   Next month, a webcast will help Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) members shift from the biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) laboratory test to the quicker, less expensive total organic carbon (TOC) test for permit compliance and process control improvements. The […]

A new online course series, Basic Wastewater Treatment Series, now is available in the Knowledge Center. The series of four courses, hosted by Water Environment Federation (Alexandria, Va.) Past President Jeanette Brown, provides an overview of wastewater treatment and discusses key math and maintenance concepts. Specific topics covered throughout the series include permit requirements, unit […]

The Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) provided comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after the WEF Government Affairs Regulatory Subcommittee reviewed EPA’s national enforcement initiatives for fiscal years 2014 to 2016. WEF supports the agency’s six initiatives, especially the first, which addresses municipal wet weather water-pollution sources. In the comments, WEF applauds […]