WEF Highlights

The topics of membership, engagement, and workforce development will take center stage at the 2019 Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) Member Association Exchange (WEFMAX) meetings. WEF volunteers are invited to attend these meetings to engage in open discussions, share thoughts and ideas, ask questions, and provide solutions. WEF leaders and staff will attend each […]

Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) volunteers are invited to attend the 2018 WEF Member Association Exchange (WEFMAX) meetings. WEF leaders and staff will attend these events to facilitate discussions on matters of importance to WEF, the water environment profession, and local communities. WEFMAX 2018 topics will be engagement, membership, and workforce development. Register now […]

The Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) invites water sector leaders to attend upcoming WEF Member Association Exchange (WEFMAX) meetings. The events provide WEF and Member Association leaders with an opportunity to discuss issues affecting the water sector and WEF on all levels. Attendees can network as well as exchange ideas and experiences with an […]

The Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) invites WEF Member Association (MA) leaders to attend the WEFMAX 2016 meetings. At these meetings, WEF leaders have the opportunity to discuss topics important to WEF as well as water sector professionals and their communities and exchange information about MAs. Register now for the following meetings: March 9–11 […]

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 […]

Michael Kyle, WEF House of Delegates member and Lancaster Area Sewer Authority executive director Michael Kyle currently is the executive director of the Lancaster (Pa.) Area Sewer Authority, a regional system serving 33,000 customers. Previously he worked as a laboratory supervisor, industrial pretreatment administrator, instructor, operations superintendent, and director of Wastewater Treatment at the Springettsbury […]

The Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) invites WEF Member Association (MA) leaders to attend this spring’s WEFMAX meetings. At these meetings, WEF leaders have the opportunity to learn what’s new from WEF and exchange information about MAs. Leaders can register now for the following meetings. April 15–17 in Virginia Beach, Va. April 29–May 1 […]

In April, Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) Executive Director Eileen O’Neill and I visited New Orleans for a meeting with Cedric Grant, the new director of the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board. In the taxi line at the airport, we waited for transportation into the city. Our transportation looked to be a well-maintained […]