WEF Highlights

Growing up, the last thing Kelsey Brown (now Hurst) wanted to do was follow in her father’s footsteps. Her father, Thomas Brown, is a veteran water program specialist at Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PDEP; Harrisburg) and an active member of the Pennsylvania Water Environment Association (PWEA). While her dad’s career choice didn’t mean much […]

EarthEcho kicks off World Water Monitoring Challenge program with events in three cities   Students around the country have been celebrating spring by grabbing monitoring kits and heading to their local waterways to get a read on water quality. EarthEcho International (Washington, D.C.) became the official coordinator of the World Water Monitoring ChallengeTM program in […]

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, […]

The Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) offers such programs as the Stockholm Junior Water Prize, World Water Monitoring Challenge, and Work for Water resource to get students interested in the science of water and careers in the water sector. WEF showcased these programs at the third USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo, held April […]

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 […]

On World Water Day, March 22, the Water Environment Federation (Alexandria, Va.) and International Water Association (London) announced the winners of the fourth annual World Water Monitoring Challenge™ (WWMC) Water Champion Awards. World Water Day also marked the beginning of the 2013 monitoring year, which ends Dec. 31. The award program, which began in 2009, […]

World Water Monitoring Challenge™ (WWMC) continues to receive strong support worldwide. Last year, 254,459 visits were made to monitor local streams, rivers, lakes, and other waterways, according to the WWMC Year in Review released by the Water Environment Federation (Alexandria, Va.) and International Water Association (London). Data from both individuals and groups were reported from […]

There’s still time to contribute data and submit award nominations for 2012 So far, more than 100,000 individuals have taken the World Water Monitoring Challenge (WWMC), but there still is time to help increase these numbers. Anyone who has gathered water quality data between March 22 and Dec. 31 must enter results online by Dec. […]