Policy and Position Statements

The Water Environment Federation has developed a series of clean water policy and position statements to guide the work we do. Under the leadership of the Government Affairs Committee, WEF members have developed these documents to provide the public and clean water professionals with an understanding of how we approach the work of ensuring the availability of clean water. These documents are reviewed and updated periodically with new position statements added as new issues confront the clean water community.

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2007 Farm Bill Reauthorization

Beneficial Recycling of Biosolids

Chlorine-Based Disinfectants

Combined Sewer Overflows 

Cross-Media Pollution 

Environmental Audits 

Federal Groundwater Legislation 

Future Approaches to Legislation and Regulation  

Microconstituents in the Environment 

Point Source Stormwater Discharges

Pollution Prevention 

Pollution Reduction and Elimination 

Privatization 

Resolution on Climate Change 

Sanitary Sewer Overflows 

Statement of Policy on Water Quality 

Sustainable Infrastructure 

Waste Minimization and Waste Reduction 

Wastewater Operations Certification and Training 

Water Quality and Environmental Priorities 

Water Quality Research 

Water Reuse 

WEF and the Clean Water Act 

WEF Comments in Response to 2008 U.S. EPA Draft Strategy on Climate Change 

WEF Environmental Policy Statement