For Immediate Release

January 20, 2004

Contact: Lori Burkhammer
1(703) 684-2400

WEF RELEASES "MANAGING THE WATER & WASTEWATER UTILITY"

Best-Seller Designed to Transform Young Water Professionals into Leaders

(Alexandria, VA) - The Water Environment Federation (WEF) announces the release of "Managing the Water & Wastewater Utility", the Federation's first publication in 2004. This new best-seller is designed to provide a broad overview of the management knowledge required to run a top performing water or wastewater utility. It is written for upwardly mobile professionals, consultants working for utilities and individuals aspiring for a career in utility management.

In an age of dynamic revolution in business, the environment, and society, the need for competitive business practices has become a driving force for change. Public and private operators who are not driven by a passion for change are going to be left behind in this increasingly cost and quality conscious-world. This book is designed to help transform the specialist into a leader and is an ideal textbook for the student or young professional studying to become a utility manager.

The authors Roger J. Dolan P.E., DEE, T. Duncan Rose, Robert A. Baker, P.E., and Michael J. Barnes, P.E., have drawn on decades of on-the-job experience in utility and financial management to define the direction, tools, skills and techniques required to produce a truly high performance organization. Highlights include: leadership, financial management, budgeting and fiscal control, managing O&M, design and capital improvements and the role of information technology.

Managing the Water & Wastewater Utility (Order No. P12103) is available to WEF members for $69.00 and non-members for $84.00 plus postage, handling, and applicable taxes. To order or for more information, visit our Online Bookstore at www.wef.org; call 1-800-666-0206 or +1-703-684-2452; email pubs@wef.org or fax +1-703-684-2492.

Founded in 1928, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization with members from varied disciplines who work toward the WEF vision of preservation and enhancement of the global water environment. The WEF network includes water quality professionals from 79 Member Associations in over 30 countries.