Water and Wastewater Treatment
More than 16,000 publicly owned water resource recovery facilities operate in the United States. Skilled engineers and operators work together to ensure new and updated facilities continue to protect public health and the environment.
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Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey Film to Launch on Earth Day 2024
A powerful new film exploring humanity’s profound relationship with water launches on Earth Day, 22 April, 2024, in New York City.
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Updated: WEF Responds to U.S. EPA PFAS Rules
On April 10, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) released the final rule for a Safe Drinking Water Act Maximum Contaminant Limit (MCL) regulation ...
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WEFTEC Earns Gold Sustainability Certification
WEFTEC has proudly earned the Events Industry Council (EIC) Sustainable Event Standards Gold Certification, marking a significant achievement in sustainable event ...
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Hydrologist Taikan Oki Becomes 2024 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate
Based on his world-renowned research on the virtual water trade, digital river mapping, and inclusion of human activity in the water cycle – Taikan Oki has won the ...
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Stream Daylighting Offers Ecological, Economical Benefits
Exploring the value of bringing buried streams back to the surface in watershed restoration projects
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Review of ASTM D8421-21 Standard Test Method for the Rapid, Cost-Effective Analysis of PFAS in Highly Contaminated Wastewaters
*Sponsored Content* This paper reviews ASTM test method D8421 for the LC-MS/MS analysis of PFAS in highly polluted samples. With this method, highly contaminated ...
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Design of Water Resource Recovery Facilities
The 6th edition of WEF Manual of Practice No. 8 is the principal reference for contemporary facility design practices of wastewater engineering.
Schroepfer Innovative Facility Design Medal
This medal recognizes excellence in conceiving and directing the design of a project to achieve substantial cost savings or economic benefit while achieving environmental objectives.
Planning, Design, and Implementation for New and Upgraded Water Resource Recovery Facilities
The second edition of WEF Manual of Practice No. 28 serves as a guidance document to help utility managers and others, such as city engineers, public works directors, regulators, and contractors, navigate this process.
LIFT Intelligent Water Systems Challenge
This challenge seeks to foster the adoption of smart water technologies by showcasing the ability of intelligent water systems to effectively leverage data for better decisions.
WEF/IWA IPE
Save the Date for the WEF/IWA Innovations in Process Engineering 2023 Conference, taking place June 6-9, 2023 in Portland, Oregon. This conference is focused on innovations in treatment technologies and process engineering.
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MUNICIPAL RESOURCE RECOVERY DESIGN COMMUNITY
MRRDC serves as the home of WEF members who share common technical interests in municipal wastewater treatment design and are drawn together to be the stewards of this knowledge area. The community develops, recommends, supports, and conducts programs of general and technical information relating to the advancement of municipal wastewater treatment design practices.
Join MRRDCWATER REUSE COMMUNITY
This community's volunteers serve as WEF's technical resources on water recycling, from planning and public outreach to treatment processes and distribution. Community members develop workshops, technical sessions, books, and webcasts; author articles; and provide comment on water reuse policies and positions.
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