Utility Management Conference 2024
Join water and wastewater managers and professionals in Portland, Ore., for one of the most informative — and most prestigious — management conferences in the water sector.
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2023 Year in Review
2023 was full of events and activities that WEF and our members participated in throughout the year. Take a look back at some of the highlights.
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Selected Upcoming Events
WEF offers an assortment of conferences, webcasts, and other meetings and events. View the list of All Events
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06 Feb
WEF/AWWA Utility Management Conference 2024
Get prepared for the WEF/AWWA Utility Management Conference 2024 in Portland, Oregon, to join water and wastewater managers and professionals at one of the leading, most informative, and most prestigious management conferences in the water sector.
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09 - 12 Apr
Collection Systems and Stormwater Conference 2024
Register now for Collection Systems and Stormwater 2024! The robust program will highlight continued advances in the wastewater collection systems sector as well as the latest innovations in stormwater management.
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15 - 17 Apr
DBIA/AWWA/WEF Design Build for Water/Wastewater 2024
#DBIAWater provides a platform for experienced, knowledgeable, and well-spoken industry experts to highlight best practices in design-build project delivery in the water and wastewater sector, and to discuss the merits of its as a means to achieve exceptional project outcomes!
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21 - 24 May
Innovations in Treatment Technology Conference 2024
The Innovations in Treatment Technology Conference 2024 will highlight new technologies, successful innovations, and current best practices in the industry in Virginia Beach, VA, May 21-24, 2024!
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18 - 21 Jun
Residuals and Biosolids Conference 2024
The Residuals and Biosolids Conference 2024 will highlight new technologies, successful innovations, and current best practices in the water sector. Join us June 18-21, 2024 in Oklahoma City!
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WEF Water Stories
Featured performers at the 2023 Opening General Session included Chicago’s first-ever Poet Laureate, Avery R. Young, who performed during the event.
Water Sector Comms Scholars Experience WEFTEC 2023
WEF brought a group of water sector communicators to WEFTEC 2023. Emily Garner is Public Utilities Information Specialist for the Greenville North Carolina Public Utilities Commission. Emily shares her experience at WEFTEC.
WEF WATER STORIES
Developing a diverse and passionate workforce that encourages more diversity in the water workforce is part of WEF's Strategic Plan. Charlotte Water Operator, Stacia Wilkes, tells us why she chose a career in water and why more women should too!
WEF Water Stories
Look behind the scenes at the 2023 U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize in Golden, Colo., and meet Naomi Park, the 2023 U.S. winner!
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Our Cities Will Need to Harvest Stormwater in an Affordable and Green Way – Here’s How
Buddhi Wijesiri explains how green infrastructure can represent a means to improve urban water security
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Public Outreach Proves Critical for Houston’s Exploration Green Project
Concluding a decade of planning and construction, Clear Lake City Water Authority transforms golf course into multifunctional stormwater management hub
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California Groups Work to Reestablish Beaver Population
Conservationists to study long-term effects of beaver reintroduction on flooding and water quality in rural watersheds
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