WEFTEC 2024
Oct. 5 - 9 | New Orleans
Make your mark on water quality and environmental sustainability. Immerse yourself in WEFTEC 2024—it's more than just a conference. Connect in person with the full water community and work toward a world free of water challenges.
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Donate for Hurricane Helene Relief
We are shocked and saddened by the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene. Please consider donating to the Red Cross, or another charity of your choice, to help those impacted by this storm.
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Congratulations 2024 WEF Awardees!
WEF congratulates all individuals, teams, authors, programs, and scholarship recipients for their hard work and unyielding dedication to the world of water and the community surrounding it!
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Apply for a Stockholm Junior Water Prize Equipment Access Grant
If you're a student passionate about water science, this is your chance to secure a grant for HACH equipment to fuel your research for the 2025 USA Stockholm Junior Water Prize Competition. Submit your application by Oct. 25.
Apply TodayWatch the 2024 Opening General Session
WEFTEC 2024’s Opening General Session brings together voices from diverse cultures, communities, and backgrounds—each with a unique connection to water. Through dynamic storytelling, music, and cultural narratives, we will explore how water ties us to the land, to each other, and to the future. From indigenous wisdom to modern leadership, our speakers will guide us in understanding the transformative power of water in shaping both our past and the paths we create ahead.
Meet the 2024 Opening General Session Speakers
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05 - 09 Oct
WEFTEC 2024
Don't miss the 97th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhbition and Conference. Join us October 5-9 in New Orleans, Louisiana, for the largest annual water quality exhibition in North America for the best water quality education and training available, an expansive exhibition with unparalleled access to the most cutting-edge technologies, and invaluable peer-to-peer networking.
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11 - 14 Feb
WEF/AWWA Utility Management 2025
Get prepared for the WEF/AWWA Utility Management Conference 2025 in Dallas, Texas, 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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06 - 09 May
Residuals & Biosolids and Innovations in Treatment Technology 2025
Hear from professionals as they highlight new technologies, successful innovations, and current best practices. Get a real-world look at projects implemented, and participate in an interactive experience with equipment, technology, and service vendors that continue to improve efforts in providing high-quality infrastructure throughout the country.
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Hear What WEFTEC Has to Offer
From education to solutions and equipment to networking, WEFTEC 2024 has it all. Hear some of the reasons you should come from your peers in the water sector.
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!
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Around the Exhibition: Trinnex
Trinnex delivers industry-specific, off-the-shelf solutions, and premium digital services to drive water infrastructure objectives forward.
Continue ReadingAround the Exhibition: Oldcastle Infrastructure
The WEFTEC Live team stopped by the Oldcastle Infrastructure booth to chat with Nick Garner, the Senior Product Manager who leads the Product Management team within ...
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InFLOW 2024 Scholars Celebrate Program Completion at WEFTEC Ceremony
The InFLOW 2024 scholars completed their program with a ceremony at WEFTEC on Tuesday, October 8th. This year we had a total of 48 scholars between the two tracks.
Continue ReadingImagine life free of water challenges. What does that look like to you? Check out WEF’s new Strategic Plan to see how we’ll get there and then share your water story.
Details About the Strategic PlanEXPLORE ALL PRACTICE AREAS
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Test your knowledge of wastewater and laboratory with a 10-question, multiple-choice quiz. Quizzes incorporate math, safety, and a variety of other topics to help you test, maintain, and advance your wastewater knowledge.
