Collection systems are a critical component of the public health infrastructure:
Protecting Public Health: By efficiently transporting wastewater to treatment facilities, they prevent the spread of waterborne diseases and contamination of drinking water sources.
Environmental Protection: Properly managed systems reduce the risk of untreated sewage entering natural water bodies, which helps protect aquatic ecosystems and maintain water quality.
Preventing Overflows: Well-maintained collection systems minimize the occurrence of sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs), which can lead to environmental pollution and health hazards.
The WEF Collection Systems Community (CSC) focuses on design, management, operation, and maintenance. In-person meetings are held annually at the WEF Mid-Year meeting, Collection Systems and Stormwater Specialty Conference, and WEFTEC. The community is active year-round with ongoing virtual meetings, projects, and activities such as:
- Developing and promoting cost-effective practices and policies in management, design, construction, operations, and maintenance.
- Promoting comprehensive water quality solutions, including addressing issues related to overflows.
- Supporting scientifically sound and environmentally friendly regulatory policies by providing technical and feasible solutions and serving as advisors to policymakers.
- Advancing the profession through recruiting, mentoring, and developing collection system practitioners.
- Educating the public and policymakers on collection system issues.
- Identifying and acknowledging effective tools and materials, emerging technologies, and products.
- Promoting collaboration with other WEF communities and partner organizations.
- Providing a forum for collection system topics.
- Facilitating cooperation throughout the integrated water environment systems.
Chair
William E. McMillin, Jr, 2025-2026
Email: william.mcmillin@jacobs.com
Vice Chair
Sara Ferrance, 2025-2026
Email: sara.ferrance@fairfaxcounty.gov
2nd Vice Chair
Kraig Moodie, 2025-2026
Email:kraig.moodie@rjnmail.com
Immediate Past Chair
Chris Ranck, 2025-2026
Email:ranckcj@bv.com
WEF Staff Manager
Lisa Deason
ldeason@wef.org
Community Member Involvement
Collections Systems has Focus Groups, Committees, and Technical Projects Groups (TPG) (both organizational and technical) that WEF members can participate in:
Organizational Committees and Focus Groups
- Awards Committee
- Member Engagement and Mentoring Committee
- Projects Focus Group
- Steering CommitteeÂ
- Strategic Planning Committee
- Webcast Focus Group
Technical Projects Groups
- Asset ManagementÂ
- Flow Monitoring and Data AnalyticsÂ
- Inflow and Infiltration Program ManagementÂ
- ModelingÂ
- Operations and MaintenanceÂ
- Private Property Inflow and Infiltration
- Private Property Virtual Library (PPVL)Â
- Pump Stations and Force MainsÂ
- Sewer Condition AssessmentÂ
- Sewer RehabilitationÂ
- Wet Weather Management