WEFTEC 2023
Join us in Chicago, Sept. 30 - Oct. 4, to meet water professionals from around the world and experience first-hand the best in water quality education, leading experts, the latest technology and trends, and proven solutions.
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Announcing the 2023 WEF Award Winners
WEF is proud to recognize the recipients of the 2023 WEF Awards. This year's awards showcase outstanding contributions to the water environment profession and the Federation, recognizing individuals, organizations, and utilities for their exemplary service, innovation, educational excellence, and forward-thinking initiatives within the water sector.
New Standards for Design of Water Resource Recovery Facilities
Based on the expertise of hundreds of water quality experts, Standards for Design of Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WEF 8) puts critical design information at your fingertips with concise tables and bulleted lists. WEF 8 consolidates key design parameters from a number of references into one easy-to-use set of standards.
Park Wins Stockholm Junior Water Prize
Naomi Park, the U.S. representative at the Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) competition in Sweden, has been named the winner of this international student competition. Park, a native of Greenwich, Connecticut, won the U.S. competition earlier this year in Golden, Colorado. Her project explored collecting Styrofoam debris in the ocean and then using that collected material as a filter to reduce ocean carbon levels.
Park received a $15,000 prize, a crystal trophy, and a private audience with HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, a long-time patron of the prize.
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Monday, Oct. 2, 8:30 a.m. CT
Watch the WEFTEC 2023 Opening General Session happening live in Chicago.
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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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13 - 16 Feb
WEF/AWWA Utility Management Conference 2024
Register today 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
Save the date for Collection Systems and Stormwater 2024! The robust program will highlight continued advances in the wastewater collection systems sector as well as the latest innvations 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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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 industry. Save the date: June 18-21, 2024 in Oklahoma City!
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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!
WEF Water Stories
Melanie Vines says the Flint Michigan Water Crisis motivated her to choose a career in water. Watch to hear more about her journey and the formation of the University of Alabama's WEF Student Chapter, which won WEF's first annual Student Chapter of the Year Award!
WEF Water Stories
Hear Crysele Evans, a 2022 InFLOW Scholar share what makes her passionate and motivated to work in water.
WEF Water Stories
Listen to Regina Berry, Diversity Director for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, talk about why activities like the WEF Community Service Projects are crucial for ensuring everyone is included and protected.
WEF Water Stories
There are many opportunities for young professionals to work in water and help solve today's water challenges. #WEFWaterStories
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WEF Water Stories
Shannon Harty, Commissioner of Water Environment Protection for Onondaga County, New York, explains how she got her start in water and fell in love with wastewater.
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Imagine 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.
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