Small Systems Community,

The Small Systems Community supports WEF membership to better assist small communities with sustainable solutions. The Small Systems Community vision is to seek out, assess, and promote those skills, technologies, processes, and structures that contribute to the sustainable preservation and enhancement of the water environment.

The guiding principles of the committee include:

• Integrate management of all water resources.
• Promote affordable and effective solutions and management for small communities.
• Facilitate sustainable practices in small community infrastructure.

Scope of committee activities include:

• Development of workshops and technical sessions for specialty conferences and WEFTEC
• Development of content for WEF publications such as WE&T
• Development of webcasts related to small community topics
• Development of publications related to small community topics
• Liaising with other WEF communities: Disinfection and Public Health Community, Watershed Management Community and Technical Practice Community.

Committee members volunteer through:

• Attendance at meetings
• Participation in WEF Community discussions
• Volunteering for community activities

The Small Systems Community meets in person at WEFTEC and quarterly via Teams meetings.

Leadership

Chair
Blanca Amador Surgeon, 2025 - 2027
Tel:  505-577-6917
Email:  bsurgeon@rcac.org

1st Vice Chair
Frederick Tack,  2025 - 2027
Email: frederick.tack@consoreng.com

2nd Vice Chair, 
Bo Tucker, 2025 - 2027
Email: btucker@onsyte.com

Past Chair
Uma Vempati, 2025 - 2027
Tel: (612) 209-1912
Email: umasankarvempati2000@yahoo.com

WEF Staff Manager
Trudi Bick 
Tel: 703-684-2400, ext. 7830
tbick@wef.org

Focus Groups

Collaboration Focus Group 
Frederick Tack
Email: frederick.tack@consoreng.com

Distributed Water Infrastructure Focus Group
Bo Tucker
Email: btucker@onsyte.com

 Technical Support Focus Group
Paul Fletcher
Email: pfletcher@kleinfelder.com