Watershed Management Community

The Watershed Management Community develops and conducts activities to advance the understanding, planning, implementation, and use of watershed management tools and techniques to enhance the global water environment more effectively. The committee was established in 1997.

Mission Statement

The community shall recommend, develop, and conduct activities to advance the understanding, planning, implementation, and use of watershed management tools and techniques to protect and enhance the global (one) water environment more effectively.

Membership

The community members include utility personnel, academia, government employees (federal, state, and local), nongovernmental organization employees, industry representatives, manufacturers, and consultants. The role of watershed management is growing in the face of changing regulatory requirements, global climate change, and regional watershed needs. As such, the Community wants to grow in membership numbers and the diversity of member backgrounds and experience.

Community Leadership

Chair
Sabu Paul, 2024 - 2026
Tel: 703-334-4917
Email: sabu.paul@freese.com 

Vice Chair
Rishab Mahajan, 2024 - 2026 
Email: rmahajan@geosyntec.com 

2nd Vice Chair
Jamie Hughes, 2024 - 2026
Email: hughesj@cleanwaterservices.org

Immediate Past Chair
Robert Martz, 2024 - 2026
Email: rmartz@hrsd.com

WEF Staff Manager
Lisa Deason
Email: ldeason@wef.org

Community Activities and Tasks

• Provide a forum for WEF members to share and learn concepts and technology related to watershed management.
• Coordinate, integrate, and leverage ongoing efforts in WEF related to watershed management and then initiate activities on important unaddressed topics, such as institutional, socioeconomic, intergovernmental, and policy issues.
• Use watershed management as a vehicle to promote partnerships with other organizations and agencies to further the mission of WEF.
• Promote public policies encouraging effective watershed management by providing WEF members, the public, and policymakers with technical information.
• Review, evaluate, and disseminate information on best practices in watershed management, based on actual agency experiences.
• Encourage the adoption of new advances and applications for watersheds.
• Develop workshops and organize/moderate technical sessions each year at WEFTEC.
• Sponsor or cosponsor specialty conferences or webcasts on watershed management issues and regulations, such as stormwater and TMDLs.
• Author articles for WEF's technical magazine - Water Environment and Technology.
• Participate in developing watershed management-related Manuals of Practice (MOPs).
• Coordinate watershed management activities with professional organizations like the International Water Association and the American Society of Civil Engineers.