Utility Management
To respond to myriad daily challenges faced by water and wastewater utility leaders, WEF continuously works with its members and partners to develop a variety of management initiatives; resources; and educational, training, and networking opportunities.
BROWSE UTILITY MANAGEMENT NEWS
The latest utility management articles, videos, and other content from throughout the organization and across the water sector.
Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey Film to Launch on Earth Day 2024
A powerful new film exploring humanity’s profound relationship with water launches on Earth Day, 22 April, 2024, in New York City.
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Updated: WEF Responds to U.S. EPA PFAS Rules
On April 10, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) released the final rule for a Safe Drinking Water Act Maximum Contaminant Limit (MCL) regulation ...
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Continue ReadingWEFTEC 2023 Exceeds Expectations
This year’s WEFTEC, the Water Environment Federation's Technical Exhibition and Conference, lived up to its reputation as the water sector's leading marketplace for ...
Continue ReadingTalking Operations Challenge 2023
Each year at WEFTEC, Operations Challenge showcases the skills and expertise of wastewater professionals. The competition promotes teamwork, innovation, and the ...
Continue ReadingGroup Therapy for Communicators
Shea Dunifon, Education Coordinator for the Pinellas (Florida) County Government, and Allison Fore, Public and Intergovernmental Affairs Officer at the Metropolitan ...
Continue ReadingFeatured Utility Management Resources
The featured resources below are just a sample of everything WEF has to offer. Search our entire website and technical resource database for more.
Envision Dashboard
This dashboard summarizes a 2021 WEF survey led by their Envision Task Force that queried respondents on the importance, reasoning and results of utilizing sustainability and Envision principles in their capital and O&M programs.
Implementing Asset Management: A Practical Guid
Faced with the challenges of aging infrastructure, the lack of funding, and the desire to maintain affordable rates, while meeting the customers’ needs, utility managers are looking for more effective ways to make decisions about capital improvement and infrastructure maintenance.
WISE Program
The WISE (Water Intrapreneurs for Successful Enterprises) program is designed to leverage a systemic approach to improve different aspects of managing a water-sector utility. The WISE mission is to apply system thinking and provide a methodology for utilities to improve their capabilities and enable management practices focused on value and overall performance.
Improving Utilities with Systems Thinking
Subtitled "Improving Utilities with Systems Thinking: People, Process, and Technology," this book helps utility leaders better understand how groups can work together to ensure better performance, add value, and increase utility well-being.
Financing & Charges for Wastewater Systems
Focusing on issues of increasing urgency, this comprehensive manual of practice teaches the reader expert methods for handling all financial aspects of wastewater collection and treatment. Created and peer-reviewed by international authorities at the Water Environment Federation.
The Energy Roadmap
The Energy Roadmap serves as a guide for utilities of all sizes on the path to sustainable energy management. In it, you will explore innovative approaches to cost-effectively recover and reuse resources to transform “wastes” to valuable products.
Automation of Water Resource Recovery Facilities
As automation continues to be a growing component of the water industry, new technologies and applications are constantly being developed and are producing great benefits.
The LIFT Program
The Leaders Innovation Forum for Technology (LIFT) Program is an interactive forum that supports collaboration, evaluation, and testing to accelerate the deployment of innovative research and technologies across the water sector.
WEF/AWWA UMC 2023
Together, the American Water Works Association and the Water Environment Federation are once again partnering to offer this prestigious gathering of utility executives and managers.
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The Utility Management Community
The main goal of the UMC is to promote the adoption of effective and sustainable management practices across all aspects of wastewater utility operations. Community members work to develop appropriate and timely educational and outreach tools and techniques (workshops, presentations, webinars, white papers, technical sessions, and manuals of practice) to educate and train utility managers at all levels.
UMC contains five subcommittees - Facilities Management, Finance and Administration, CIP Planning and Delivery, Strategic Organizational Practices, and Workforce Sustainability - to help target their efforts.
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