Water and Wastewater Treatment
More than 16,000 publicly owned water resource recovery facilities operate in the United States. Skilled engineers and operators work together to ensure new and updated facilities continue to protect public health and the environment.
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The latest water and wastewater articles, videos, and other content from throughout the organization and across the water sector.
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Continue ReadingSky Wave: Transforming Data to Decisions Through Remote Sensing and Machine Learning
Sponsored WEFTEC Product Launch presentations and Q&A sessions bring a new level of detail and technical specifications to exhibition programming.
Continue ReadingThe Global Center: Where the World of Water Meets
Located in the WEF Plaza – South Hall A – Level 3, the Global Center is the hub of global business programming, networking, and opportunities for WEFTEC attendees.
Continue ReadingAttend the 2023 Opening General Session
This year’s Opening General Session (OGS) will combine culture, music, and storytelling to celebrate water, people, and community, and will inspire us to think ...
Continue ReadingMade in the USA is a Win-Win
Sponsored WEFTEC Product Launch presentations and Q&A sessions bring a new level of detail and technical specifications to exhibition programming.
Continue ReadingWater and Wastewater Treatment 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.
Design of Water Resource Recovery Facilities
The 6th edition of WEF Manual of Practice No. 8 is the principal reference for contemporary facility design practices of wastewater engineering.
Schroepfer Innovative Facility Design Medal
This medal recognizes excellence in conceiving and directing the design of a project to achieve substantial cost savings or economic benefit while achieving environmental objectives.
Planning, Design, and Implementation for New and Upgraded Water Resource Recovery Facilities
The second edition of WEF Manual of Practice No. 28 serves as a guidance document to help utility managers and others, such as city engineers, public works directors, regulators, and contractors, navigate this process.
LIFT Intelligent Water Systems Challenge
This challenge seeks to foster the adoption of smart water technologies by showcasing the ability of intelligent water systems to effectively leverage data for better decisions.
WEF/IWA IPE
Save the Date for the WEF/IWA Innovations in Process Engineering 2023 Conference, taking place June 6-9, 2023 in Portland, Oregon. This conference is focused on innovations in treatment technologies and process engineering.
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MUNICIPAL RESOURCE RECOVERY DESIGN COMMUNITY
MRRDC serves as the home of WEF members who share common technical interests in municipal wastewater treatment design and are drawn together to be the stewards of this knowledge area. The community develops, recommends, supports, and conducts programs of general and technical information relating to the advancement of municipal wastewater treatment design practices.
Join MRRDCWATER REUSE COMMUNITY
This community's volunteers serve as WEF's technical resources on water recycling, from planning and public outreach to treatment processes and distribution. Community members develop workshops, technical sessions, books, and webcasts; author articles; and provide comment on water reuse policies and positions.
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