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May 15
Operations Challenge: The Water Sector's Premier Skills Competition

Operations Challenge, the water sector’s premier skills competition, is unmatched in delivering cross training, team building, and professional development. Teams compete in five events, Process Control, Laboratory, Collection Systems, Maintenance, and Safety, which demonstrate the skills necessary for water quality operators to effectively deliver clean water and sanitation services to their communities. Find out more […]

May 14
Operations Challenge Collections Event Tutorial

Walk through the Operations Challenge Collections event with Event Chair David Briggs. Learn about event set up, event … source

May 13
Operations Challenge KSB Maintenance Event Tutorial

Walk through the Operations Challenge KSB Maintenance Event with Event Coordinator Stephen Motley. Learn about event set up and what the judges are looking for. The event will run like this through 2022. For more information visit https://www.weftec.org/OpsChallenge or the Operations Challenge Team Resource Center at https://www.rmwea.org/oc.php Thanks to Donnie Cagle, Robert William, Jr., and […]

May 11
Wastewater Utility Management During Omicron Webinar

The emergence of the Omicron variant presents unique challenges for wastewater utility managers related to staffing shortages and concerns about increased transmissibility of the virus. Yet Omicron also highlights the continued value of wastewater-based disease surveillance due to the early detection of the variant in wastewater relative to clinical data. During this webinar, we will […]

May 09
2022 Utility Management Conference Key For Water Leaders

WEF Conference Committee Co-Chair Amy Corriveau explains how the 2022 WEF-AWWA Utility Management Conference is a key opportunity for water leaders to learn about the latest trends and network with peers from across the sector. The conference is being held February 22-24 in Orlando. Learn more and register at https://www.wef.org/events/conferences/upcoming-conferences/utilitymanagement2022/ source

May 08
HOD January 2022 Update

Speaker of the HOD, Steven Drangsholt, begins this month’s video with several updates and reminders including: the return of in-person WEFMAX meetings this Spring, the MA Grant Program, and the Water Leadership Institute as well as several other items. This month’s interview is with Matt Formica, Delegate-at-Large, and former Delegate for New England WEA. #waterenvironmentfederation […]

May 07
WEF Holds Inaugural Public Health Conference in March 2022

WEF Conference Committee Co-Chair Amy Corriveau discusses the new Public Health and Water Conference and Wastewater Disease Surveillance Summit that will be held March 21-24 in Cincinnati. Learn more and register at https://www.wef.org/PublicHealth source

May 06
WEF Chief Medical Officer Encourages Attendance At Inaugural Public Health Conference

WEF Chief Medical Officer Dr. Andrew Sanderson encourages people to attend the first annual Public Health and Water Conference & Wastewater Disease Surveillance Summit on March 21-24 in Cincinnati. The program will kick off with the Wastewater Disease Surveillance Summit, which will focus on how to make data actionable. The conference will explore topics such […]

May 05
Pam Elardo of NYC DEP Discusses DEI In The Water Sector

At WEFTEC 2021, Pam Elardo, Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Wastewater Treatment at New York City Department of Environmental Protection, discussed the evolving landscape of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the water sector, what actions we can take individually and organizationally, and the effects that these actions can have. At WEFTEC Pam also helped facilitate a […]

May 04
Ting Lu of Clean Water Services Discusses Trends In Utility Management

Ting Lu of Clean Water Services discusses trends in utility management, in particular leveraging of data analytics to provide business and operational intelligence. source