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The Water Environment Federation has joined a diverse coalition of businesses, farmers, environmental groups and government agencies in a call to action...

Rayburn Casey Hall is retired from a long career at the Moccasin Bend Wastewater Treatment Plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., where he started...

Thirty-nine teams from municipalities, utility agencies and Water Environment Federation Member Associations are gearing up for the 2010 Operations Challenge. The event...

The Water Environment Federation (WEF) has launched a redesigned web site for the National Biosolids Partnership (NBP), a voluntary program that advances...

You could do worse than to spend a weekend in New Orleans before WEFTEC 2010 officially kicks off on Monday, Oct. 4....

Facility tours are a fixture on the agenda for the annual WEFTEC conference. This time, visitors will see a variety of facilities...

Two engineers from Stanford University engineers say they’re working on a wastewater treatment process that would replace conventional aeration with an anaerobic...

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) have launched the “Water is Your Business” series to...

The Water Environment Federation Board of Trustees has updated its position statement on disinfection. The new statement replaces the organization’s 2000 position...

Treatment operators looking for ways to engage young kids in potecting water resources now have a new tool. The Water Environment Federation...

It's well known that bringing the nation's clean-water infrastructure up to date is a multi-billion-dollar task. That taks is getting bigger, according...

Rebecca Ye of Bangor, Maine, is the U.S. winner of the 2010 Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP), the most prestigious international...

A new research report, "Technologies Turn Waste Into Profit," estimates that with advancing technology, the opportunity for resource recovery from wastewater will...

The Water Environment Federation (WEF) and the American Water Works Association (AWWA) have launched WorkForWater.org, a collaborative web site offering resources for...

The Water Environment Federation will initiate a search for a new executive director, to come on board in early 2011. Bill Bertera,...

The Water Environment Federation has redesigned the web site for WEFTEC, the organization’s annual technical conference and exhibition. The new site at...

The Johnson County (Kan.) Douglas L. Smith Middle Basin Wastewater Treatment Plant Solids Improvements Project has earned a National Environmental Achievement Award...

There's a relatively new outlet for operator training in the clean-water profession. The American Association of Water and Wastewater Professionals (AAWWP) has...

Seldom has something so beneficial caused such controversy. Land application of biosolids has the sanction of the U.S. EPA as a beneficial...