At the ripe old age of 19, Bob Davis answered a help wanted newspaper ad from the International Paper research center in...
Entries Tagged Water Environment Federation (WEF)
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Agencies, Organizations Cooperate on Water Sector Response to COVID-19
As COVID-19 sweeps across the globe, agencies and organizations like the Water Environment Federation (WEF) have been working to provide current and accurate...
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Welder. Operator. Designer. Consultant. Tim Wilkey Took a Winding Career Path Before Returning Home.
Tim Wilkey started his work life as a welder. Now toward the end of it, he’s superintendent of the Wastewater Division in...
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A Credential Just for Water and Wastewater Operators Adds Credibility to People and the Profession
Entry 225067What comes to mind when you see the letters M.D. after someone’s name? Or P.E.? Or CPA?
Those initials mean a lot,...
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Worth Noting - April 2020
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Lynn Miller was hired as superintendent of the Sugar Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Alexander City, Alabama.
Clint Baze was hired as...
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COVID-19 Guidance for Wastewater Workers
[Editor's note: This story was edited to clarify a misstatement and to add recommendations for wastewater operators from the Centers for Disease...
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EPA’s National Water Reuse Action Plan Makes Reuse a National Priority
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), alongside federal partners, will release the National Water Reuse Action Plan: Collaborative Implementation, a collection of...
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Christen Wood Made a Change — and Discovered the Career of a Lifetime
Christen Wood was an accident waiting to happen — in a good way.
A chance encounter with the local newspaper led Wood to...
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A California District Partners With Other Utilities to Meet All of Its Customers’ Irrigation Needs
In a part of the country where freshwater supplies are often scarce, the Olivenhain (California) Municipal Water District is doing its part.
The...
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A Two-State Association of Water Professionals Takes on a Clean-Water Branding
Entry 225149It’s often asked: Why do people in the wastewater professions often suffer from a lack of respect among the public?
Part of...
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What Industry Professionals Do Is Not Treat Waste. It’s Make Clean Water.
Take a minute and try an experiment. Do an internet search under “clean water plant.” Then do a search under “wastewater treatment...
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Worth Noting - March 2020
People/Awards
The Township of Edison, New Jersey, hired Robert Smith as director of its Water and Sewer Utilities Department.
The Town of Bridgton, Maine,...
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Solar Helps Power an Arkansas City Toward 100% Clean Energy
The city of Fayetteville, Arkansas, jumped on the solar energy bandwagon in a big way in 2019.
In September, the city in northwestern...
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Rhonda Harris Always Knew What She Wanted to Do. She Became an Engineer and Training Expert.
When Rhonda Harris was 6 years old, she knew what she wanted to do: “I was going to be a civil engineer....












