Collection Systems and Conveyance

The economic viability and technological advancements of water reuse are becoming increasingly essential. Experts highlight the cost-efficiency and practical benefits of these systems, especially compared to traditional methods like building new dams. Additionally, resource recovery from wastewater, such as energy production through anaerobic digestion, offers promising environmental and economic gains. It's time to embrace water reuse technologies for a sustainable future! #engineeringnaturalsolutions #watersustainability

Take a closer look at one of the major challenges that all #water and #wastewater utilities are facing right now in the country – affordability. Listen to this joint #podcast with Louisville MSD to examine issues that are driving increased costs in our communities, such as Federal Consent Decrees and new regulations under the Safe Drinking Water Act and Clean Water Act and more. With insights from water leaders at WSSC Water, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, and the City of Fort Wayne, Indiana! #utilitymanagement #watersector #community

We're excited to announce that applications are now open for the first-ever WEFTEC Black in Water Scholarship! The #scholarship will help black #watersector professionals attend WEFTEC and the Black in Water Summit this October in New Orleans. If you're eligible, submit an application for consideration by August 2 at 11:59PM ET: https://ow.ly/xHkE50Sy4cF #WEFTEC24 #waterprofessionals #community

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With 27 technical sessions, several poster sessions, and wonderful exhibitors, the 2024 Residuals and Biosolids Conference has all you need to find the latest products and services, network with your peers, and expand your knowledge! Join us in Oklahoma City, OK: https://ow.ly/RZ9p50RubuI Hosted cooperation with the Oklahoma Water Environment Association. #RBC24 #residuals #biosolids #conference

Not to ruin your week or anything, but I wanted to take this opportunity to bring 🔎Candida auris🔍 to your attention. It's an emerging multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen that poses a significant threat to public health worldwide. That's the bad news. The good news? It might very well be that testing community wastewater can provide useful information about C auris cases. In our ongoing commitment to the health and safety of the water sector (and our continued obsession with wastewater-based disease surveillance), we recently released the 📃“Candida auris Information for Water Professionals” fact sheet 📃 so you can learned more about this pathogen. The fact sheet covers: - Why it’s a concern - What type of disease it causes and who’s at risk - How persistent it is on environmental surfaces and in water - Why wastewater monitoring may be useful - How you can protect yourself if you work with untreated wastewater This resource was developed by the Water Environment Federation with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But we could not have done it without our dedicated reviewers: Casey Barber, Scott Bessler, Yiping Cao, Daniel Gerrity, @Michael Jahne, Rasha Maal-Bared, Melissa Mimna, Erin Morin, Bina Nayak, PhD, @Steve Rhode, Jennifer Sabater, and Lan Wiborg. Thank you all! Download the fact sheet for free from nwbe.org (https://lnkd.in/e6Jq4fbw) or WEF’s Access Water platform (https://lnkd.in/en9cwfhN). #PublicHealth #CandidaAuris #FactSheet #WaterProfessionals #WastewaterSurveillance

I want to thank all the dedicated volunteers from WEF and NEWEA for their hard work that led to the successful Collection Systems and Stormwater Conference held in Hartford, CT, last week. I want to give a special shoutout to my fellow co-chairs, John Phillips and Tom Loto, P.E., BCEE for their leadership and guidance. I’m humbled to be associated with such a talented, devoted and collegial group of professionals. Thanks everyone!

"WEF applauds the EPA’s effort to use the CERCLA regulation to hold PFOA and PFOS manufacturers responsible for the massive legacy clean-up costs which are likely due to decades of PFAS production and usage in our society. This will be an extremely costly and technically challenging undertaking. Though water utilities will play a central role in helping to remove PFAS from water and the environment, these utilities are passive receivers of PFAS, and their ratepayers should not be held responsible for PFAS-related costs. Unfortunately, the CERCLA statute has a flaw that directly and indirectly exposes utilities to potential liability and clean-up costs. While WEF appreciates the EPA’s inclusion of an enforcement discretion memo with the release of the CERCLA rule, we – and other national water associations – strongly urge Congress to pass a liability exemption for water utilities and all passive receivers of PFAS.” —Aimeé Killeen, President of the Water Environment Federation Read our updated response to the U.S. EPA #PFAS rules: https://ow.ly/BJ0V50Rk9bQ

The mission of drinking water and wastewater utilities is to protect public health and the environment, and those who produce #PFAS must be held responsible and bear the clean-up costs. WEF urges policymakers in Congress and federal agencies to recognize the impacts of PFAS, hold PFAS producers and users responsible, and work closely with the water sector to help protect the American public. Read WEF's Response to the U.S. EPA MCL Regulation below.