Industry Resources

Industry Associations

Water Environment Federation (WEF)
Los Angeles, California
www.wef.org
Since 1928, the Water Environment Federation has provided technical education and training for thousands of water quality professionals who are dedicated to serving local communities and protecting clean water worldwide. Formerly known as the Water Pollution Control Federation, WEF is a not-for-profit association, which provides members, public officials and general public with information on sustainable management of water resources and wastewater treatment.

National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA)
Washington D.C.
www.nacwa.org

National Biosolids Partnership
Alexandria, Virginia
www.biosolids.org

American Water Works Association (AWWA)
Denver, Colorado
www.awwa.org

American Public Works Association (APWA)
Kansas City, Missouri
www.apwa.net

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Reston, Virginia
www.asce.org

Central States Water Environment Association
Serving Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin
www.cswea.org

Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI)
Reston, VA
http://content.ewrinstitute.org

International Association for Water Law (IAWL)

Rome, Italy

www.aida-waterlaw.org

International Water Resources Association (IWRA)
Reston, VA
www.iwra.org

World Water Council
Reston, VA
www.worldwatercouncil.org

Industry News

Water Treatment Calculators

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EPA Releases Proposed Air Emission Standards
Impacting the Management of Sewage Sludge Nationwide, Oct 14, 2010
Nearly a fifth of all U.S. sewage sludge produced annually is incinerated in sewage sludge incinerators (SSIs). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed standards under Section 129 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) that will have a major impact on the limited options local governments have for the management of sewage sludge. EPA’s proposed new source performance standards could effectively eliminate the construction of new SSIs, and the standards for existing SSIs could force many communities to abandon incineration as early as 2016. read article >>

Clean Water Funding: Obama Urged Include Clean Water Funding to Economic Stimuls Proposals
Sept 22, 2010
On Sept 9th, the NACWA commended President Barack Obama and his Administration for their support of increased funding for clean water programs over the last two years, including the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA or stimulus package) and the inclusion of clean water funding in any proposed infrastructure package designed to put Americans back to work and to spur our nation’s economy. read article >>

The Core Attributes of Effectively-Managed
Wastewater Systems
Four associations representing the nation’s wastewater treatment, public works,
and civil engineering sectors have released a new document that promotes good engineering practices found
essential to managing and operating separate sanitary collection systems….
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Publications & Reports

provided by the World Water Council
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