News | February 4, 2010

WERF Announces New Board Members For 2010

The Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) recently announced the appointment of new members to its Board of Directors. Joining the board, effective January 2010, are Catherine R. Gerali, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District, Denver; Stephen R. Maguin, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County; and Brian L. Wheeler, Toho Water Authority, Kissimmee, Fla.

WERF would like to offer its sincere thanks for the volunteer service of departing board members Dennis M. Diemer, East Bay Municipal Utility District; Jerry N. Johnson, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission; and James M. Tarpy, Nashville Metro Water Services.

WERF's board represents the wide range of interests within the wastewater and stormwater communities, from small utilities to urban systems to industrial users, consultants, and government. The members of the 2010 WERF Board of Directors are:

Chair: Alan H. Vicory, Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO)

Vice-Chair: William P. Dee, Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.

Secretary: William J. Bertera, Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Treasurer: Jeff Taylor, Freese & Nichols, Inc.
Patricia J. Anderson, Division of Environmental Health, Florida Department of Health
Jeanette A. Brown, City of Stamford WPCA
Catherine R. Gerali, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District, Denver
Charles N. Haas, Drexel University
Stephen R. Maguin, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County
Karen L. Pallansch, Alexandria Sanitation Authority
Robert A. Reich, DuPont Company
R. Rhodes Trussell, Trussell Technologies, Inc.
Rebecca F. West, Spartanburg Water
Brian L. Wheeler, Toho Water Authority, Kissimmee, FL
Joseph E. Zuback, Global Water Advisors, Inc.

Executive Director: Glenn Reinhardt, Water Environment Research Foundation

About The Water Environment Research Foundation
The Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF), a nonprofit organization, manages independent scientific research that leads to cost-effective responses to water quality concerns affecting the environment and human health. Since 1989, WERF has addressed issues in wastewater treatment, water reclamation and reuse, biosolids and sludge, stormwater management, water quality and, more recently, climate change. For more information, visit www.werf.org.

SOURCE: The Water Environment Research Foundation