News | September 1, 2017

WWEMA Members Offer Support For Harvey Recovery Efforts

Leesburg, VA – The Water and Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Association (WWEMA) today announced its members are mobilized to provide assistance to the areas impacted by Hurricane Harvey. WWEMA represents drinking water and wastewater technology providers that serve the municipal and industrial sectors. According to WWEMA Chair Mark Turpin, President of Duperon Corporation, efforts began even before Harvey hit landfall in Texas. “We make it a priority to reach out to all our installations in areas potentially impacted by natural events prior to the event to ensure our facilities have direct emergency contact information and know how to reach us if disaster strikes. We work around the clock to provide technical support to help utilities and facilities keep their systems operating, respond if their facilities go down, and work with them in recovery efforts to get systems back up and running as quickly and as safely as possible.” Steps that WWEMA members are taking include:

  1. Pre- and post-disaster direct communication with affected municipalities and industrial users to support equipment operations and restoration.
  2. Public access to technologies and services through our Product and Services Catalogue which can be found at http://wwema.org/catalog.php.
  3. Coordination with our Affiliate partner SplashLink to identify and help meet specific recovery equipment and technology needs. WWEMA members have been directed to the SplashLink website and encouraged to provide information on their technology capabilities as well as to review and respond to identified needs. The SplashLink website can be found at https://www.splashlink.com.

“The critically essential services of providing safe drinking water and wastewater treatment must be met immediately following any natural disaster. WWEMA members are committed to being present with our utility and industrial partners to ensure they have the support they need to quickly restore operations and protect public health and the environment,” said Turpin.