WWEMA Blog

  1. Manufacturers Reps Are Working To Advance The Industry — Come Hear How At WEFTEC 2017 8/17/2017

    What is the perspective of today’s market from the view of a manufacturer’s representative marketing a diverse line of water and wastewater treatment products, along with pumps, solids handling/dewatering equipment, and infrastructure assessment?

  2. Success Can Be Found By Taking On A New Mindset 7/24/2017

    Last year I wrote an article published in Water Online entitled “FrankenSpec - How Projects Can Go Awry”.  In that article I explored the effect of changing times and events and how entities such as consultants, construction contractors, municipalities, and manufacturers can work together more effectively.

  3. A New Paradigm For Funding 2/16/2017

    Every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) releases a new report card on the state of our nation’s infrastructure, and their 2013 grade for both water and wastewater was a “D”.  That report estimated that the infrastructure needed $3.6 trillion in investment by 2020.  I do not look for a significant movement in our current grade for either water or wastewater with the 2017 report when it is released this year, because the funding at the level required to significantly change our infrastructure has not been made except at a few local utilities.

  4. A Year Of Water In The News 12/22/2016

    As the year winds to a close, I am reflecting on the fact that 2016 could be dubbed “The Year of Water”.  January started with the disclosure and national outcry related to lead exposure in Flint, MI, and during the year, the U.S. Congress introduced almost 60 different bills dealing with water. 

  5. WWEMA Window: Unleash The Entrepreneurial Spirit — Answer The Call To Innovation 11/18/2016

    Forbes Magazine got it right in 2012, when they considered the true meaning of the word “entrepreneur”...

  6. WWEMA Window: Don't Lose Sight Of The Past As You Look To The Future 10/17/2016

    As a board liaison and an associate member of the Water and Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Association (WWEMA), I am pleased to have an opportunity to provide some comments and observations from a rep’s perspective.

  7. Transitioning Into Water Resource Recovery Facilities 9/14/2016

    Wastewater facilities have transitioned from “sewage treatment” to “wastewater treatment”, then to “water reclamation”, and now have progressed toward “water resource recovery facilities” (WRRFs). 

  8. WWEMA Window: The Basics Of SCADA Troubleshooting 7/15/2016

    Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems are easily classified as one of the greatest data acquisition methods to have ever been invented.

  9. WWEMA Window: A Tale Of Two Cities — Flint, MI And Camden, NJ 4/28/2016

    The Water and Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Association (WWEMA) held its 43rd Annual Washington Forum in conjunction with many other water groups who gathered to celebrate Water Week, an opportunity to discuss the nation’s water infrastructure and how to more effectively protect public health and the environment. Nowhere was this critical role more evident than in two presentations.

  10. WWEMA Window: Great Expectations — A Supplier's Point Of View 3/15/2016

    Your team has been diligently working for over a year on a project and its bid time. You submit your equipment supply offer and eagerly await the results. Then, the good news: the project is yours! Even before the end of the celebratory high-fives, the clock is already counting down the minutes to final negotiations and after a few weeks of back-and-forth, you have a signed contract and the execution phase of the project commences.