WWEMA Blog

71. WWEMA Window: The Retrofit Challenge — A New Solution To An Old And Growing Problem 2/16/2016

    A major challenge for contractors and equipment suppliers with projects that involve retrofitting existing concrete with new equipment in water and wastewater treatment plants involves the confirmation of existing concrete configurations and dimensions.

72. WWEMA Window: Why Fine Screening Is Crucial At The Headworks 11/17/2015

    The treatment process for all sewage starts at the same place — the headworks. Inlet works facilities are responsible for a variety of pretreatment processes, including initial debris screening and removal.

73. WWEMA Window: Education And Advocacy In The Water Industry 10/16/2015

    The water industry is a great business that provides our customers with clean water — an essential of life — but the high-quality drinking water and wastewater we produce is under-valued by customers.

74. Think You Have It Tough? Try Being A Small Water Utility 8/31/2015

    I’ve worked with small utilities across the U.S. for some time, and I can tell you they are struggling. They are facing a sustainability crisis so serious, because of so many challenges and lack of resources, that many believe they will be unable to continue in the future.

75. WWEMA Window: Congress Needs To Reauthorize The Ex-Im Bank 7/21/2015

    The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im) is the official export credit agency of the United States. Established by Executive Order in 1934 with a mission of supporting American jobs by facilitating the export of U.S. goods and services, in 1945 the Ex-Im Bank became an independent, self-sustaining Executive Branch agency. For over 80 years, the Bank has provided financing tools and services that allow small, medium, and large companies to compete for global sales.

76. WWEMA Window: It's Time To Make Ourselves Conspicuous 7/2/2015

    Each year, in an effort to better understand and serve its members, the Water and Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Association (WWEMA) asks them, “What keeps you up at night?” For the past several years, the top answer has been the same: funding.

77. WWEMA Window: Thoughts From The Bleachers 5/21/2015

    As an Associate Member of the Water and Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Association (WWEMA) and a recently appointed WWEMA Board Member liaison to the Manufacturers Representatives Committee, I am pleased to have an opportunity to provide some comments and observations.

78. WWEMA Window: Where's The Funding? 4/27/2015

    Cherry trees in full bloom, Water Week, the U.S. Water Prize, the WWEMA Water Challenge, and a Congressional Technology Exposition all provided an exciting backdrop to the WWEMA Washington Forum April 13 to 15 in Washington, D.C.

79. Slots vs. Holes In Preliminary Treatment Screening 3/25/2015

    The impact of preliminary treatment (i.e., grit removal, screening, washing compacting of screenings, handling of screenings, and resource recovery) on downstream processes is becoming more apparent as the industry looks for ways to reduce operating costs and increase process results. 

80. WWEMA Window: Technology Advances Key To Meeting Future Water Needs 2/18/2015

    Water scarcity is becoming more and more in focus these days as California enters into the fourth consecutive year of a historic drought, and even as torrential rains pelted the bay area recently, the Sierra’s snow pack, which is a key source of water for the region, is far below the seasonal average.