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Print publication date Sep 2024

Print ISBN 978-1-57278-454-3

EISBN 9781572784543

Volume / Issue1 / 1

First / last page(s)1 - 821

Word count361,420

A Guide to Cybersecurity for Water and Wastewater Utilities

This book is intended to help water and wastewater utility managers and operators navigate the complex world of cybersecurity. It provides accessible guidance on how utilities of all sizes can manage their risks, focus their resources, and implement controls to keep their facilities and their communities safe. This includes creating a culture of good cybersecurity internally and managing relations with third-party contractors.

Author(s)

Steve Mustard

Document typeDigital Book

Standards for Operation of Nutrient Removal Facilities, WEF 37-24

Print ISBN 978-1-57278-471-0

EISBN 9781572784710

Volume / Issue1 / 1

First / last page(s)1 - 186

Word count43,378

Subject keywordsCybersecurityTechnologyOperationsITInformation technologyContractorsRiskSecurityNISTInfrastructureAWIACSFCybersecurity framework

Description: Standards for Op Nutrient Removal

Standards for Operation of Nutrient Removal Facilities, WEF 37-24, covers the fundamental biological and chemical processes that are in use at nutrient removal facilities and the ways that operators may use, monitor, and control these processes to meet their facility’s treatment goals. It is a valuable resource not only for plant managers and operators, but also design engineers and regulators. This latest edition references the most up-to-date technologies and practices for nutrient removal and includes both new and updated case studies.

Author(s)

SourceOperation of Nutrient Removal Facilities Task Force

Document typeDigital Book

Subject keywordsNutrient removalbiological nutrient removalBNRenhanced biological phosphorus removalEBPRchemical phosphorus removaloperationstroubleshootinglaboratory practicesprocess controlnitrificationdenitrificationbiofilm reactors

Print ISBN 978-1-57278-466-6

EISBN 9781572784666

Volume / Issue1 / 1

First / last page(s)1 - 470

Word count181,677

Description: Standards for Automation of WRRF

Standards for Automation of Water Resource Recovery Facilities, 2nd Edition, WEF 21-24

Automation has become an integral component of water treatment, with new technologies and applications constantly being developed and producing increases in efficiency and reliability. Standards for Automation of Water Resource Recovery Facilities, 2nd Edition, WEF 21-24 introduces the reader to the elements of complete automation design and the standards that govern those elements. Ideal for designers, utility managers, and operators.

SourceAutomation of Water Resource Recovery Faciliities Task Force

Document typeDigital Book

Subject keywordsSCADAControl SystemsSensorsCommunicationWirelessMaintenanceDocumentationTrainingautomationinstrumentationwastewater treatmentprocess controldesignoperationsmanagementmaintenanceMOP 21intelligent water technologyconnectivitysecuritycybersecurityhuman-machine interfaces

Print ISBN 978-1-57278-435-2

EISBN 9781572784352

Volume / Issue1 / 1

First / last page(s)1 - 604

Word count227,345

Existing Sewer Evaluation and Rehabilitation, MOP FD-6, 4th edition

Fully revised and updated, this authoritative volume offers the most comprehensive information available on maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of existing sewers. This definitive guide covers sewer evaluation and monitoring, sewer rehabilitation methods and materials, and quality assurance. The Fourth Edition features new material on tools and procedures for pipe evaluation, infiltration and inflow problems and detection, rehabilitation materials and methods, and effective repair techniques. It is intended to be a comprehensive and useful source of practical design information for the practicing design professional. This is a must-have resource for all sewer system professionals. Existing Sewer Evaluation and Rehabilitation, MOP FD-6, 4th Edition Covers Current regulations and guidelines Capacity, structural, and maintenance-related problems Site inspection and testing Methods of structural evaluation, including closed-circuit television, sonar, and laser-based scanning Sewer flow monitoring and sewer system hydraulics Infiltration and inflow source detection Selection of sewer rehabilitation methods and materials Evaluation of sewer rehabilitation effectiveness documentation, quality assurance, and return-on-investment

Author(s)

SourceExisting Sewer Evaluation and Rehabilitation Task Force

Document typeDigital Book

Subject keywordscollection systemssewersrehabilitationinfiltrationinflowmaintenancerepairreplacementsewer rehabilitationexisting sewerstructural evaluationhydraulic evaluation

Print publication date Apr 2024

Print ISBN 978-1-57278-463-5

EISBN 9781572784635

Volume / Issue1 / 1

First / last page(s)1 - 350

Word count100,111

Membrane Bioreactors, MOP 36, 2nd Edition

This resource presents the best practices for the use of membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment. The book begins with an overview of membrane and biological process fundamentals, followed by coverage of membrane bioreactor system integrated process design. The chapters discuss the physical design of features unique to membrane bioreactors and the procurement of membrane equipment. This authoritative manual also covers the operation of properly designed membrane bioreactor facilities.

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Document typeDigital Book

Wastewater Engineering: Design of Water Resource Recovery Facilities

Print publication date Mar 2024

Print ISBN 978-1-57278-437-6

EISBN 9781572784376

Volume / Issue1 / 1

First / last page(s)1 - 240

Word count67,253

Subject keywordsMembrane bioreactorswater reclamationwastewater treatmentdesign principlesdesignequipmentoperationmembranesbiological treatmentwater reuseMBR

Wastewater Engineering: Design of Water Resource Recovery Facilities (MOP 8 Series) provides the reader with the up-to-date knowledge and tools required to design water resource recovery facilities. It serves as both a textbook for senior level and graduate students in civil engineering and a reference work. The scope of coverage and the classroom-friendly features, such as learning objectives and example problems, makes it an excellent tool for students transitioning from academia to practice, and it remains an essential resource for practitioners. Written by a team of professors and consultants and put through a rigorous industry review, Wastewater Engineering provides vital WRRF design information to an engineer at every stage of their education and career. Wastewater Engineering has its roots in WEF’s Design of Water Resource Recovery Facilities (MOP 8), a long-time fixture on the design engineer’s shelf. As WEF approached how to update MOP 8, the organization decided to do so in a way that would address two significant needs in the water sector. The first was the need for current, nationally applicable, peer-reviewed design standards. The result was Standards for Design of Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WEF 8). WEF 8 is a tool for seasoned design professionals, providing concise coverage of critical design criteria that has been formatted in quick-reference tables and bulleted lists. The second was the need for a wastewater design textbook and reference, as covered by this book. Within the MOP 8 series framework, this textbook serves as the entry point for new wastewater engineers and a primary reference work for practitioners, providing both theory and significant context behind the design parameters covered more briefly in WEF 8.

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Document typeDigital Book

Subject keywordswater resource recoverydesignfundamentalspreliminary treatmentsedimentationsolids separationbiological principlessuspended growth systemsgrowth processesnutrient removalsystemshydraulicshydraulic profileswastewater solidssolidssolids processingsolids transportsolids thickeningdewateringstabilizationchemical conditioningthermal processingdisposaltertiary treatmentwater reusesustainablemodeling

Print publication date Dec 2023

Print ISBN 978-1-57278-440-6

EISBN 9781572784406

Volume / Issue1 / 1

First / last page(s)1 - 646

Word count277,064

Standards for Operation of Water Resource Recovery Facilities, WEF 11

Water resource recovery facility operators and maintenance staff are responsible for the protection of the environment and public health by ensuring excellent process control and equipment function. The processes and equipment used at these facilities are very complex and require continuous training. Standards for Operation of Water Resource Recovery Facilities, WEF 11, ensures that these critical personnel have the information they need to understand each process, make informed process control decisions, and recognize the basic requirements of preventive maintenance and troubleshooting. Coverage includes:
• Liquid Treatment.
• Solids Treatment
• Process Performance Improvements
• Fundamentals of Management
• Permit Compliance and Wastewater Treatment Systems
• Industrial Wastes and Pretreatment
• Safety
• Management Information Systems –Reports and Records
• Process Instrumentation
• Pumping of Wastewater and Sludge
• Chemical Storage, Handling, and Feeding
• Utilities
• Maintenance
• Odor Control
• Integrated Process Management
• Training
• Outsourced Operations Services and Public/Private Partnership

Author(s)

Water Environment Federation

SourceOperation of Water Resource Recovery Facilities Task Force of the Water Environment Federation

Document typeDigital Book

Subject keywordsliquid treatmentsludgebiosolidssolidsprocess managementregulatoryregulationsindustrial waterpretreatmentmanagementmaintenanceodor controloperationschemical storageprocess controlpreventative maintenancepumpingsludgesafetypretreatmentindustrial wastewatermanagement information systemsinstrumentationcontrolchemicalhandlingdistributionutilitiesintegrated process managementsamplingpreliminary

Print publication date Nov 2023

Print ISBN 978-1-57278-438-3

EISBN 9781572784383

Volume / Issue1 / 1

First / last page(s)1 - 1434

Word count511,749

Wet Weather Design and Operation in Water Resource Recovery Facilities

Author(s)

SourcePrepared by the Wet Weather Design and Operation in Water Resource Recovery Facilities Task Force of the Water Environment Federation Under the Direction of the Municipal Design Subcommittee of the Technical Practice Committee

Project ID978-1-57278-304-1

Document typeDigital Book

PFAS in the Water and Wastewater Sectors: Fundamentals, Management, and Treatment

Print publication date Jan 2014

EISBN 9781572783041

Volume / Issue1 / 1

First / last page(s)1 - 306

Word count93,497

Subject keywordsOperations

This collection of essays provides a state of the field on PFAS from a variety of perspectives within the water sector. Contributors include experts in industrial wastewater, municipal water management, and public health, with each contributor highlighting a different facet of the impact of PFAS in water and wastewater and providing guidance on the responses necessary to limit the chemicals’ negative effects. The collection covers the current understanding of PFAS, the implications for human health, and the growing regulatory framework, as well as the various treatments available for water, wastewater, groundwater, biosolids, leachates and soil/sediments.

Author(s)

SourceWater Environment Federation

Document typeDigital Book

Subject keywordsPFASchemistrysourcestoxicologyregulationslegal ramificationsmodelingbiosolidsresidualsSoilSediment Remediationliquidsolidstreatmentindustrial sourcegroundwaterwater reusepublic health, regulatory

Print publication date Aug 2023

Print ISBN 978-1-57278-414-7

EISBN 9781572784147

Volume / Issue1 / 1

First / last page(s)1 - 491

Word count156,877

What's new on Access Water

Wastewater Treatment Fundamentals I: Liquid Treatment, 2nd edition

Author(s)

Water Environment Federation

SourceTechnical Practice and Publications Advisory Panel

Document typeDigital Book

Anaerobic Co-Digestion: Feedstock Sampling and Characterization

Print publication date Sep 2024

Print ISBN 978-1-57278-454-3

EISBN 9781572784543

Volume / Issue1 / 1

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Word count361,420

This fact sheet provides basic considerations for co-substrate handling, sampling, and characterization for an optimized co-digestion process at a WRRF. It should be noted that this fact sheet mainly focuses on readily available high-strength organic wastes such as source separated organics, food waste, fats, oils and grease (FOG) that are commonly co-digested with wastewater residuals.

Contributing authorsPedro PuenteSteven GrazianoJuliet Ohemeng-Ntiamoah

Author(s)Water Environment Federation

Document typeFact Sheet

Print publication date Aug 2024

Volume / Issue

Content sourceWater Science and Engineering Center

First / last page(s)1 - 11

Word count7

Subject keywordsAnaerobic co-digestionco-substrate characterizationfeedstock samplingfeedstock handlingresidualsbiosolidswater resource recovery facilitiesbioenergy technology

WEFTEC 2024 - Conference Proceedings

Abstract

WEFTEC® 2024, the Water Environment Federation’s Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference, is the largest annual conference of its kind and offers water quality professionals from around the world with the best water quality education and training available today.

Author(s)

Water Environment Federation

SourceProceedings of the Water Environment Federation

Document typeConference Paper,Full Conference Proceedings

What Every Operator Needs to Know About the Circular Water Economy

Print publication date Oct 2024

Volume / Issue

Word count6

Author(s)

Ifetayo Venner

SourceWE&T Magazine

Document typeMagazine article

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): A Blueprint for Utility Managers–Strategies for the Next Five Years

Print publication date Jun 2024

Volume / Issue

Content sourceWE&T Magazine--Operator Essentials

First / last page(s)51 - 53

Word count1,537

Subject keywordsOperator Essentials

Description: Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): A Blueprint for Utility...

This Blueprint represents a moment in the evolution of the PFAS story, noting that this is an iterative process in tracking PFAS. This publication targets a specific audience and purpose: utilities navigating options for addressing PFAS. Because PFAS continues to be a moving target, it adds a level of complexity in offering the latest detail. This publication offers a good historical snapshot of the considerations utilities need to make when preparing their strategies. It's important for receivers of these compounds to be informed about PFAS and to be able to effectively communicate to their customers. This Blueprint document presents best practices and resources for receivers trying to navigate PFAS issues in their communities.

Contributing authorsSamantha MacBrideRyan BatjiakaViraj deSilvaIndra MaharjanJanine Burke-WellsErika KinnoCatherine Gowan

CommitteeWEF PFAS Task Force

Document typeTechnical Report

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): A Blueprint for Utility Managers–Strategies for the Next Five Years

Print publication date Jan 2022

Volume / Issue

First / last page(s)1 - 51

Word count17

Subject keywordsPFASWater Resource Recovery FacilitiesUtilitiesBest PracticesStrategiesBlueprintRegulationsPer- and Polyfluoroalkyl SubstancesWRRF

What's trending on Access Water

Contributing authorsSamantha MacBrideRyan BatjiakaViraj deSilvaIndra MaharjanJanine Burke-WellsErika KinnoCatherine Gowan

CommitteeWEF PFAS Task Force

Document typeTechnical Report

Biosolids Communication Toolkit

Print publication date Jan 2022

Volume / Issue

First / last page(s)1 - 51

Word count17

Subject keywordsPFASWater Resource Recovery FacilitiesUtilitiesBest PracticesStrategiesBlueprintRegulationsPer- and Polyfluoroalkyl SubstancesWRRF

WEF’s new, comprehensive toolkit provides an extensive framework for communicating about biosolids in ways that are factual, science-based, and easily understandable by those who might be hearing about biosolids for the first time. The toolkit includes guidance on some of the more challenging communication tasks you may encounter—responding to, or proactively pursuing media coverage, handling concerns raised about the safety of biosolids, creating presentations for use at events or meetings with the public, and developing content to post online or on social media. The toolkit features messages that serve as an overall umbrella that can be adapted for FAQs, talking points, community meetings, fact sheets, brochures, social media, and websites.

Plus, listen to WEF’s webcast on how to use the toolkit!

Author(s)

Document typeToolkit

Liquid Stream Fundamentals: Grit Removal

Print publication date Feb, 2021

Volume / Issue

Word count4

Subject keywordsBiosolids Resource RecoveryBiosolids

Abstract

Water Environment Federation (WEF) members know the significance of the use of biosolids to wastewater treatment and to the communities we serve. The benefits are obvious but not always without controversy. Our member volunteers have done a significant amount of work to elevate the conversation about what biosolids bring in terms of innovation, resource recovery, and stewardship, and we think you’ll agree that this work is even more important in today’s environment.

This biosolids communications toolkit builds on and expands the digital resource developed by WEF and can be used by WEF members to help raise awareness and support for the use of biosolids. This is a resource for communicating about biosolids in ways that are factual, science-based, and easily understandable by those who might be hearing about biosolids for the first time—your neighbor, a city council member, or your mom.

The toolkit includes guidance on some of the more challenging communication tasks you may encounter—responding to, or proactively pursuing media coverage, handling concerns raised about the safety of biosolids, creating presentations for use at events or meetings with the public, and developing content to post online or on social media. The toolkit features messages that serve as an overall umbrella that can be adapted for FAQs, talking points, community meetings, fact sheets, brochures, social media, and websites.

Think of this toolkit as a do-it-yourself handbook designed for the range of utility professionals who may need it. Some may want to follow all the step-by-step guidance the toolkit offers while others may only need specific sections. You are encouraged to use this as a reference any way you need, to address any number of issues related to biosolids, to create messages, to see samples for best practices, and more.

WEF members and water professionals around the world are incredibly proud of the services they provide and know biosolids are part of their
innovative industry’s future. This toolkit, and the accompanying training, will help make you proficient at communicating all that biosolids can do, as you share how valuable this resource is.

Grit removal is an essential component of the wastewater treatment process. Not only does the removal of grit help protect downstream equipment from abrasion and wear, it prevents solids accumulation and loss of capacity in process tanks and channels. This fact sheet is part of a series on liquid stream fundamentals.

Author(s)

Contributing authorsKelly Lockerbie

SourceFact Sheet of the Water Science and Engineering Center

Project IDWSEC-2017-FS-021

CommitteeMRRDC

Sub CommitteeWEFTEC Session 306

Document typeFact Sheet

APWACASANACWANWRASWANAWateReuseWEF

Print publication date Oct 2017

Volume / Issue

Content sourceWater Science and Engineering Center

First / last page(s)1 - 5

Word count2,777

Subject keywordsWastewater Treatment

Associated keywords:DesignHeadworks

PFAS Fact Sheet

Facts about per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

Author(s)

SourceAPWA,CASA,NACWA,NWRA,SWANA,WateReuse,WEF

Document typeFact Sheet

PublisherNational Association of Clean Water Agencies

Print publication date Nov 2019

Volume / Issue1 / 1

Content sourceVarious

Word count1,739

Subject keywordsPFASPer- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

Anaerobic Co-Digestion: Feedstock Sampling and Characterization

Contributing authorsPedro PuenteSteven GrazianoJuliet Ohemeng-Ntiamoah

Author(s)Water Environment Federation

Document typeFact Sheet

Print publication date Aug 2024

Volume / Issue

Content sourceWater Science and Engineering Center

First / last page(s)1 - 11

Word count7

Subject keywordsAnaerobic co-digestionco-substrate characterizationfeedstock samplingfeedstock handlingresidualsbiosolidswater resource recovery facilitiesbioenergy technology

Rainfall to Results: The Future of Stormwater

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Stormwater presents several unique challenges when compared to its more mature water sector counterparts of drinking water and wastewater. The dispersed nature of stormwater makes responsibility for its treatment and control hard to assign. Since the promulgation of the Phase I and Phase II municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4) regulation, communities have been faced with the task of managing stormwater flows based on early studies highlighting the potentially significant water quality effects of urban runoff. Initial techniques to provide stormwater management focused on traditional “gray” infrastructure, but the evolution of stormwater has been heading in the direction of nature-based, or “green”, infrastructure. Similarly, the passive practices used in the first generation of stormwater infrastructure investments is starting to give way to “smart” stormwater infrastructure that uses automated controls to enhance the performance of stormwater facilities. In addition, the view of urban runoff as being a burden has morphed into a perspective that stormwater flows are valued as significant water resources to be captured and used in strategic ways. Lastly, the rise of emerging contaminants, such as microplastics and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances , highlights the need for true source control in stormwater programs.

Author(s)

Document typeTechnical Report