The Effective Water Professional: Leadership, Communication, Management, Finance and Governance

Founded in 1928, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization of 36,000 individual members and 75 affiliated Member Associations representing water quality professionals around the world. WEF members, Member Associations, and staff proudly work to achieve our mission to provide bold leadership, champion...

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In October 2011, recognizing the challenges of the water profession in a new era, the Departments of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering and the School of Public Affairs of the University of Colorado Boulder, held a daylong workshop entitled, “The Future Challenges of the Water Profession”. The workshop, led by Richard Kuchenrither, Scholar in Residence, University of...

Dr. Richard Kuchenrither is a Scholar in Residence and the director of the graduate program, Water Engineering and Management, with the Department of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. For 34 years, he worked for Black & Veatch Consulting Engineers as a senior vice-president specializing in...

Chapter writers who invested a huge effort: Linda Blankenship, Arcadis-US; Michael Deane, National Association of Water Companies; Christopher Hawkins, The Nature Conservancy; Linda Kelly, WEF; Linda Macpherson, CH2M; Matt Mahoney, United Water; John Mastracchio, Arcadis-US; Mike Matichich, CH2M; Kenneth W. Mirvis, Ed.D., The Writing Company; Ryan Nagel, Hazen and Sawyer; Amy Santos,...

Following the passage of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) in the 1970s, the water profession entered a new era focusing on cleaning and protecting the nation’s waters. Following more than 40 years of tremendous water quality accomplishments, new and significant changes and challenges have emerged in the water profession, including the following:

Leadership

Communication

Management

Utility Finance

Utility Governance

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