Operations & Maintenance
From hands-on-training and leadership opportunities, such as Operations Challenge, to online training, such as the Wastewater Treatment Fundamentals series, WEF provides operators with many opportunities to advance on-the-job knowledge and develop their careers.
BROWSE OPERATIONS News
The latest operations articles, videos, and other content from throughout the organization and across the water sector.
Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey Film to Launch on Earth Day 2024
A powerful new film exploring humanity’s profound relationship with water launches on Earth Day, 22 April, 2024, in New York City.
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Updated: WEF Responds to U.S. EPA PFAS Rules
On April 10, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) released the final rule for a Safe Drinking Water Act Maximum Contaminant Limit (MCL) regulation ...
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Continue ReadingWEFTEC 2023 Exceeds Expectations
This year’s WEFTEC, the Water Environment Federation's Technical Exhibition and Conference, lived up to its reputation as the water sector's leading marketplace for ...
Continue ReadingAround WEFTEC: Exploring the Drone Pavilion
For the first time, the WEFTEC exhibition featured a special location highlighting drone technology. This new pavilion included a special enclosure to allow these ...
Continue ReadingTalking Operations Challenge 2023
Each year at WEFTEC, Operations Challenge showcases the skills and expertise of wastewater professionals. The competition promotes teamwork, innovation, and the ...
Continue ReadingFeatured Operations and Maintenance Resources
The featured resources below are just a sample of everything WEF has to offer. Search our entire website and technical resource database for more.
Publications for Operators
From hands-on training and leadership opportunitie to our Operator Training Manuals series, WEF provides operators with various opportunities to advance your on-the-job knowledge and career.
Skills Builder for Operators
WEF's comprehensive Skills Builder quizzes incorporate math, safety, and a variety of other topics to help you test, maintain, and advance your operations and maintenance knowledge.
Operator Scholarship
This scholarship provides funding for individuals who are seeking water sector operator education, training, or certification to enter the water sector or advance their knowledge, skills, abilities or license.
Training Resources
WEF Study Guides are designed for today’s professional operators. Our guides cover a wide range of facility operations, including biosolids, collection systems, laboratory testing, and wastewater operations.
Operations Challenge
Operations Challenge is the world’s premier skills competition for water resource recovery facility operators. As one of the most effective training and development tools for operators, it now has been replicated by several international organizations.
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Find the Operations Communities You Need
OPERATIONS CHALLENGE COMMUNITY
The Operations Challenge Community coordinates the industry's premier professional-skills competition. Held annually at WEFTEC, the event recognizes excellence in wastewater operations. The committee develops and revises the competition protocols that demonstrate the span of skills necessary for contemporary water quality professionals.
Join the Operations Challenge CommunityPLANT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE COMMUNITY (POMC)
The POMC meets online every four to eight weeks and face-to-face at the Midyear Meeting and at WEFTEC. The POMC is charged with developing operations and maintenance workshops, webinars, and training, as well as supporting operations and maintenance technical sessions at WEFTEC.
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This virtual workspace, called WEFUnity, empowers WEF members to network and collaborate in an online environment.
See what's happening in the Community PlatformEXPLORE ALL PRACTICE AREAS
WEF is a source of high-quality technical resources featuring the latest research, news, and education. WEF's members and other credible resources have created and compiled this information into the Practice Area groupings listed in the dropdown menu.
