The “Gap Report”
www.epa.gov/owm/gapreport.pdfThe U.S. EPA’s “Gap Analysis” on the need for investment in U.S. water and wastewater infrastructure. This widely cited study reviews historical patterns of infrastructure investment and projects that it may cost about $500 billion to upgrade America’s water and wastewater systems over the next 20 years.
Water Environment Federation
www.wef.orgFormed in 1928, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization with 32,000 individual members and 80 affiliated Member Associations, representing an additional 50,000 water quality professionals throughout the world. WEF and its member associations work to achieve their mission of preserving and enhancing the global water environment. The website contains news, articles, and educational information on water quality.
The American Waterworks Association
www.awwa.orgThe American Waterworks Association (AWWA) is a non-profit organization that serves drinking water professionals in the U.S. and increasingly around the world. AWWA is active in education, public communication, technical conferences, and research on water issues. The website contains news, research, and extensive resources for water systems managers.
“Water is Life”
www.waterislife.comWater Is Life and Infrastructure Makes It Happen™ is an education and outreach program of a growing alliance of water and wastewater organizations, businesses, and environmental and public health professionals, dedicated to helping communities envision, build, maintain and improve life-sustaining water and wastewater systems.
Water Is Life and Infrastructure Makes It Happen™ aims to inform the general public, ratepayers, opinion leaders and elected officials about the following:
- The value of water in sustaining and enhancing life.
- The role of water infrastructure in delivering clean, safe water to our homes and businesses.
- The role of wastewater infrastructure in cleaning water and safely returning it to the environment to be used again.
Water Tech Online
www.watertechonline.comPublishers of Water Technology® Magazine and WaterTech e-News Daily™. The site and publications were developed for professionals in residential, commercial, industrial and municipal water treatment.
Water World
www.waterworld.comHome page of WaterWorld Magazine, Industrial WaterWorld and Water & Wastewater International - an online news and technology source serving engineers, managers, and consultants in the Water/Wastewater Industry Worldwide.
