Technical Sessions

Water Environment Federation: The Water Quality People

Technical Sessions

WEFTEC 2024 Technical Session will offer the latest innovations and insights. Engage with cutting-edge content through both traditional classroom sessions and interactive presentations. Tailor your conference experience by choosing from a diverse range of topics.

The full line-up and schedule of traditional technical sessions (classroom-style learning) and interactive technical sessions (panels, debates, trivia, and facilitated discussions) are coming together. See some highlights in each area of interest and dive deeper into the WEFTEC 2024 Online Planner.

Wastewater Treatment & Biosolids Resource Recovery

Step into a world where water isn't just treated—it's transformed to fuel the circular water economy. Uncover biosolids management, energy generation, and cutting-edge treatment processes. From nutrient removal to resource recovery, discover how integrated technologies close the loop about water management.

Sample Sessions

Managing Biosolids for Tomorrow: Infinite Resources, Finite Uses
Thickening and Dewatering: Design Considerations
PFAS in Wastewater and Biosolids: Measurement Methods and Fate during Thermal Processes
Using Side-Stream Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal to Improve EBPR Performance
EBPR Pulse: Current Trends, Full-Scale Optimization, Model for Sustainability

Fundamentals of Biofilm Reactor Design and Operation
Anoxic Reactor Design for Low Energy BNR
Process Intensification Using Hydrocyclones
The ABCs of Bioaugmentation
Making Money with Biogas: Co-Digestion and RNG

Explore all these areas in detail in the Online Planner.

Biosolids & Residuals Municipal Wastewater
Treatment Design PFAS Nutrients

Operations, Industrial & Workforce Development

In this area, skilled operators reign supreme. From municipal to industrial settings, this field showcases the adaptability of operational practices. Equip yourself to handle any challenge, whether maintaining aging equipment or implementing cutting-edge technologies like zero-liquid discharge or PFAS destruction. Find a comprehensive understanding of sustainable water resource management.

Sample Sessions

Building the Workforce of Tomorrow
Effective Strategies for Managing Organics in IPR/DPR Systems
Enhancing Water Safety: MBR & RO Technologies for Achieving LRV Credits
Intercepting Odors and Corrosion: Modeling, Mitigation, and Monitoring
Protect your Utility from Cyber Attacks

Enhancing Nitrogen Removal: Insights into Carbon Sources and Mechanisms
Non-PFAS Up and Coming Concerns
Driving the Circular Water Economy by Reusing Industrial and Municipal Effluents
Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD): Process Selection, Design, and Operations
Accommodating Industrial Effluents in Municipal Treatment Facilities

Explore all these areas in detail in the Online Planner.

Workforce Issues Facility
Operations & Maintenance Industrial Issues &
Treatment Technologies Water Reuse &
Reclamation

Stormwater, Watershed & Collections Systems

Perfect for tackling urban and environmental challenges, this area focuses on managing collection systems and managing stormwater to enhance water quality and reduce flood risks. Learn to balance urban development with nature, ensuring safety and sustainability for local and downstream communities.

Sample Sessions

The Ultimate Collection Systems Basics Trivia Challenge 3.0
Unleashing the Power of Digital Tools for Your Collection System
Reducing Wet Weather Flows Using Public and Private I/I Removal Solutions
Planning Techniques to Support I/I Mitigation, Master Plans and Designs
Pump Station Design Considerations and Construction Solutions

Exploring Force Main Condition Assessment Programs
Revolutionizing Septic to Sewer Conversions
Financing Stormwater Infrastructure in Communities
Tools for Urban Flood Management and Forecasting
One Water Approaches from Urban Strategies to Coastal Resilience

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Collection Systems Stormwater &
Green Infrastructure One Water Management CSO & SSO Planning
and Mitigation

Public Health, Government, & Utility Management

These sessions are essential for anyone managing water utilities or overseeing public health. They focus on regulatory compliance, innovative strategies, and technology integration in such key areas as disinfection, future trends, global insights, and utility leadership. Equip yourself to deliver safe, efficient, and sustainable water services.

Sample Sessions

International Experience: Safeguarding Our Shared Water Resources
Regulations, Residuals, and Recipes for Microplastics in WRRFs
Translating PFAS Risk Assessment into Regulation and Action
DE&I: Representation and Impact
Community-based Approach to Generate Equitable and Just Outcomes through Infrastructure Planning

Climate-Proofing Our Cities: Transformative Solutions
Indigenous Environmental Practices: Lessons from the Past for the Future
PFAS in Wastewater: What Should Utilities Do Next?
Outcome and Value-driven Asset Management: Of the People, For the People, By the People
Federal Funding Case Studies

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Utility Management
& Leadership Diversity Equity
& Inclusion Circular Water Economy Business Organization
& Technology Transformation

WEFTEC Now

The Official News Source of WEFTEC

WEFTEC Now features timely coverage of major events leading up to, during, and after WEFTEC. This resource will become an enduring record of past WEFTEC conferences as well as provide notice of upcoming events and opportunities.