As the Water Environment Federation (WEF) and the entire water/wastewater community gear up for the organization's annual Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC), Water Online's Travis Kennedy and Kevin Westerling sat down with WEF Executive Director Ralph Exton to get a preview of the show and all it has to offer. The event, running Oct. 5-9 in New Orleans, will host more than 21,000 participants and feature more than 1,000 exhibitors, with technical sessions galore (120+), 17 workshops, 6 facility tours, and much more.

Exton also shares his journey through the water profession and the vision he brings to WEF, with detail on longer-term WEF initiatives, insight on industry challenges, and thoughts on current trends and technologies.

While The Water Show covers everything waster and wastewater, the challenges regarding flow measurement are consistent amongst many other industries. Whether it’s Oil & Gas or Green Energy or any other closely related industry, solutions for these measurements and calibrations related to flow are available. Adam Schleyhahn, Director of Sales and Marketing for FCI joins the show to tell us more.

Kristin Epstein, PE is CDM Smith's Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) Compliance Coordinator for the Northeast U.S., but her expertise on the subject knows no bounds. Neither does her hustle, as she takes time from the road (literally) to talk through LCR concerns, updates, and requirements with Water Online Show hosts Travis Kennedy and Kevin Westerling. At issue are the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR) that go into effect on Oct. 16, 2024, and the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) scheduled for finalization on the same day. What's needed for LCRR compliance? What isn't? How does LCRI affect LCRR? And what help is available for water providers? Tune in to find out.

Travis Kennedy welcomes president of Reliant Water Technologies, Jim Dartez, as his guest in this episode of The Water Online Show: The Business Of Water. Jim provides an in-depth look at three of Reliant's innovative technologies that have made substantial contributions to the water industry. The two discuss the often underestimated power of water, and how simplistic designs can still be genius and forward-thinking. Watch the full episode to learn more about how Reliant's technologies are designed to save time, be more efficient, and get the job done all in one location.

Do you know DaaS? If not, tune in to this episode of In The Flow with Amir Cahn, CEO of the Smart Water Networks Forum (SWAN), alongside hosts Travis Kennedy and Kevin Westerling. Cahn provides an overview of Data as a Service, followed by a list of benefits — and what to be wary of. He also provides real-world examples of how DaaS is being leveraged by water utilities and gives insight on the momentum of performance-based services.

For this episode of The Water Online Show: In The Flow, Ken Sansone, senior partner at SL Environmental Law Group, joins hosts Travis Kennedy and Kevin Westerling to detail multi-district litigation efforts to hold PFAS polluters accountable and provide financial restitution to affected municipalities. Ken describes how his firm has already won settlements from chemical manufacturers, and how water suppliers can lay claim to a portion of the billions of dollars available — money that can go toward installing treatment systems to comply with the recently finalized rule establishing maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for PFAS in drinking water.

As the privatization of water and wastewater utilities becomes more prominent, sometimes even compelled, Water Online Show hosts Travis Kennedy and Kevin Westerling go "In The Flow" with Bill Becker, Vice President at Hazen and Sawyer, for a discussion on public vs. private utility ownership. Becker, once a senior engineer at American Water, the nation's largest (and private) water and wastewater utility company, has rich experience and expertise to share on both ownership models. Tune in to hear the factors that may be impacting the trend toward privatization, the pros and cons of each model from an operational standpoint, and whether or not consumers need to worry about who supplies their water.

In this episode of the Water Online Show On Location, hosts Travis Kennedy and industry legend Angela Godwin broadcast from the bustling floor of ACE 2024 in Anaheim, California. The duo dives into discussions about the diverse topics buzzing around the event, from data management to AI's impact on the water industry. They also address workforce changes, supply chain challenges, the ever-present issue of PFAs, and a goodbye to an industry icon.