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On May 3, 2023, U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced the “Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act.” This...

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Stormwater professionals from across the U.S. recently met in Washington, D.C., to learn about the latest trends shaping...

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Governments agree to restore at least 300,000 km of polluted rivers and 350 million ha of degraded wetlands...

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Inaugural State of Public Sector Green Stormwater Infrastructure report outlines challenges and opportunities for green infrastructure implementation....

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The Water Environment Federation’s first Circular Water Economy Summit will convene July 18-20 in Nashville, TN. The Summit...

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Andrea Rinaldo, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of Padova, 2023 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate, SWP...

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Rare and destructive "sneaker wave" events are notoriously difficult to predict – new research aims to change that....

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Francine Kelly-Hooper, Ph.D., shares lessons learned from her decades-long investigation into the sediments that accumulate at the bottom...

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During the WEF Winter Meeting in February, the WEFTEC Program Committee made great progress on the educational programming...

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Research highlights inland wetlands as overlooked tools for preventing nutrient pollution...

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New investments enable New York City’s Cloudburst and FloodNet programs to expand citywide...

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On March 14, 2023, the U.S. EPA proposed a National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) to establish legally...

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