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.