Western Canada Water Environment Association

Our Mission

Is to connect water professionals and harness their collective knowledge, creating a powerful force for enhancing the water environment in Western Canada.

Together, we’re making a difference, one drop at a time.

WCWEA Membership

WEF Membership

Join WEF or Renew Your Membership

Professional Member
Any individual, working or interested in water quality, may join WEF as a Professional Member.

Executive Membership
The Executive package provides access to a comprehensive suite of WEF member benefits, designed to supply senior level professionals with access to water knowledge, the ability to stay current in the field, and the tools needed to make sound decisions.

PWO Member
Operators and technicians directly involved in water reuse, wastewater treatment, collection systems, or laboratory operations may join as Professional Wastewater Operator Members. Utility managers, engineers, consultants, manufacturer representatives, attorneys, academics, etc., do not qualify for this category.

Student Member
Students who are enrolled in a minimum of six (6) credit hours at an accredited college or university and provide written documentation, verifying their student status, may join as a Student Member. A faculty or advisor must provide signed verification of the member’s student status on official school letterhead, within 30 days of joining.

Young Professional
Emerging leaders within the water quality profession who are either new to WEF membership or making a transition from being a student member to a Professional member, may become Young Professional Members. Eligibility requires up to five years work experience in the industry and less than 35 years old. Valid for the first three years of WEF membership.

If you live in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Northern Territories or Nunavut and join WEF, you will belong to Western Canada Water Environment Association as well.

WCWEA Membership Referral Program

Share the benefits of membership,
earn rewards

Within WEF and WCWEA, members work to help each other develop and grow professionally, while building valuable relationships with industry partners and prospects. Joint WEF/WCWEA membership ensures your access to professional resources at global and regional levels.

Refer a colleague and get rewarded for each person that joins. More members mean more connections and resources for you!

How the rewards program works
To be eligible for rewards, make sure your name and email address are included on the WEF membership applications of everyone you refer. WCWEA will reward you with a $10 coffee card for each member you refer.

Volunteer

 

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Board & Committee Positions and Job Descriptions

Submit your nomination

If you are interested in getting involved please download the Volunteer Profile and return to aarisman@wcwwa.ca

WCWEA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

AWARDS

Laboratory Analyst Excellence Award

The WEF Board of Directors established this award in 1993 to recognize individuals for outstanding performance, professionalism, and contributions to the water quality analysis profession.

2001 Glen Brown
2004 Jan Oleszkiewicz
2007 Edith Phillips
2010 Mei Chen
2011 Lori Splett
2014 Brenda Stanek

 

2015 Dr Qiuyan Yuan PhD
2018 Victor Wei
2022 Rasha Maal-Bared
2019 Colleen Mitchell

 

     

 

Arthur Sidney Bedell Award

The Arthur Sidney Bedell Award was established to acknowledge extraordinary personal service to a Member Association. The award is named for Arthur Sidney Bedell, the second president of the Federation who exemplified its purpose by his long devotion and service to the New York Sewage and Industrial Wastes Association. He was Chief of the Bureau of Sewage and Waste Disposal of the New York State Department of Health.

1974 W. Les Wardrop
1977 Murray Prescott
1980 Harvey Hogge
1983 Clarence Forsber
1988 William McKay
1991 James Warrener
1994 George Balacko
1997 Terry Higo
2007 2000 Gerald Samuel

 

2003 Bill Borlase
2006 Chris Ward
2009 Mike Van Den Bosch
2010 Garry Mak
2012 Brian Station
2013 Dan Smith
2014 Rodger McDonald
2015 Ross Webster
2016 George Bontus

 

2017 Jeffrey Halliday
2018 Barry MacBride
2019 Alec Mackenzie
2020 Natalie Wilson
2021 Daniel Du Toit;
2022 Audrey Arisman
2023 Timo Jansen
 
 

 

William D. Hatfield Award

The William D. Hatfield Award is presented to a wastewater treatment plant operator for outstanding performance and professionalism. The award was established in honour of Dr. William D. Hatfield, Superintendent of the Decatour, Illinois Sanitary District, who was President of the Central States Sewage Works Association in 1944-45 and served as President of the Federation in 1958-59.

1958 Clarence Forsbert
1978 Kenneth Elstone
1983 Michael Cassiram
1989 Doug Moisuk
1995 Gene Emanuel
1998 Wolf Keller
2001 Cheng-Ping Hwang
2004 Frank Wetsch
2007 Wayne Wall

 

2010 George Kewley
2011 Brian Miller
2012 Ian Christiansen
2014 Rynette Moore-Guillaume
2015 Ted Snure
2016 Dwayne Cikaluk
2017 Vince Corkery
2018 Jan Oleszkiewicz
2019 Davey Robertson

 

2020 Karly Friesen
2021 Joe Zimmer
2022 Sean Killoran
2023 Mike Sadowski
 
 
 
 
 

 

George W. Burke, Jr. Award

This award was established in 1982 in honor of George W. Burke, Jr., for his many years of service to both the water environment field and the Federation as staff manager of technical services. Mr. Burke was instrumental in developing the Federation’s annual safety survey and assisting in the production of several safety training aids and promotional packets. The purpose of this award is to encourage an active and effective safety program in municipal and industrial wastewater facilities.

2014 City of Swift Current
2019 EPCOR Gold Bar WWTP

 

2021 Regina WWTP
2022 Fort McMurray WWTP

 

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Contact Us

Telephone
1-877-283-2003 / 403-709-0064
Electronic Mail
Information: aarisman @ wcwwa.ca
Postal Address
WCWEA
Box 1708
Cochrane AB T4C 1B6