Topic: WQRF

  • Student researchers awarded scholarships


    Student researchers from Virginia Tech University and the University of British Columbia are winners of the Water Quality Research Foundation’s first David Loveday Memorial scholarship poster contest.  The research findings of the winning poster submissions were shared with attendees of the WQRFs Scientific Symposium and the WQA Convention & Exposition March 4 & 5 in…

  • WQRF calls for research grant concept papers


    The Water Quality Research Foundation has issued a request for concept papers (RFCP) under its research grant program.  The grant offers up to $100,000 of WQRF funding toward field work and implementation of treatment devices as part of the research.

  • WQRF Symposium: Solutions Catalyst set for March 4


    The second annual Water Quality Research Foundation scientific symposium will bring together top scientific, technical and water treatment industry experts for critical conversations on PFAS and other emerging contaminants, water’s resilience, and innovative solutions. WQRF Symposium: Solutions Catalyst is set for March 4 – the day before the WQA Convention & Exposition – in the…

  • Disasters And Drinking Water


    Dr. Andrew Whelton from Purdue University joins this week’s WQA Radio podcast to discuss the impact of disasters on drinking water.

  • Learn about the WQRF Kitchen Table Toolbox


    This week’s WQA Radio podcast features a portion of a recent Water Quality Research Foundation webinar, “Toolbox Talk.” Presenter Jennifer Smith, CWS, a residential sales rep for ResinTech, discusses some of the tools offered in the Kitchen Table Toolbox developed by WQRF.

  • WQRF accepting proposals for new poster competition


    The Water Quality Research Foundation is inviting proposals for its first-ever Poster Presentations. Top posters will be presented during the 2024 Water Quality Association Convention & Exposition, March 5-7 in Orlando, FL.

  • WQRF PFAS Research


    In this week’s episode of our WQA Radio podcast, we’re going to focus on new research on PFAS from the Water Quality Research Foundation, WQRF. Dr. Madjid Mohseni from the University of British Columbia joins us to talk about his research into whether a PFAS surrogate can be identified to gauge the effectiveness of water…

  • WQA’s PFAS proposal comments reviewed on WQA Radio


    This week’s WQA Radio podcasts features a portion of a recent WQA/WQRF webinar, “PFAS and Forecasting the Regulatory Landscape,” in which WQA Government Affairs Director Jeremy Pollack summarizes the comments WQA submitted to the federal Environmental Protection Agency on its first National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for six PFAS chemicals. Those comments highlight the capabilities…

  • POU/POE viable for SDWA compliance, study finds


    A research study funded by the Water Quality Research Foundation has been published in AWWA Water Science, a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal of research on the science, engineering and social aspects of water. The University of Massachusetts Amherst study demonstrates how Community Water Systems can examine three different factors together to determine whether it’s better to…

  • Undesser shares key points of WQA/WQRF on podcast


    Key moments in the history of WQA and WQRF, factors that have united and grown both organizations and how WQA is uniquely positioned to help the industry achieve success in the years ahead are topics of this week’s WQA Radio podcast, where our guest is WQA Executive Director Pauli Undesser, MWS.