New Solutions Needed Supply chain disruptions will continue to pose challenges to the water industry. To maintain high levels of service, it is critical that water utility companies adopt new solutions and resources for long-term planning and investment.
• S upply Chain Dive. Shortages 2022: Five Products Expected to be in Tight Supply This Year. Jan. 31, 2022. • Water World, Staff Shortages: Supply Chains are Water Sector’s Latest Challenges. Nov. 24, 2021.
• W ater and Wastes Digest. How Water Utilities Can Be More Resilient During Supply Chain Disruptions. Feb. 8, 2022. • The Port of Los Angeles: https://www. portoflosangeles.org/.
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References • B usiness Insider. Moody’s Warns of “Dark Clouds Ahead” for the Global Supply Chain as 77% of the World’s Largest Ports Face Backlogs. Oct. 14, 2021. • Business Insider. Why the Supply Chain is in Crisis, Spurring an “Everything Shortage.” Oct. 21, 2021.
Aerial photo of Port of Los Angeles – Pier 400.
Venner to Represent WEF at Florida Water Resources Conference Water Environment Federation ®
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Ifetayo Venner, P.E., president-elect of the 2021-22 board of trustees for the Water Environment Federation (WEF), will be the organizarion’s representative at the Florida Water Resources Conference, to be held April 24-27 in Daytona Beach. Venner is a professional engineer and Envision Sustainability professional with Arcadis, a global design and consultancy firm for natural and built assets. She is the North America wastewater and water sustainability leader. She has been an active member of WEF since joining after college, participating in committees and task forces related to water resource recovery facility design, sustainability, and WEF governance. She is a member of the Florida Water Environment Association and the Water Environment Association of Texas. Venner is a licensed professional engineer in Florida and Texas. She has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from McGill University, a master’s degree in environmental engineering and science from Stanford University, and an MBA, with a concentration in management and sustainability, from the University of South Florida. S
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