The Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization representing over 30,000 individual members and 75 affiliated member associations worldwide. Since 1928, WEF has worked to protect public health and the environment by advancing water quality education, training, and business opportunities for scientists, engineers, regulators, academics, utility managers, and plant operators. Awareness of antimicrobial resistance is relevant to WEF’s members, who are involved in the operation, design, and study of wastewater collection and treatment systems in which antibiotic resistance genes are often detected.
Presenters:
Carley Truyens, PE, MPH is the Senior Manager, Public Health at the Water Environment Federation in Virginia, USA, where she works to support environmental and wastewater surveillance, both domestically and globally. She has 14 years of experience working in global WASH, environmental health, and water resources in the US and South Africa. Carley holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and a Master of Public Health in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences from the University of Washington.