Mission Statement:
To Preserve and enhance Virginia's water environment, now and for future generations.

The Objectives of the VWEA:

• The advancement of fundamental knowledge of the water environment, its basic quality and the physical laws governing its interaction with other aspects of the environment and with the aesthetic, economic, and biological needs of the earth’s inhabitants.
  
• The advancement of practical knowledge in the technology, design, construction, operation, and management of water quality control systems and facilities.
  
• The increased understanding of the nature and function of the earth’s natural waterways, surface, subsurface, and atmosphere, and encouragement and promotion of action necessary to preserve and enhance them.
  
• The implementation of the objectives previously stated through an exchange of information and experience among its members, and other interested persons, by an annual meeting, seminars or other activities for its members.
  
• The publication and distribution of information relating to the water quality control field.
  
• The promotion of public understanding and the encouragement of sound regional policy in matters relating to the water quality control field.
  
• The improvement of the professional status of all personnel engaged in any aspect of the water quality control field, including but not limited to the design, management and operation of water quality control systems.
  
• The stimulation of public awareness of the relationship of water resources to the general public welfare, and the need for preservation and reuse of water resources.
  
• The advancement of the education of its members and other interested persons by the presentations of, technical programs at its annual meetings, seminars, workshops and other meetings.
  
• Affiliation with the Water Environment Federation and participation in the activities of the organization.

Water Environment Federation

The Water Environment Federation is a federation of Member Associations throughout the world. The Federation consists of 67 Member Associations, six recognized Professional Wastewater Division (PWOD) Operator Associations, and four Corresponding Associations. Member Associations and PWOD Operators Associations are organized into geographic regions.

Individuals join local Member Associations or Professional Wastewater Operators Associations and these local member organizations are united as the Water Environment Federation. Each Member Association or Professional Wastewater Operators Association has its own organizational structure and mode of operation and, within the framework of the Federation Constitution and Bylaws, has considerable freedom to act and react to the benefits of its own membership.

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