Welcome to the MWEA/WEF Membership Program!

The Michigan Water Environment Association (MWEA) and Water Environment Federation (WEF) together offer membership programs that can benefit organizations like GLWA. Membership in both organizations can support GLWA’s mission to provide clean, safe, and sustainable water services to the communities it serves.

Starting January 1, 2025, you can join by clicking here.

Questions? Email [email protected].

During the join process:

Select either Young Professional, Professional, or Professional Operator;
Select Annual Membership (not Auto-Renew Membership);
Select Michigan WEA as your Member Association; and
Use GLWA2025 as your promo code before checking out to receive your membership for free.

For step-by-step instructions, click here.

You can also learn more about the benefits offered by MWEA and WEF below.

Ready to get started? Sign up now!

Learn More About WEF

MWEA Benefits

Member pricing for all MWEA Conferences
MATTERS Magazine - a professional magazine distributed to all members quarterly covering a wide variety of water environment topics such as emerging issues, innovative solutions, utility highlights, and more.
MWEA Monthly E-Newsletter - a monthly e-newsletter with information on upcoming MWEA events, opportunities, and other important industry updates.
MWEA Awards – professional recognition opportunities for all members
Career engagement, career path advancement, leadership opportunities - through participation in seminars, training, committees, etc. professional connections, networks, knowledge base, and engagement increases fostering measurable career investment. Engaged and invested employees are more likely to remain in the industry.
Collaboration on industry recruitment initiatives - working with MWEA’s Youth Education and Outreach Committees, opportunities can be fostered to collaborate on recruitment initiatives.
MWEA Committee’s and Committee Leadership - 30 different committees including 18 technical committees, New Professionals Committee, etc. Committee participation enhances subject matter knowledge and builds valuable professional networks.

WEF Benefits

WEF Publications

$300 discount on Access Water basic individual annual subscription + WEF digital books at $2,280.
Subscription to Water Environment & Technology (WE&T) Magazine (print and digital) published monthly featuring cutting-edge technologies, innovative solutions, operations and maintenance, regulatory and legislative actions.
Complimentary access to the Water Environment Research is an international multidisciplinary water resource management journal.
Complimentary access to WEF SmartBrief, a daily e-newsletter for water quality professionals.
20% discount on WEF technical publications, newsletters, manuals of practice, magazines, training guides and journals.

WEF Conference and Events

The Water Environment Federation's Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC) 25% registration discount.
WEF specialty conference registration member pricing.
Operations Challenge competition eligibility.

WEF Online Learning

40% discount on the WEF Learning Center featuring WEF's online courses, webcast events, and virtual conference content.
Complimentary access to WEF webcasts on water industry trends, best practices, technologies, solutions, and legislative and regulatory updates.
Recruitment Support
5 Pack of Premium Job FlashTM Emails and Postings in WEF’s Career Center featuring job announcements sent to 35,000 water quality professionals, job postings, premium search results and highlighted posts. Valued at $1,120.
Member savings on job postings in the WEF career center.