Chicago, Oct. 14, 2002 -- Robert McMillon, of Fort Worth, Texas, has been elected President of the Water Environment Federation (WEF), an international technical, scientific, and educational water quality organization.
He was elected to the post recently in Chicago during the WEFTEC 2002 technical conference and exposition.
McMillon is currently assistant water director, Pollution Control Division, for the City of Fort Worth, as well as the plant superintendent of the Village Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (VCWTP). More than 750,000 people and numerous industries in 24 communities are served by the VCTWP, which is capable of processing 144 million gallons of wastewater each day.
Under McMillon's leadership, the plant received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Operations and Maintenance Award of Excellence in 1988 and 1998.
McMillon, who joined WEF in 1962, served on the WEF Executive Committee from 1995-1996 and the WEF Board of Directors from 1992-1996. He has chaired WEF's Utility Management Committee (1996-1999), and has been active on several other committees.
He has been recognized with the Federation's Bedell Award (1992) and Hatfield Award (1985). McMillon is the principal contributing author of two WEF Manuals of Practice: Operation of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants (MOP 11) and Anaerobic Sludge Digestion - 2nd Edition (MOP 16).
McMillon is active in both the Texas Water Environment Association and the Texas Water Utilities Association. He received a B.S. degree in chemistry from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1963, is a certified water utilities instructor and holds the highest operator's certification offered by the State of Texas.
Founded in 1928, the Water Environment Federation is a not for profit technical and educational organization with members from varied disciplines who work toward the WEF vision of preservation and enhancement of the global water environment. The WEF network includes water quality professionals from 19 member associations in 32 countries. For more information, visit http://www.wef.org.
