ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Water Environment Federation (WEF) announced that Chris French has joined the organization as its new Director of Stormwater Programs. French will use his more than 15 years of water sector experience to expand this core competency area for WEF and guide the efforts of the WEF Stormwater Institute, a recently launched center of excellence that provides national leadership for sustainable stormwater management.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Nov. 12, 2015) – Encouraging participation from qualified academics, industry consultants and end users was the driving force behind this new initiative to recruit individual experts to work alongside Hydraulic Institute (HI) members in developing technical materials for the pump industry. “This was an easy decision for our board,” said board chairman and Hydro CEO, George Harris.