2026 NWEA MEMBER SURVEY

2026 NWEA MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT SURVEY

The purpose of this survey is to determine the needs of the current members as infor for the 2026 Strategic Planning.

Please complete the following surevey and click the "SUBMIT" button when you are done.

Thank you for your time and effort in providing this valuable information.

Question 1: What programs or services, if any, do you feel should be offered by NWEA that currently are not? (click all that apply) *

Continuing Education Courses/Training

Local Seminars/Workshops

Online Training

Professional Management Seminars/Workshops

Accreditation/Recognition Programs

Laboratory Training

Basic Information About Wastewater Treatment

Broader Areas of Water Treatment

Industrial Wastewater

Stormwater Training

Operations/Process Information

Collections System Maintenance

FOG Management

Small System Information

Pretreatment Programs

Watershed Management Information

Nutrient Recycling

Asset Management Information

Public Outreach Programs

Nothing

Question 2: Which of the following would you consider to be the PRIMARY reason you joined NWEA *

Keep up-to-date on developements

Continuing education/career advancement

Attend Conferences

Technical Information/knowledge

Training resources

Be a part of local/regional MA

Journals/publications

Wastewater resources

Ops Challenge

Product source

Give presentations/publish papers

Employer pays for it

Professional affiliation

Legislativeissues

Maintain operators license

Part of job

Student friendly

Water reuse information

Webcasts

Don't know

Question 3: Over the past 10 years, please indicate whether the value of your membership has increased substantially, increased, stayed the same, or decreased. *

Increased Substantially

Increased

Stayed the Same

Decreased

No Answer

Question 4: What can NWEA do to increase the value of your membership? (Click all that apply) *

More technical Information

Target information toward operators

Stormwater information

Collection system maintenace

Industrial wastewater involvement

Broaden areas of water treatment

Pretreatment programs

Diversit, Equity, and Inclusion training

Practical information/less academic

Laboratory procedures information

Asset management information

Small Systems information

Management issues information

Science/engineering focus

Energy savings/efficiency focus

Watershed information

Operations/process information

Water reuse information

Decentralized systems information

Emerging pollutants of concern

Safety information

Expanded student programs

Increase Young Professional support

On-site disposal systems

Workforce training issues

Nothing

Question 5: Of the below, what would you like most form NWEA? (click all that apply) *

Provide nore opportunities for members to engage

Continuing education courses/professional developement

More operator training

Local Seminars/workshops

Electronic/online availability of information

Online training/webcasts

Improve website

Job bank opportunities

More outreach programs

Help influence my employer regarding the value of membership

Incluence state legislature

Be more politically active in wastewater issues

Improve magazine contect

Maintain high qualityconfernece programming

Provide more case studies/success stories

Listen to and appreciate members

Less email/marketting

Free/sheaper access to publications/conferneces

More affordable training

Do not raise dues

Offer different levels of membership

Offer larger member discounts

Lower cost for students/young professionals

More events for Young Professionals

More scholarships

Mentoring programs

Work jointly with other associations

Nothing/Do not know

Question 6: Which of the following NWEA products/services have you USED or participated in over the past 12 months? (click all that apply) *

Annual Conference

Special conference

Workshop

Webcasts

Public education products

Government affairs information

Job bank

Magazine/newsletter article(s)

All of the Above

Other

None of the Above

Question 7: Please select five areas from the following list of technical issues that you would like NWEA to invest more resources in developing products and services. (please select 5 from the following) *

Wastewater treatment in general

Water reuse

Biosolids treatment/reuse

Nutrient removal

Collections systems

Plant operations and maintenance

Stormwater

Sustainable practices

Membranes

Compounds of emerging concern/PPCPs

Green infrastructure

Utility management

Watershed management

Energy management

Public education programs

Personnel issues/employee training

Water treatment in general

Industrial water quality

Management

Climate change

Employee health/safety

System design

Decentralized systems

Odor control/air quality

Question 8: Overall, how satisfied are you with NWEA? *

Extremely satisfied

Very satisfied

Neutral

Not very satisfied

Not at all satisfied

No Answer

Question 9: Are you a member or Non-member *

Member

Non-member

Question 10: What age range would you be in? *

Under 35

35-55

Over 55

Question 11: Employment *

Student

Utility

Consulting/Contracting

Vendor/Supplier

All Others

Question 12: Title *

Upper/Senior Management

Engineering Design

Lab/Operations Management

Scientific & Reserch

Operations

Retired

All Others

Question 13: In which areas are you professionally involved? (click all that apply) *

Wastewater

Collection Systems

Drinking Water

Industrial Wastewater

Residuals/Biosolids

Stormwater

Water Reuse and/or Recycling

Groundwater

Wastewater Analysis and Health/Safety

Utility Management

Public Education/Information

Odor/Air Emissions

Watershed/Surface Water Systems

Legislation - Policy, Legislation, Regulation

Land and Soil Systems

Other

Question 14: Approximately how long have you been a member of NWEA? *

Fewer than 3 years

3-5 years

6-10 years

11-15 years

16-20 years

More than 20 years

Question 15: What other societies/professional associations do you belong to? (click all that apply) *

Water Environment Association (WEF)

American Water Works Association (AWWA)

National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA)

Water Environment & Reuse Foundation (WE&RF)

American Public Works Association (APWA)

Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA)

Wate Reuse

Rural Water

Too Many to Mention

Other Associations

2026 Member Survey

2026 NWEA MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT SURVEY

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