Janet Hurley Cann

Janet Hurley Cann, P.E., is a member of the 2021-22 Board of Trustees for the Water Environment Federation (WEF), an international organization of water quality professionals headquartered in Alexandria, Va.

Janet brings extensive experience to her role as the Asset Engineering Manager for the Collection and Distribution Department of Spartanburg Water, a combined commission of public works and special purpose district providing water and wastewater services in Upstate South Carolina. She began her career in the environmental field more than 35 years ago as a regulator at the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC), before beginning her employment with the Spartanburg Sanitary Sewer District in the late 1980’s.

After retiring from Spartanburg Water in 2015, Janet continued to work as a consultant for an Upstate engineering firm, until lured back to public service, returning to Spartanburg Water as Asset Engineering Manager for the collection and distribution systems rehabilitation program. Through the course of her career, she has managed a variety of projects, including collection system expansion, pump station, and treatment plant construction and upgrades, the development of the District’s first collection hydraulic model, and now the rehabilitation of both the distribution and collection systems.