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The engineers specifying their next treatment plant walk this floor — staff a booth that can talk the application, not just the brochure.

Trade show models, promotional models, brand ambassadors, and lead-retrieval talent for WEFTEC 2026 — locally sourced in New Orleans, trained before the doors open, and managed on-site. (Almost) instant quotes.

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WEFTEC staffing

WEFTEC staffing puts trained booth professionals, demonstrators, brand ambassadors and lead-retrieval talent on your stand at WEFTEC — the Water Environment Federation's annual Technical Exhibition and Conference, the largest annual water-quality event in the world, held September 26–30, 2026 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans and drawing 23,000+ water professionals and 950+ exhibitors. It's a credentialed professional event for the water sector: utility operators, municipal and civil engineers, environmental consultants, regulatory officers and water-infrastructure buyers evaluating capital equipment for specific plant upgrades and projects. TSM Agency is a woman-owned national event staffing and talent agency, founded in 2005, that recruits, vets, briefs and manages WEFTEC talent locally in New Orleans — trained on your products and technical messaging before the doors open and run through one dedicated account executive — so brands get a composed, knowledgeable booth without flying in or housing a crew.

Event details

WEFTEC 2026 at a glance

Dates
September 26–30, 2026
Days
Saturday–Wednesday
Venue
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
Address
900 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, LA, 70130
Event type
Water-quality technical conference and trade exhibition (trade-only)
Scale
23 · 950+
Official site
www.weftec.org
Why it matters

What WEFTEC asks of an exhibitor

WEFTEC fills the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center with a 950+ exhibitor show floor and a credentialed audience of 23,000+ water professionals — operators, engineers, consultants and procurement managers who evaluate equipment against real treatment-plant and infrastructure projects. The buying environment is technical and project-driven: conversations turn on the application — drinking water, industrial wastewater, stormwater, reuse — and on project timelines, not on category-level pitches. Exhibition traffic surges during breaks between technical-conference sessions, so the floor swings from quiet to packed and back. The challenge is credibility and capture: a booth needs staff composed enough to hold a technical conversation and disciplined enough to scan and qualify every contact during the rush. The four roles below each address a different piece of running a professional booth on a technical water-industry floor.

The scale of the floor

A WEFTEC booth competes for the crowd on the floor.

WEFTEC fills the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center with a 950+ exhibitor show floor and a credentialed audience of 23,000+ water professionals — operators, engineers, consultants and procurement managers who evaluate equipment against real treatment-plant and infrastructure projects WEFTEC draws 23.

Source — organizer figures
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attendees at WEFTEC
Front of the booth

Trade show models for WEFTEC

WEFTEC trade show models work the front of your booth with the credible, professional presence a technical water-sector floor expects. With utility operators, municipal engineers, consultants and procurement managers surging through the hall during session breaks, our WEFTEC trade show models greet and triage visitors, manage queue flow at operating equipment, and qualify arrivals so your engineers and sales team spend their time on the buyers tied to real projects. Because they're sourced in New Orleans, you skip the airfare, hotels and per-diems an out-of-town crew adds — and you get staff who know the convention center's layout and union protocols. The outcome: an approachable but credible front line that keeps the booth covered through every traffic surge.

Traffic & attention

Promotional models for WEFTEC

WEFTEC promotional models drive booth traffic and bring water professionals to your demonstrations rather than running gimmicks. On a floor of 950+ water and wastewater exhibitors competing for the same engineers and operators, our WEFTEC promotional models invite attendees to live equipment runs, hand out spec sheets and materials, and keep the booth active and inviting across the exhibition days — pulling in the utility, municipal and consulting audience walking your aisle. Each is briefed on your products and the one action you want — a demonstration, a spec-sheet scan, a follow-up with an engineer. The outcome: more qualified traffic at your demos, captured rather than passing to the next stand.

Brand & message

Brand ambassadors for WEFTEC

WEFTEC brand ambassadors represent your brand to a credentialed water-industry audience where product knowledge and composure decide the conversation. Across a technical floor of engineers, operators, consultants and regulators, our WEFTEC brand ambassadors are briefed on your products, technical messaging and the regulatory themes that matter to water buyers, so they embody the brand consistently — framing your equipment for a specific application, fielding the first layer of technical questions, and reinforcing why you fit a planned plant upgrade or project. We can prioritize talent with environmental science, engineering or technical backgrounds when your booth program calls for it. The goal they serve: a professional, on-message presence that earns the engineer's follow-up.

The operational team

Full booth staffing for WEFTEC

As your WEFTEC event staffing partner we field the whole booth team behind the front line. That includes product demonstrators who deliver accurate, repeatable demos of filtration, monitoring, pumping and treatment equipment; lead-retrieval specialists trained on Cvent, Compusystems, Validar, Klik and Bartizan who scan and qualify every contact — recording each attendee's application and project timeline so a utility engineer specifying for a planned plant expansion is flagged correctly in real time; queue managers for operating equipment; presenters for in-booth education; bilingual talent — including Spanish — on request; and a team lead to run check-in, breaks and performance across the show. Our talent works through show close each day — never an early walk-off — so your booth is covered to the final hour, not abandoned when the floor quiets. One dedicated account executive scopes the mix to your booth size and demo program and manages the team on-site, so your stand stays credible and producing for the operators, engineers and infrastructure buyers on the floor.

A buying audience

They came to see new products.

92% of trade show attendees come specifically to see new products — primed to engage at your booth, if someone engages them first.

Source — CEIR
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come to see new products
Why TSM

Why exhibitors book TSM for WEFTEC

Local talent. Crews sourced in New Orleans — no airfare, hotels, or per-diems on your invoice.
Trained before the doors open. Every booking is briefed on your products, message, and the one action you want from each visitor.
One account executive. A single point of contact scopes the team, manages on-site, and owns the outcome.
Vetted & reliable. Woman-owned since 2005, rated 5.0 on Google, with talent that shows up and performs.

A booth that's professionally staffed open-to-close at WEFTEC — and a clean lead list when the show ends.

Why brands trust us

Why brands trust TSM Agency

Woman-Owned

A woman-owned talent agency co-founded by Caryn Hanna, a former professional model.

Founded 2005

More than 20 years of trade show and event staffing experience.

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Events Staffed

More than 2,000 trade shows, conventions, and promotional events staffed across the United States.

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Talent Network

Over 2,000 experienced trade show models, brand ambassadors, and promotional staff across 25+ U.S. cities.

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Rated on Google

Rated 5.0 stars on Google Reviews based on verified client feedback.

MPI Member

A member of Meeting Professionals International (MPI), the largest global community of meeting and event professionals.

$1 Million Insurance Coverage

Fully insured with $1M per occurrence and $2M aggregate general liability. Certificates of insurance available on request.

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City Markets

Local talent in every major U.S. convention city, eliminating travel expenses, with staff who know the venue.

How it works

How it works

Three steps to a fully staffed WEFTEC booth.

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Step 01

Send your show & booth

Tell us your booth size, dates, and the roles you need. Most quotes come back fast.

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Step 02

Choose your team

Select your talent from our curated recommendations — we recommend, you choose — and we brief them on your brand.

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Step 03

We manage on-site

Your talent arrives show-ready and is managed on the floor, every day, through the close of the show.

FAQ

WEFTEC staffing FAQs

Yes. TSM Agency places trade show models for WEFTEC who bring a credible, professional presence to a technical water-sector floor — greeting and triaging visitors, managing queue flow at equipment, and qualifying the utility operators, engineers and consultants who reach your booth. They're briefed on your products and messaging before the doors open at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.

We staff WEFTEC with a locally based New Orleans roster experienced at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center's major technical and industrial exhibitions. Local talent knows the venue's layout and union protocols, arrives for the pre-show briefing, and covers all five days without travel — so you avoid the airfare, hotels and per-diems an out-of-town crew adds, and the day-two fatigue that hits fly-in crews.

Yes. We place lead-retrieval specialists trained on Cvent, Compusystems, Validar, Klik and Bartizan who scan badges and record each attendee's application and project timeline, plus product demonstrators who deliver accurate, repeatable demos of filtration, monitoring and treatment equipment. We can prioritize talent with environmental science, engineering or technical backgrounds, and both are briefed on your products and qualification criteria before the floor opens.

Yes. WEFTEC draws water professionals from 100+ countries, and we provide verified-fluency bilingual talent — Spanish and other languages on request — who can greet, present and capture leads in a visitor's own language. Request bilingual staffing when you submit your quote so we can confirm availability for the September dates.

Talent generally runs $50–$85 per hour depending on role, program length and the New Orleans market, and every booking includes staff selection, a pre-event brand briefing and a dedicated account manager. Quotes are fast — often within minutes once details are confirmed.

TSM Agency is a woman-owned national event staffing and talent agency founded in 2005, with 2,000+ events staffed, a 2,000+ talent network, a 5.0 Google rating and MPI membership. We carry $1M per-occurrence / $2M aggregate general liability insurance, with a certificate of insurance available on request. Our talent are vetted 1099 professionals briefed on your products before the show, and every WEFTEC program runs through one dedicated account executive reachable on show days.

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We have WEFTEC 2026 on file — venue, dates and roles are pre-filled, so you just pick your team and send. Your account executive replies fast with pricing and hand-picked talent.

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WEFTEC staffing puts trained booth professionals, demonstrators, brand ambassadors and lead-retrieval talent on your stand at WEFTEC — the Water Environment Federation's annual Technical Exhibition and Conference, the largest annual water-quality event in the world, held September 26–30, 2026 at the Ernest N.

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