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June 17, 2020
NACWA congratulates its members from across the country who applied for and received funding through EPA’s Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA).
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June 10, 2020
NACWA’s 2019 Cost of Clean Water Index, released May 29, indicates that the average cost of wastewater services rose 3.8 percent in 2019, more than doubling the rate of inflation over the same period.
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June 10, 2020
NACWA published a white paper this week, Funding and Financing Strategies to Address Coronavirus Impact, that outlines various funding and financing options the federal government could pursue to help municipal clean water utilities recover from the current economic challenges facing the sector due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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June 10, 2020
NACWA submitted comments June 1 on EPA’s most recent iteration of the multi-sector general permit (MSGP) for stormwater discharges associated with industrial activity.
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June 10, 2020
NACWA hosted the first-ever Strategic Communications: H2O Virtual Event on Monday, June 1st and Tuesday, June 2nd. Nearly 200 individuals participated online for each event.
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June 10, 2020
River Rally, hosted each year by the River Network, brings together a broad range of advocates for inspiring conversations and celebrating progress towards an equitable and sustainable water future.
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June 3, 2020
NACWA is devoting this issue of the Current to an expression of our solidarity with those seeking to end racism and all its forms of injustice in our country and who are demanding a move beyond the deep divisions that have far too often led to hatred, brutal violence and the unnecessary death of Black Americans.
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May 28, 2020
Clean water utilities have operated resource recovery systems at their treatment plants for many years without clear direction from U.S. EPA as to the status of the recovered materials.
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May 28, 2020
In a departure from its much-criticized eco-regional approach to developing nutrient criteria, EPA published draft water quality criteria recommendations for lakes and reservoirs in the May 22 Federal Register that rely on statistical, stressor-response relationships using data collected from hundreds of lakes.
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May 28, 2020
Since the U.S. House’s passage earlier this month of its next phase of COVID-19 relief, the Heroes Act, Congressional action has slowed on reaching bipartisan agreement for a new legislative package.
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May 28, 2020
NACWA convened a panel of clean water legal experts last week to provide clean water utility leaders and attorneys with information designed to help navigate permitting and enforcement issues arising from COVID-19.
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May 28, 2020
This coming Monday and Tuesday, June 1-2 at 2:00 p.m. EST, NACWA will host its first Strategic Communications H2O Virtual Event.
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May 20, 2020
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the latest round of COVID-19 stimulus legislation this past Friday, May 15th, signaling the start of the next phase of negotiations over addition federal relief to state and local governments.
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May 20, 2020
EPA released a proposed rule May 19 that it says will improve the transparency of guidance documents issued by the Agency.
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May 20, 2020
Nearly 1,000 pretreatment professionals participated in NACWA’s Pretreatment Virtual Event, May 14-16, featuring two webinars and a meeting of the Association’s Pretreatment & Pollution Prevention Committee.
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May 20, 2020
The Water Asset Management Conference went virtual this year, and on May 14 held a special panel session on PFAS.
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May 13, 2020
Congress continues to debate the contours of its next phase of COVID-19 relief, facing growing pressure to return to Washington, D.C. but with strong differences both across and within parties over the appropriate next steps in addressing the pandemic.
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May 13, 2020
One of Congress’s priorities for 2020, prior to the pandemic, was to pass the biennial Water Resources Development Act (WRDA).
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May 13, 2020
The news media continues to seek insights and statements from NACWA’s leadership and staff on all matters relating to the public clean water sector.
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May 13, 2020
As clean water utilities continue to serve on the front lines of battling COVID-19, they are also facing unprecedented legal and regulatory challenges.