Clean Water Current Archive

Senate Democrats released their $1 trillion plan for rebuilding America’s infrastructure last week, on the heels of the White House’s infrastructure proposal that was released last month and as Congress begins crafting comprehensive infrastructure legislation.

NACWA is proud to release a valuable new resource to help your clean water utility succeed: The MS4 Stormwater Permitting Guide.

NACWA joined a large group of national and California county, municipal, and water associations to file an amici brief March 8 in support of a Petition for Rehearing en banc that was filed by NACWA Member Agency the Maui County Department of Environmental Management.

NACWA submitted comments on March 9 regarding EPA’s Draft Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2016. The annual Inventory provides nationwide estimates for greenhouse gas (GHG) emission for different sectors, including wastewater treatment, and is intended to be used only for informational purposes.

NACWA and its coalition partners in the Infrastructure Working Group took part in Capitol Hill Day visits with Members of Congress and their staffs last week to discuss the importance of advancing a legislative infrastructure package.

The latest installment of the Hot Topics in Clean Water Law webinar series, hosted on March 7, covered new and developing issues in clean water law and drew more than 130 attendees.

NACWA submitted comments to EPA on March 8 regarding the Agency’s preliminary efforts to make long-term revisions and updates to the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR).

NACWA participated in a roundtable discussion March 8 hosted by the Brookings Institution to examine water workforce issues.

During a congressional briefing on March 6, the US Water Alliance (USWA) released a new report, An Equitable Water Future: Opportunities for the Great Lakes Region, that lays out an agenda for creating more equitable water systems in the Great Lakes region.

Water Week 2018 and its highlight event, the National Water Policy Fly-in (NWPF), are only five weeks away – now is the time to make your plans to attend!

NACWA has sent letters to Congressional Appropriators reiterating several important funding asks, as the March 23 deadline approaches for Congress to pass a Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 appropriations measure based on a framework prescribed by the recently passed, bipartisan budget deal. Both letters, one to the full committee and one to the subcommittees, reflect the requests that NACWA and the water sector have been advocating throughout the past year.

The Senate began formal consideration of the White House infrastructure proposal last week, with a hearing in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

NACWA joined the Illinois Association of Wastewater Agencies (IAWA) for its Spring Mini-Conference in Springfield, IL on February 28, to provide an update on the latest developments, from the federal level, on infrastructure funding, budget development, integrated planning and affordability, and a range of other policy issues that will impact the water sector.

Two NACWA public utility members were featured on the most recent installment of EPA’s Community Service webinar series on March 1.

As the Trump Administration advances its infrastructure priorities, water issues have emerged as an important focal point among a crowded field of legislative priorities.

NACWA’s Security & Emergency Preparedness Committee will have a web meeting on Monday, March 19, 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET, featuring a presentation by Bob Winters, a Protective Security Advisor (PSA) for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

The U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for review of a US Circuit Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit decision on February 20, allowing the lower court ruling to stand that the Court of Appeals lacked jurisdiction to consider a challenge to an EPA decision related to blending and bypasses.

NACWA delivered a letter to Congress last week in support of S. 2346, a bill to establish an innovative water infrastructure workforce development program.

The Trump Administration’s infrastructure proposal, affordability and the fragmentation of the water sector were top discussion items as EPA’s Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) convened in Washington, DC on February 20 - 21 for its winter meeting.

NACWA submitted comments Feb. 20 on Oregon’s recent draft MS4 Phase II permit. The Association is concerned that the draft permit would set a dangerous precedent that will have national implications if finalized “as-is.”