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September 16, 2020
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September 16, 2020
Thanks to years of tireless effort by NACWA, its members and the Association’s water sector partners, EPA has taken a major step toward overhauling its financial capability assessment methodology to better account for the impacts on economically disadvantaged communities.
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September 16, 2020
Conference negotiations between the House and Senate on a final Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 2020 bill have ramped up over the past week with clean water provisions and billions of dollars in potential funding now coming into focus.
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September 16, 2020
NACWA joined with the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) this week to send a letter to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler flagging the significant financial challenges facing many clean water utilities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and asking the Agency to exercise flexibility in working with utilities whose capital budgets have been impacted by significant economic disruption.
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September 16, 2020
Per Executive Order 13132, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to convene a federalism consultation for public and stakeholder engagement on particular issues that will have a significant and substantial compliance cost for the regulated community.
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September 16, 2020
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently opened the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) application period, with applications due on November 4, 2020.
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September 16, 2020
NACWA is joining this week with water sector partners like the Value of Water Coalition and otherwater and core infrastructure organizations, to celebrate Infrastructure Week 2020.
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September 16, 2020
The deadline for an important survey on the economic impacts of COVID-19 to water sector utilities has been extended.
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September 15, 2020
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September 15, 2020
Today, thanks to years of tireless effort by NACWA, its members and its water sector partners, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken an historic step to update its affordability methodology and create a new pathway for communities and EPA to assess clean water affordability challenges.
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September 15, 2020
The American Water Works Association (AWWA), the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), and the Water Environment Federation (WEF) join together in applauding the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for today’s prepublication release of its proposed 2020 Financial Capability Assessment (FCA).
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September 14, 2020
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September 10, 2020
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September 10, 2020
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September 10, 2020
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September 10, 2020
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September 10, 2020
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September 10, 2020
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September 10, 2020
During late August and the Labor Day recess, limited negotiations between Congressional leadership and the White House continued around priority issues for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 funding and additional COVID-19 relief.
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September 10, 2020
NACWA submitted comments September 3 to EPA on the Agency’s new proposed allocation formula for the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grants Program. These comments come after EPA issued a notice in early August seeking public feedback on a proposed allocation formula for distributing grant money to states through this program, which has recently been funded for the first time.