The Federal Reserve announced April 27 that it will expand the eligibility criteria for local governments regarding its purchase of municipal debt to help with cashflow challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic

After receiving various requests, on April 30, EPA extended the comment period by thirty days on the proposed regulatory determination for eight contaminants listed on the forthcoming Contaminant Candidate List (CCL), including PFOA/PFOS.

Members of the public clean water sector in New York and across the country are remembering Thomas Lauro, former Commissioner of the Westchester County (New York) Department of Environmental Facilities, who passed away from complications related to COVID-19 on April 22.

The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (ABCWUA) provides water and wastewater service to the greater Albuquerque metropolitan area of central New Mexico, managing a 2,400-mile collection system and treating more than 50 million gallons of wastewater every day. The agency established the Albuquerque Area Watershed Collaboration Program to build partnerships to help protect watershed health. With support from local, state and federal agencies, the utility encourages collaboration with forest managers, local stormwater managers, regulatory agencies, educators, environmental groups, agricultural interests, and the general public.

Water Week 2020 is underway! While we regret that we are unable to gather in person this year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the public clean water sector is nonetheless closely engaged with Congress.

The Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee released its bipartisan draft version of the 2020 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) this past week, which includes several top clean water priorities that NACWA has been advocating for over the past year.

NACWA joined with the Water Environment Federation (WEF), the Water Research Foundation (WRF), and the WateReuse Association to host a webinar April 22 providing an update on key clean water sector advocacy issues.

In a highly anticipated Clean Water Act (CWA) decision, the U.S. Supreme Court this week held that discharges originating from point sources that reach navigable waters through groundwater and other diffuse media are subject to CWA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting requirements if they are the “functional equivalent” of discharges made directly into those waters.

Congress moved this week to advance another emergency supplemental spending package to provide more funding for COVID-19 testing, hospital aid and small business loans, as it struggles to support overwhelmed health systems and contain the national economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.