NACWA staff attended a briefing this week on Capitol Hill hosted by the American Public Works Association (APWA) entitled “Water Issues and Public Works: A Discussion on Water Infrastructure, Regulatory Issues, and Emerging Contaminants.”

The Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument yesterday in County of Maui v. Hawai’i Wildlife Fund, No. 18-260, a case in which the justices will decide a key jurisdictional issue under the Clean Water Act (CWA): whether the CWA’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting requirement applies to releases from point sources that traverse a nonpoint source—like groundwater—before entering navigable waters.

The US Supreme Court is holding oral arguments today in the most important Clean Water Act litigation to reach the High Court in over a decade. The central legal question at issue is whether the transmittal of pollutants via groundwater can trigger Clean Water Act liability.

The US Senate overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan multi-bill Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) appropriations package last week, which included the Interior & Environment Appropriations measure to fund the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and key clean water programs.

EPA is seeking information from utilities on the benefits they have received from using the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF). To collect this information, the Agency has developed a survey form and partnered with NACWA to distribute it.

This year, the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) launched the Sustainable Water Initiative for Tomorrow (SWIFT) Research Center. As the first of its kind, the center is an advanced water treatment, aquifer recharge, public education, aquifer science research, and operator training facility all rolled into one. The one million gallon per day facility takes a portion of the fully treated effluent from HRSD’s Nansemond Treatment Plant and uses an 8-step carbon based advanced water treatment process to...