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May 29, 2019
The federal government released its Spring 2019 Unified Agenda on May 22, providing updates on the timing for all of its ongoing regulatory activity.
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May 29, 2019
The Association’s Water Quality Committee met via conference call on May 22 and discussed the latest developments from the EPA and around the country.
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May 29, 2019
NACWA Member Utility the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) recently unveiled its Community Benefits Dashboard, which is a tool that tracks and transparently reports out on the utility’s Community Benefits Program and Environmental Justice investments.
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May 23, 2019
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May 23, 2019
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May 22, 2019
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May 22, 2019
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May 22, 2019
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May 21, 2019
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May 21, 2019
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May 21, 2019
NACWA conveyed the public clean water sector’s perspective to the US Supreme Court on May 16 in one of the most significant Clean Water Act (CWA) cases to reach the High Court in decades. For more information and analysis, see NACWA’s recent Advocacy Alert.
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May 21, 2019
The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change held a legislative hearing on May 15, entitled Protecting Americans At Risk of PFAS Contamination & Exposure. The hearing aimed to address the tsunami of legislative bills that have been introduced in the 116th Congress on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
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May 21, 2019
The US Environmental Protection Agency’s Assistant Administrator for Water, David Ross, along with representatives from the US Departments of Agriculture (USDA), Interior (DOI) and Commerce (DOC), hosted a roundtable on nutrient-related pollution in Baton Rouge, LA last week.
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May 21, 2019
NACWA met with senior EPA Office of Water staff last week to discuss compliance issues for combined sewer overflow (CSO) communities that have reached the end of their long-term control plan (LTCP) projects. The conversation focused specifically on communities that may still not be meeting water quality standards, despite having completed all the work and CSO remediation projects that they agreed to under their LTCP, and how to address these issues through future permits.
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May 21, 2019
The 7th Annual Infrastructure Week concluded Monday, May 20 with more than 500 Affiliate organizations hosting nearly 150 events across America to promote infrastructure, a number of them specifically aimed at elevating clean water priorities.
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May 21, 2019
Officials from EPA’s Office of Wastewater Management, along with EPA Regions 6 and 9, held an initial conference call on May 15 with several NACWA members and the North American Development Bank (NADB) to discuss collaboration opportunities with clean water utilities from Mexico. EPA’s primary focus is to mitigate the transboundary contamination that often flows north into the United States, but the Agency is also interested in addressing aging infrastructure and funding issues.
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May 21, 2019
NACWA participated in the Massachusetts Coalition for Water Resources Stewardship’s (MCWRS’s) 10th Annual Water Resources Strategies Symposium last week in Marlborough, MA as part of a panel to discuss the importance of clean water advocacy.
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May 20, 2019
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May 20, 2019
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May 20, 2019