The International Water Services Flushability Group (IWSFG) – a group of dedicated water professionals seeking to protect customers by providing clear guidance on what should and shouldn’t be flushed down the toilet – released its official Flushability Specifications on June 12.

The National Network for Water Quality Trading (NNWQT), met in Washington, DC last week at NACWA’s office to discuss the Network’s progress in conducting an assessment of water quality trading demand, along with a review of trading barriers.

The next edition of NACWA's Hot Topics in Clean Water Law Webinar series – scheduled tomorrow, June 20, from 2:00 - 3:30 pm ET – places the very latest legal ramifications of climate change front-and-center.

The Senate Committee on Agriculture has released its bipartisan version of the 2018 Farm Bill, which will be marked up by the committee this week. NACWA and its Farm Bill Working Group have been actively engaging for almost a year with both the Senate and House Agriculture Committees to ensure inclusion of NACWA priorities under the “Conservation Title” of the Farm Bill, many of which were included in the Senate bill.

NACWA joined other municipal and state groups on June 6 for EPA’s quarterly intergovernmental meeting, which included a discussion with EPA Deputy Administrator, Andrew Wheeler.

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed its version of the 2018 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), H.R. 8, last week, by a vote of 408 - 2.

NACWA participated in a coordinating meeting last week on a research project to provide water utilities with additional resources around utility governance issues.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) released two circulars last week that look at the impact agriculture has on water resources and aquatic ecosystems.

The next edition of NACWA's Hot Topics in Clean Water Law Webinar series – on June 20, from 2:00 - 3:30 PM ET – places the very latest legal ramifications of climate change front-and-center.