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November 7, 2017
Leaders from several NACWA member utilities and corporate affiliates, as well as representatives from EPA and the Water Environment & Reuse Foundation, were among the stakeholders joining colleagues from around the world last week in Toronto for World Water-Tech North America.
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November 7, 2017
NACWA participated in the second annual Mid Atlantic Utility Conference -- held in Baltimore, MD, on November 2-3 -- to help foster discussion of how state and regional issues should influence the Association’s national advocacy.
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November 7, 2017
NACWA participated in the second annual Mid Atlantic Utility Conference -- held in Baltimore, MD, on November 2-3 -- to help foster discussion of how state and regional issues should influence the Association’s national advocacy.
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November 6, 2017
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November 6, 2017
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November 6, 2017
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November 6, 2017
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November 3, 2017
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November 1, 2017
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November 1, 2017
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November 1, 2017
In the wake of Flint and extreme stormwater events, environmental justice has become even more relevant in the clean water sector, and many NACWA members are promoting an expanded definition of environmental justice. The Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) is now working on several projects that not only reduce hazards from CSO’s and flooding, but also provide community benefits.
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October 31, 2017
A number of nominees for senior EPA positions, including David Ross, who has been tapped to lead the Office of Water, were approved on October 25 by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
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October 31, 2017
The Senate passed a $36.5 billion Disaster Relief bill last week, which had previously passed out of the House, to fund recovery efforts for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, as well as the western wildfires.
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October 31, 2017
NACWA’s Board of Directors met October 25 for their fall meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah and discussed a number of key strategic issues currently facing the Association.
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October 31, 2017
More than 30 leaders from clean water utilities across EPA Region 8 gathered in Salt Lake City, Utah on October 26 to discuss challenges facing their utilities, provide input to NACWA’s national advocacy priorities and network with peers.
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October 31, 2017
As the focus of environmental law shifts to the states, the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) recently released a new website, ECOS Results Project, outlining “states’ pollution reduction efforts on a national scale using common measures.”
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October 31, 2017
NACWA is collaborating on an EPA-funded study seeking perspectives of utility managers and decision makers on the effects of regulation on innovation and new technology implementation in the municipal wastewater treatment sector.
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October 31, 2017
(October 31, 2017) - The New England Regional Pretreatment Coordinators Association (NERPCA) held its annual workshop October 25-26, with 150 attendees from public clean water utilities and state regulatory agencies.
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October 31, 2017
Following NACWA’s annual leadership meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah last week, Association staff attended the Western Coalition of Arid States’ (WESTCAS) Fall Meeting in Tucson, Arizona.
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October 31, 2017
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report Oct. 30 examining the use of green infrastructure to control urban stormwater, particularly in the context of combined sewer overflows (CSOs).