NACWA’s Industry of the Future Workgroup met via conference call on December 14 and discussed key issues it plans to address during the coming year.

NACWA would like to wish you and yours Best Wishes and a Happy Holidays! In observance of the holiday season, the NACWA Clean Water Current will be on hiatus for the rest of December and will be back on January 9, 2018.

NACWA joined a broader coalition of public finance associations to send a letter to Congressional leadership on December 6, expressing concerns about the elimination of advance refunding bonds in the current House and Senate tax reform legislation—the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

NACWA met with the White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) on December 6 to discuss the final rule establishing public notification requirements for combined sewer overflows (CSOs) to the Great Lakes Basin.

After facing severe proposed budget cuts, the Senate Committee on Appropriations has proposed restoring fiscal year (FY) 2017 funding for EPA’s Water Security Division (WSD), within the Office of Water, for FY2018.

NACWA and the National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) are conducting a joint survey to assess the level of interest among their respective members in alternative delivery approaches to providing water and wastewater services (including public-private partnerships).

Mark your calendars for the next installment of the Enabling the Water Resources Utility of the Future Webinar Series: Achieving and Maintaining Economic and Social Health for the Community.

In the early morning of December 2nd, Senate Republicans voted to pass their comprehensive tax reform proposal, joining the House in achieving was has become Republican’s top legislative priority for the year.

NACWA and the Wet Weather Partnership filed an amicus curiae brief December 1 in the Anacostia Riverkeeper v. Pruitt case.

NACWA submitted a letter Nov. 30 to EPA outlining a number of suggestions on how the Agency can streamline the State Revolving Fund (SRF) process for utilities, particularly around application and reporting requirements.

EPA announced Nov. 30 its final rule establishing the required renewable fuel volumes for 2018 under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.

NACWA and the National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) are conducting a joint survey to assess the level of interest among their respective members in alternative delivery approaches to providing water and wastewater services (including public-private partnerships).

NACWA supported EPA’s proposed label language for sodium, calcium, and potassium hypochlorite products, which are used in swimming pools, hot tubs, and spas, in comments submitted on November 21.

NACWA members joined hundreds of public and private water utility representatives, technology providers, and regulators, among others at the American Water Summit, in Austin, TX, on November 29 - 30, to discuss a range of water-related issues—with a focus on ways for public and private interests to better collaborate.

Three individuals recommended by NACWA recently joined EPA’s Environmental Finance Advisory Board (EFAB). Tony Parrott, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Sewer District of Louisville, Kentucky and a NACWA Board Member, and Dan Kaplan, Financial Services Manager of King County, Washington, were appointed to the Board as part of the state and local government category.

NACWA participated in the most recent Infrastructure Working Group discussion on December 1, which was led by the Associated General Contractors (AGC) and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM).

NACWA participated in the third annual Jersey Water Works Conference, held in Newark, NJ on December 1.