The International Water Services Flushability Group (IWSFG) has published a draft flushability standard, with a public comment period open until September 1.

EPA filed its brief in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, on July 17, regarding the appeal of Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (OVEC) v. Pruitt.

NACWA will be testifying July 20 before the Senate Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife Subcommittee to address the need for more federal clean water infrastructure funding.

NACWA released a new report July 13 outlining environmental justice and community service efforts by municipal clean water utilities, and highlighting the important work being done by many NACWA members to better engage with their communities

During the House Appropriations Full Committee’s consideration of the FY 2018 Financial Services & General Government Subcommittee bill on July 13, Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) introduced, but immediately withdrew, an amendment which would prohibit the District of Columbia from spending any money to implement DC’s Nonwoven Disposable Products Act of 2016.

The Senate Environment & Public Works Committee (EPW) on July 12 approved the nomination of Susan Bodine to head EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) as Assistant Administrator.

EPA’s Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Dental Category, also known as the Dental Amalgam Rule, went into effect for new sources on July 14.

NACWA was pleased to give a national update at the Kentucky-Tennessee Water Professionals Conference in Lexington, Kentucky on July 11.

NACWA signed onto a letter July 5, with a broad coalition of water and engineering organizations, to raise concerns about federal “materials preference” legislation for water and wastewater projects.

NACWA asked EPA, in its July 7 comments, to consider impacts on wastewater treatment and the aquatic environment, in its environmental risk assessment of pyrethroid insecticides, which are found in many consumer products such as pet flea control treatments, lice and scabies treatment, and impregnated clothing.