NACWA met June 7 with the Director of EPA’s Office of Wastewater Management, Andrew Sawyers, and his senior staff to discuss a range of issues, including NACWA’s May 15 input on regulatory areas needing improvement.

Based on recent conversations with EPA (see related story), NACWA is forming a workgroup of members to provide input/ideas on the how the application/paperwork process around the Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund (SRF) can be streamlined.

Last week, Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) introduced the bipartisan Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act to promote the use of sustainable biogas facilities.

NACWA met with specific Congressional offices last week to advance clean water priorities this year—particularly targeting Clean Water Act improvements, Integrated Planning, and infrastructure investment.

NACWA hosted more than 100 participants for the most recent installment of its Hot Topics in Clean Water Law webinar series.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has recently denied a request by EPA to stay a February federal district court order that requires EPA to federalize the development of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) to address West Virginia water bodies with high conductivity levels.

NACWA, together with the U.S. Conference of Mayors, National League of Cities, National Association of Counties and other key stakeholders met June 1 with representatives from the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) to discuss NAPA’s ongoing study on affordability-related issues in the clean water sector.

NACWA’s “Toilets Are Not Trashcans” campaign reached a significant milestone with the publication of the Second Edition of Code of Practice: Communicating Appropriate Disposal Pathways for Nonwoven Wipes to Protect Wastewater Systems by INDA (Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry) and its European counterpart, EDANA.

NACWA, along with several California water organizations, filed an amended complaint on May 30 in Southern California Alliance of Publicly Owned Treatment Works v. EPA

According to an Arkansas news source, the town of Fort Smith recently got unanticipated relief on over $120,000 in stipulated penalties for sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) that had been assessed pursuant to the city’s 2015 federal wet weather consent decree.

Let us bring the latest in clean water law to you! Join us for NACWA’s Hot Topics in Clean Water Law webinar, scheduled for this Wednesday, June 7, from 2:00 pm -3:30 pm ET.

The Trump Administration released its full Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) Budget Proposal May 23, and the Proposal aligns closely with the preliminary FY18 Budget outline released in March—calling for significant cuts to a large number of discretionary non-defense agencies and programs. The largest proposed cuts are to the EPA, which would see a 31% cut in funding and 20% cut in staffing.

The newly released FY18 Presidential Budget Proposal provided additional – but very limited – detail on an Infrastructure Investment Initiative, which remains a stated priority for the Trump Administration.

Let us bring the latest in clean water law to you! Join us for NACWA’s Hot Topics in Clean Water Law webinar, scheduled for Wednesday, June 7, from 2:00 pm -3:30 pm ET.

NACWA is proud to have had over 130 members participate in the May 24 webinar, Where Are We Now? Clean Water Advocacy in the New Political Landscape.

The Water Environment Federation’s (WEF) Wet Weather Treatment Work Group is compiling a wet weather treatment performance data report to assist utilities and engineers in evaluating and selecting wet weather treatment technologies.

NACWA is pleased to announce the promotion of Kristina Surfus as the Association’s new Director of Legislative Affairs, after having served as NACWA’s Manager of Legislative Affairs since December 2015.