EPA earlier this year published a suite of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) as guidance in an effort to help states and tribes adopt and implement EPA’s updated 2021 Recommended Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Nutrients in Lakes and Reservoirs. The FAQs are intended for permit writers.

The White House released its proposed Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Federal Budget on March 9. The proposal lays out the President’s request for how to advance the Biden Administration’s priorities through annual spending in the federal fiscal year beginning October 1.

NACWA submitted comments this week on the latest proposed guidance regarding Build America, Buy America (BABA) implementation. BABA was signed into law last year to expand domestic procurement preferences beyond iron and steel to include manufactured goods and construction materials which are used in infrastructure projects receiving any form of federal funding.

NACWA hosted a webinar on March 8th providing a comprehensive overview of EPA’s Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS).

NACWA is deeply saddened to report the passing of former NACWA Board Member and President David Williams, who passed away on March 1. Williams served as NACWA’s President from 2011-2012. He also served on the Board of Directors of NACWA Member Utility the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District.

The conventional activated sludge process has been around for over 110 years and is a versatile and adaptable technology. The art of improving activated sludge technology to meet more stringent effluent limits is a concept of ‘DO more, IN less, WITH less’. To accomplish this, the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) and DC Water joined forces to develop the partial denitrification-anammox technologies, known as DETOUR.

WASHINGTON, DC – The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) testified before the United States Senate’s Environment & Public Works Committee on March 15 as part of a hearing entitled Implementing the Infrastructure Investment and Job Act (IIJA): Perspectives on the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act.