New water sector study compares five administrative pathways for establishing a permanent federal low-income water assistance program to support an estimated 20 million U.S water-burdened households afford the rising costs of drinking water and clean water services.

NACWA members and hundreds of other water professionals from across the country are set to descend upon Washington, DC next week to kickoff Water Week 2023 and the cornerstone event, the National Water Policy Fly-In.

As Congress continues to discuss the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Homeland Security budget, NACWA offered testimony formally requesting $1 billion for the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program.

Colorado lawmakers joined six other states this month in agreeing to label widely used disposable wipes, warning consumers that they should not be flushed.

NACWA is gathering member input to provide U.S. EPA with specific ideas on the types of clean water utility projects that can both advance greenhouse gas reduction goals and support clean, safe, reliable water services.

As part of a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Safe Water Project sponsored tour, NACWA met with a small delegation of officials from the Government of the Republic of the Philippines this week to discuss the substantial progress clean water utilities in the United States have made under the Clean Water Act over the last fifty plus years and the current challenges facing the sector.

EPA recently announced a new website that lists the status of each state’s requests for the five different Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding streams.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently provided NACWA staff an update on their efforts to ensure that the $1.138 billion provided by Congress in 2020 and 2021 for low-income water customer assistance – the first time Congress has funded this critical need – are spent down as required by the end of this year.