NACWA Board Member Josh Schimmel, Executive Director of the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission in Massachusetts, testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife on April 5, during a bipartisan hearing entitled Implementation of the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act: Stakeholders’ needs and experiences.

Radhika Fox, Assistant Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Water, announced April 5 the release of a memorandum outlining the Agency’s strategy to accelerate progress on addressing nutrient pollution.

In a letter submitted April 5, NACWA provided comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on its proposed update to the Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) 2015 Produce Safety Rule for certain covered produce.

On March 30, Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced bipartisan legislation to help address the problem of non-flushable wipes in sewer systems.

In partnership with the Environmental Finance Centers of the University of North Carolina (UNC) and University of Maryland, EPA will be hosting an April 20 virtual workshop on integrated planning.

(Washington, DC) -- Today, members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife heard testimony from a public clean water utility member of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) during the Committee’s hearing, “Implementation of the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act: Stakeholders’ needs and experiences”.