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July 29, 2024
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) today filed an amicus brief in support of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s (SFPUC) appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court for regulatory certainty in the Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting program.
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July 25, 2024
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies Wednesday honored the recipients of the 2024 NACWA Peak Performance Awards at a ceremony during NACWA’s 2024 Utility Leadership Conference in Buffalo, N.Y.
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July 19, 2024
Hundreds of clean water professionals will gather at the Buffalo Hyatt Regency July 23-26 to discuss a range of relevant topics during the National Association of Clean Water Agencies’ (NACWA) Annual Utility Leadership Conference and 54th Meeting.
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June 12, 2024
(Washington, D.C.) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the Wastewater Infrastructure Pollution Prevention and Environmental Safety (WIPPES) Act, the result of a decade of advocacy by NACWA, the California Association of Sanitation Agencies, water sector partners, and manufacturers to improve labeling.
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May 14, 2024
(Washington, D.C.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released its much-anticipated 2022 Clean Watershed Needs Survey (CWNS) Report to Congress, identifying $630.1 billion in needed but unfunded investment in the nation’s clean water infrastructure. This represents a 73 percent increase in total reported needs since the previous 2012 report a decade ago. The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) has long advocated the need for increased federal funding for clean water infrastructure and believes today’s report supports that need.
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May 13, 2024
(Washington, D.C.) Infrastructure Week 2024 serves as a strong reminder that the need for continued investment in clean water infrastructure persists, despite strides that have been made in federal funding for the water sector. The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) echoes the call for increased federal investment as the water sector continues to confront a complex set of regulatory and ratepayer affordability issues.
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April 19, 2024
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moved to formally designate PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). The Agency also published a corresponding enforcement discretion memo which outlines how EPA intends to focus its enforcement actions directing cleanups under the new rule.
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April 17, 2024
Washington, DC – Today a coalition of drinking water and wastewater sector organizations offered its strong support for H.R. 8032, the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program Establishment Act, bipartisan legislation that would permanently establish low-income water assistance for families struggling to access affordable drinking water and wastewater services.
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April 16, 2024
April 16, 2024 -- Washington, DC – Today, the Water Coalition Against PFAS, a coalition of drinking water and wastewater sector organizations, applauded the introduction of bipartisan legislation that would provide a statutory shield for water systems under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) for PFAS, and help ensure that polluters, not the public, pay for PFAS cleanup.
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April 8, 2024
(Washington, D.C. – April 8, 2024) – Over 350 water sector professionals and policy experts, representing associations and public water sector utilities from across the country, will take part in Congressional office visits this week as part of the annual “Water Week” Fly-In on Capitol Hill.
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March 20, 2024
(Washington, DC) – The Water Coalition Against PFAS, a group of the leading national water sector associations, testified today on Capitol Hill before the Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee at a hearing examining the implications of listing certain per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).
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February 14, 2024
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) 2024 National Environmental Achievement Awards (NEAA) winners will be honored this evening during the Association’s Winter Conference in Austin, Texas.
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December 13, 2023
Clean Water Sector Leaders from Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts and New York City Department of Environmental Protection Showcase Regional Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Programs in the Fields of Water Reuse, Green Infrastructure, and Decarbonization.
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September 28, 2023
Just hours in advance of an expected shutdown of the federal government, public water utility executives from Florida, joined by business and environmental experts from across the country, painted a dire picture of the impact that deep cuts to the Clean Water State Revolving Funds (CWSRF) will have on local infrastructure projects across the country.
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September 19, 2023
The Utility of the Future Today program is pleased to recognize 47 water utilities that are benefiting their communities and inspiring the water sector through innovative, future-focused, transformational programs. The 2023 honorees will be recognized in person at WEFTEC 2023, the Water Environment Federation’s annual technical conference, on Tuesday, October 3, from 1:00-3:15 p.m. CT, in Chicago, IL.
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July 18, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 18, 2023) – Public water sector utilities joined a national news conference today hosted by the Water Coalition Against PFAS to dispel the leading falsehoods associated with the clean-up of forever chemicals, and to issue a new myth-busting report setting the record straight that the annual cost for PFAS remediation will be considerably higher than Congress and EPA anticipate.
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July 17, 2023
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) expressed deep concern today about the potential for Congress to enact massive spending cuts to State Revolving Fund (SRF) programs for clean water and drinking water – programs previously designated for expansion in FY24 to $3 billion apiece through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
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July 13, 2023
Last evening, NACWA’s Hall of Fame inductees and the winners of the 2023 NACWA Peak Performance Awards and the NACWA Excellence in Management Awards were honored at a special ceremony as part of NACWA’s 2023 Utility Leadership Conference in Louisville, Kentucky.
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May 23, 2023
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April 25, 2023
Water sector associations urge Congress to expand investments in aging Infrastructure, and appropriate the full authorized funding levels for water, wastewater, stormwater, and water recycling programs for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24).