Clean Water Current Archive

NACWA and 25 other partners joined a brief filed by the City of New York in an appeal pending in the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals, involving a basement backup that allegedly resulted in wastewater seeping into groundwater and then migrating into the Long Island Sound.

NACWA met with senior officials from EPA’s Office of Policy on Nov. 20 to discuss the Association’s comments on the Agency’s regulatory reform initiative.

NACWA participated in a roundtable discussion on November 14, led by Congressional Members of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus Infrastructure Taskforce, on ways to modernize and meet the nation’s critical infrastructure needs.

As reported last week, H.R. 1, the House Republican’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act tax reform bill, maintained the tax-exempt status on municipal bonds but repealed the ability for advance refunding.

Echoing NACWA’s advocacy on affordability issues over the past decade, a new report from the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) recommends major changes to EPA’s procedure for evaluating ratepayer affordability and utility financial capability.

NACWA and the Water Environment Federation (WEF) filed an amicus brief on November 13 to support DC’s Nonwoven Disposable Products Act of 2016, the first law in the US to address the problems caused by flushable and non-flushable wipes.

NACWA is pleased to welcome Jason Isakovic to its staff this week, as the Association’s second Director of Legislative Affairs.

NACWA took part in a meeting, hosted by EPA on November 8, with intergovernmental partners that focused on two key water priorities for the Agency.

NACWA provided input to EPA this week on the registration reviews of indoxacarb, a pesticide used in pet flea control products.

Republican leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives released their comprehensive tax reform bill on November 2, kicking off what Congressional Republicans and the White House hope will be a focused effort to pass tax reform legislation by the end of the year.

NACWA expressed its support for elements of EPA’s draft Strategic Plan for 2018-2022 in comments filed October 31.

NACWA and a coalition of other water sector groups that have been developing shared recommendations for water infrastructure participated in a Congressional Roundtable last week to discuss ideas for advancing infrastructure investment.

Leaders from several NACWA member utilities and corporate affiliates, as well as representatives from EPA and the Water Environment & Reuse Foundation, were among the stakeholders joining colleagues from around the world last week in Toronto for World Water-Tech North America.

NACWA participated in the second annual Mid Atlantic Utility Conference -- held in Baltimore, MD, on November 2-3 -- to help foster discussion of how state and regional issues should influence the Association’s national advocacy.

NACWA participated in the second annual Mid Atlantic Utility Conference -- held in Baltimore, MD, on November 2-3 -- to help foster discussion of how state and regional issues should influence the Association’s national advocacy.

A number of nominees for senior EPA positions, including David Ross, who has been tapped to lead the Office of Water, were approved on October 25 by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

The Senate passed a $36.5 billion Disaster Relief bill last week, which had previously passed out of the House, to fund recovery efforts for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, as well as the western wildfires.

NACWA’s Board of Directors met October 25 for their fall meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah and discussed a number of key strategic issues currently facing the Association.

More than 30 leaders from clean water utilities across EPA Region 8 gathered in Salt Lake City, Utah on October 26 to discuss challenges facing their utilities, provide input to NACWA’s national advocacy priorities and network with peers.

As the focus of environmental law shifts to the states, the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) recently released a new website, ECOS Results Project, outlining “states’ pollution reduction efforts on a national scale using common measures.”