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September 12, 2017
The Water Environment Federation (WEF), the American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) and the WateReuse Association co-hosted a briefing September 7, for federal agency officials from the Department of Interior, Department of Energy, the EPA and other agencies and stakeholders on the use of membrane technology for water treatment.
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September 12, 2017
The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee announced the appointment of Ian Bennitt as Majority Staff Director for the Water Resources Subcommittee.
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September 12, 2017
September 13 is the RSVP deadline to register for the Utility Leaders’ Morning at WEFTEC17.
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September 6, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued an order August 24 transferring the challenge to the small municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) permit for New Hampshire to the D.C. Circuit, where a suit regarding the MS4 permit for Massachusetts is already pending.
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September 5, 2017
As parts of Texas and Louisiana continue the recovery process from Hurricane Harvey and its related flooding, NACWA’s thoughts and the support of the entire Association are with all the impacted communities – especially those NACWA member utilities that have been affected.
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September 5, 2017
The Trump Administration has officially announced David Ross as its nominee to be Assistant Administrator for Water.
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September 5, 2017
After almost a month away from Washington, DC, members of Congress returned to Capitol Hill today with a full agenda. Even before the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, Congress faced a packed September schedule.
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September 5, 2017
NACWA sent comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on August 31 asking the Agency to increase the required 2018 volume of cellulosic and advanced biofuels for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.
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September 5, 2017
Registration is now open for the Utility Leaders’ Morning at WEFEC17. Cohosted by the Water Environment Federation (WEF) and NACWA and scheduled for October 3 from 7:30 – 10:30, the event is an excellent opportunity for utilities leaders attending WEFTEC to dialogue with each other and learn about some of the most relevant policy updates impacting clean water utilities.
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September 5, 2017
Susan Bodine, the nominee to head EPA’s enforcement office, is now working as an advisor at EPA on enforcement issues pending Senate confirmation.
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September 5, 2017
Register now for a webinar on September 25 from 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET focused on community service projects being spearheaded by public clean water utilities around the country.
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August 29, 2017
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new tool August 23, aimed at assisting states, territories and authorized tribes in developing water quality standards (WQS) variances.
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August 29, 2017
On Wednesday, September 13, from 2:00-3:30 ET, NACWA will host the next installment of its popular Hot Topics in Clean Water Law webinar series.
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August 29, 2017
In separate actions in the August 28 Federal Register, EPA announced a series of teleconference meetings to gather input on the development of its new definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS) and published its Methods Update Rule, which had been held up by the administration change.
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August 29, 2017
NACWA is pleased to be partnering with Dodge Data & Analytics on a groundbreaking study that will provide a needed baseline on the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the water and wastewater sector, and we encourage you to consider participating.
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August 29, 2017
NACWA sent comments to EPA on August 22 asking the Agency to modify its proposed label language for diquat dibromide, a root control chemical.
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August 29, 2017
On the heels of the nation’s first Environmental Impact Bond (EIB) offered by DC Water, two cities will have the opportunity to issue the first publicly offered EIBs.
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August 29, 2017
Get a closer a look at the innovative work of NACWA members in the newly re-designed Member Spotlight portal on NACWA’s homepage.
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August 29, 2017
On August 23, members of NACWA’s staff ventured across the Potomac River to tour the Alexandria Renew Enterprises (AlexRenew) facility.
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August 22, 2017
NACWA participated in panel discussions at the annual meeting of the Association of Clean Water Administrators (ACWA) on August 21, providing a critical public clean water utility perspective on pending water sector priorities.