Although clean water agencies have made significant progress in reducing combined and sanitary sewer overflows (CSOs and SSOs), overflow control remains a significant cost for communities and a priority enforcement area for EPA. NACWA is working to ensure reasonable implementation of the CSO Control Policy and the development of a national policy for SSOs. Watershed based approaches and green infrastructure are important components in CSO and SSO management and NACWA advocates for consideration of these innovative management methods. NACWA is also working on national practices for management of collection systems.

For more information on NACWA’s legal activities and litigation related toCombined/Sanitary Sewer Overflows, please visit the Legal Resources page.

2013

05/24	Clean Water Current		NACWA Applauds Proposed Consent Decrees with Integrated Planning Approach
05/10	Clean Water Current		EPA Seeks Rehearing of Federal Court Decision on Blending
03/29	Clean Water Current		Federal Appellate Court Issues Key Ruling on Blending
03/01	Clean Water Current		Senator Lautenberg Reintroduces Sewer Overflow Right-to-Know Legislation
03/01	Clean Water Current		NACWA Encourages EPA to Focus on Integrated Planningas Top 2014-2016 Priority
02/27	NACWA Comments		NACWA Comments on EPA FY 2014-2016 Enforcement Priorities

2012

11/09	Clean Water Current		NACWA Meets with EPA on SSOs, Peak Flow Treatment Next Steps
07/06	Clean Water Current		NACWA Letter Supports Atlanta Consent Decree Extension
07/03	Correspondence		NACWA Letter in Support of Atlanta Consent Decree Modification
06/01	Clean Water Current		NACWA Establishes Wet Weather Task Force to Develop Legislation, Seeks Agency Participation
05/18	Clean Water Current		NACWA, DC Water Talk CSOs at Senate Briefing
05/16	Congressional Briefing Presentation		DC Water Presentation on Clean Rivers Project at CSO Briefing
05/16	Congressional Briefing Presentation		American Rivers Presentation on Green Infrastructure at CSO Briefing
05/16	Congressional Briefing Presentation		NACWA Presentation on Integrated Planning at CSO Briefing
04/13	Clean Water Current		NACWA Applauds Key EPA-Philadelphia Partnership Agreement
04/10	EPA Agreement		EPA-City of Philadelphia Partnership Agreement

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You May Also Be Interested In:

• Consent Decree Implementation Survey
• NACWA Enforcement White Paper (December 2009)
• Wet Weather Advocacy Outlook Archive
• Consent Decree e-Library
• Joining the Facility and Collection System Committee
• NACWA Financial Capability Compilation, November 2007
• NACWA Wet Weather Survey - May 2003
• NACWA Financial Capability and Affordability in Wet Weather Negotiations White Paper
• NACWA's Wet Weather Survey
• NACWA's Capacity Setting Matrix
• NACWA's CSO/SSO Action Plan
• 2004 Report to Congress on CSO/SSO Overflows and Recommended Next Steps (January 14, 2005)
• NACWA SSO Legal Issues White Paper
• NACWA's 50 State SSO Program Survey Results (XLS file)
• SSO White Paper (January 12, 2004)