White Papers & Publications
- NACWA IRA Clean Water Utility Guidebook
May 2023 - The Private Sector's Role in Partnering with Water Utilities To Advance Environmental Justice
July 2022 - Current, Emerging, and Potential Technologies in the Clean Water Space...Opportunities for the 21st Century Utility
July 2022 - Water Infrastructure Funding Parity Report
July 2022 - Considerations for Using Integrated Planning - What Clean Water Utilities Should Know
July 2022 - Biosolids and PFAS: Maintaining Management Options
is Critical to Communities and Sustainability
June 2022 - Addressing the Affordability of Water and Wastewater Services in the U.S. – Case Studies of Utility Affordability Programs and Rate Structures
June 2021 - NACWA 50 Report
October 2020 - Governance Options, and Opportunities, for Public Clean Water Agencies in a COVID-19 World
October 2020 - NACWA Funding & Financing White Paper
June 2020 - 2017 Financial Survey
July 2018 - The MS4 Stormwater Permitting Guide
February 2018 - Incorporating Arid State & Water Quantity Priorities in NACWA's Advocacy Agenda
October 2017 - Addressing Nutrient Pollution in our Nation's Waters: The Role of a Statewide Utility
October 2017 - Envisioning the Digital Utility of the Future
July 2017 - Opportunities for Municipal Clean Water Utilities to Advance Environmental Justice & Community Service
July 2017 - Navigating Legal Pathways To Rate-Funded Customer Assistance Programs (UNC)
July 2017 - Effective Utility Management (EUM) Framework and Primer
January 2017 - Wet Weather Consent Decrees: Negotiation Strategies to Maximize Flexibility & Environmental Benefit
December 2016 - Legal Considerations for Enacting, Implementing, and Funding Stormwater Programs: Navigating Litigation Floodwaters
November 2016 - The Energy Water Nexus: A Plan for Collaboration Between the Department of Energy and Water Sector
November 2016 - Working With Satellite Communities on Regional Wet Weather Issues
June 2016
- 2015 Water Resources Utility of the Future Annual Report
September 2015 - Financial Survey & NACWA Index
July 2015 - The Water Resources Utility of the Future: Executive Summary of the 2015 Annual Report
July 2015 - Collaboration for Healthy Watersheds: How the Municipal & Agricultural Sector are Partnering to Improve Water Quality
January 2015 - Utilities of the Future Energy Findings Energy
September 2014 - Utilities of the Future Energy Findings Energy Fact Sheet
September 2014 - The Impacts of Altering Tax-Exempt Municipal Bond Financing on Public Drinking Water & Wastewater Systems
July 2013 - The Evolving Landscape for Financial Capability Assessment
May 2013 - The Water Resources Utility of the Future: A Blueprint for Action
January 2013 - Controlling Nutrient Loadings to U.S. Waterways: An Urban Perspective
October 2011 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Report: State Data and Lessons Learned from Clean Water Funding
July 2010 - Core Attributes of Effectively Managed Collection Systems
July 2010 - Whitepaper on Biosolids Energy Opportunities
May 2010 - Pharmaceuticals in the Water Environment
March 2010 - Clean Water Act Enforcement: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century
December 2009 - Confronting Climate Change: An Early Analysis of Water and Wastewater Adaptation Costs
October 2009 - Recommendations For A Viable And Vital 21st Century Clean Water Policy
October 2007 - Financial Capability and Affordability in Wet Weather Negotiations
October 2005 - SSO White Paper
January 2004 - SSO Legal Issues White Paper
January 2004