Press Releases
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Broad Coalition of Public Utilities File Brief in Critical Supreme Court Clean Water Act Case
July 29, 2024The 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. -
NACWA Recognizes Peak Performance Award Winners at 2024 Utility Leadership Conference
July 25, 2024The 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. -
Nation’s Utility Leaders Meet in Buffalo to Discuss the Future of Clean Water
July 19, 2024Hundreds 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. -
NACWA Commends Passage of WIPPES Act
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. -
EPA Clean Watershed Needs Survey Report Reinforces Importance of Additional Federal Funding for Water Infrastructure
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. -
Infrastructure Week 2024 Prompts Calls for Increased Federal Funding for Water
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. -
EPA’s Final PFAS CERCLA Rule Continues to Present Significant Liability Threats to Public Clean Water Utilities
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. -
Water Sector Organizations Applaud New Water Affordability Legislation
April 17, 2024Washington, 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. -
Water Coalition Against PFAS Commends House Introduction of the Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act to Shield Water Systems and Ratepayers from Increased Costs and Hold Polluters Accountable
April 16, 2024April 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. -
Water Week 2024 to Focus on Critical Legislative, Regulatory Challenges Facing the Water Sector
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. -
Water Coalition Testifies Before Senate About Importance of a PFAS CERCLA Exemption for Utilities
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). -
NACWA Honors 2024 National Environmental Achievement Award Winners
February 14, 2024The 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.
For more than 50 years, the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) has been the nation's leading advocate for public clean water utilities, championing legislative, regulatory, legal, and communications priorities that protect public health and the environment. Representing public wastewater and stormwater agencies of all sizes, NACWA unites a strong national network to advance policies that support affordable, sustainable and resilient clean water services for communities across the country. Together with its members, NACWA is shaping the future of clean water through advocacy, collaboration and leadership. Learn more at nacwa.org.