This past fall, the water sector celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act. Members across the country showcased the advances the sector has made in cleaning our nation’s waters, serving their communities, and protecting the environment.
During a congressional hearing entitled “The Clean Water Act at Fifty: Highlights and Lessons Learned from a Half Century of Transformative Legislation”, Mike Witt, General Counsel of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission and NACWA Board Member (pictured on the right), represented the membership and emphasized how under the CWA’s “cooperative federalism” framework utilities across the U.S. dramatically improved the nation’s water quality, while also having immense positive social and economic impact. Witt’s testimony stressed that utilities have earned the right to be a full partner with the federal government in meeting complex challenges and charting the next 50 years of clean water success.
Both Democratic and Republican members of the Committee highlighted the important role and work by utilities over the past 50 years in achieving water pollution reduction goals, while also noting the need for additional federal investment to further upgrade our nation’s clean water infrastructure.
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