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Member Spotlight: Hampton Roads Sanitation District Establishes One-of-a-Kind Research Center

  • The City of Prineville’s Innovative Natural Wastewater Treatment System

    Dec 04, 2019
    In 2017, the City of Prineville (OR) completed an innovative natural wastewater treatment system project by establishing a 120-acre wetlands complex along the Crooked River. While the complex incorporates effective wastewater treatment, it also serves as an interactive community asset with hiking trails, wildlife observation, and educational kiosks. The City received a National Environmental Achievement Award in the Operations & Environmental Performance category from NACWA in 2019 for the project.
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Join us February 4-17 in Atlanta, GA for NACWA’s 2020 Winter Conference – the first event of our 50th anniversary year. Explore the hot topics driving water policy while you engage with your fellow clean water leaders, regulators and key stakeholders. Register today!

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Join utility leaders from around the world to share and co-create global innovative clean water solutions – apply for the 2020 Singapore International Water Week Scholarship, July 5-9. 

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Watch the latest NACWA Knows video, featuring Amanda Waters, NACWA’s General Counsel, discussing the Supreme Court and upcoming arguments in a critical Clean Water Act case.

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PFAS Considerations Document

A Clean Water Utility’s Guide to Considering Source Identification, Pretreatment, and Sampling Protocols for PFAS

This document illuminates key actions that several utilities have already considered in response to growing federal and state regulatory interest in PFAS, especially states that are pushing for voluntary or mandatory testing for PFAS in wastewater and/or biosolids.  The document is intended to help the broader clean water utility community in understanding how to...

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Chasing Zero: How Today’s Policies are Shaping the Future of Clean Water

Join us in Atlanta as we explore how public clean water agencies are on the front lines navigating a regulatory movement that is ratcheting down water quality targets, approaching zero in some cases.
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