Kishia Powell, NACWA Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of NACWA Member Agency DC Water, testified Wednesday before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) on the growing challenges facing water infrastructure and the need for increased federal investment.

EPA published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on March 17 to solicit data on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in discharges from PFAS formulators and manufacturers, the first step that may lead to effluent guidelines and pretreatment standards on PFAS discharges for these industries.

Congress yesterday passed a new, major COVID-19 relief bill with significant new funding for water, send the package to the White House for signature.

NACWA sent a letter this week to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with recommendations on how to structure the new Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program. This program was established by Congress at the end of last year.

Last Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit listened to oral arguments in NACWA’s on-going litigation in the case of Upper Missouri Waterkeeper v. EPA.

NACWA teamed up with the New York City Law Department and the Brooklyn Law school on a Clean Water Law 2021 Town + Gown webinar earlier this week.

After Washington became the first state to enact a wipes labeling law in March 2020, the number of states that are interested in similar laws has increased. NACWA is now aware of six states with active legislation California (AB818), Illinois (SB294), Massachusetts (HD1625), Minnesota (HF914), and Maine (HD1625).