With Congressional leadership continuing to discuss the next phase of COVID-19 relief, NACWA and other water sector advocacy groups sent a letter to Congress this week emphasizing the need for directing federal assistance to households struggling to pay their water bills, the challenges presented by broad water shutoff moratoriums and the need for aid to utilities to recover from the pandemic.

As the deadline fast approaches to fund the government past its current December 11th expiration date, the Senate recently introduced its Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) appropriations bills.

NACWA filed comments this week supporting the US Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) proposal to establish new streamlined Clean Water Act Section 404 permits for the construction, maintenance and removal of water and wastewater infrastructure and water reclamation and reuse facilities.

Market-based approaches like water quality trading have been a priority for the current political leadership of EPA’s Office of Water since day one, but other issues have diverted their attention from taking any significant action.

EPA held a two-day stakeholder event November 10 and 12 to brief state regulatory authorities, tribes and wastewater utilities on the Agency’s efforts to-date to define the biosolids problem formulation for PFOA and PFOS—two of the more commonly understood and researched PFAS constituents.

NACWA hosted its annual National Clean Water Law & Enforcement Seminar this week in a virtual format, where top environmental attorneys and utility leaders from across the country gave presentations and engaged in discussions on the major legal challenges facing the clean water community in 2020 and beyond.

On November 13, NACWA was pleased to join the Texas water sector virtually for the Water Environment Legislative and Regulatory Horizon Conference, hosted by the Water Environment Association of Texas (WEAT) and the Texas Association of Clean Water Agencies