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November 20, 2019
EPA is extending the comment period for its recent notice on water quality trading, published in the Federal Register in September. EPA will now accept comments until December 18.
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November 20, 2019
The Water Sector Coordinating Council (WSCC) met on November 13 to discuss security and other related issues that are impacting the water sector, and also met with the Water Government Coordinating Council (GCC) the following day.
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November 20, 2019
EPA announced this week that it will be holding two teleconference calls to brief the public on the continued development of a report on the funding aspects of stormwater.
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November 20, 2019
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November 20, 2019
NACWA’s Board of Directors and leaders of the Association’s standing committees met this week in Austin, TX for the Fall Strategic Leadership Meeting to review the Association’s current advocacy priorities, discuss where those priorities may need change moving forward, and lay the groundwork for revisions to the Association’s Strategic Plan.
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November 13, 2019
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November 13, 2019
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November 13, 2019
EPA released its Systematic Review Protocol on November 7 for five additional PFAS chemicals.
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November 13, 2019
EPA’s proposed new Lead and Copper Rule was published today in the Federal Register, initiating a 60-day public comment period that will close January 13, 2020.
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November 13, 2019
Top congressional appropriators have agreed to another Continuing Resolution (CR) that will fund the federal government through December 20, 2019. A vote is expected next week.
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November 13, 2019
The NACWA Energy Workgroup held a web meeting on November 7 to discuss the current status of food waste co-digestion under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and a case study on a public-private partnership to generate energy with anaerobic digestion at publicly owned treatment works (POTWs).
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November 13, 2019
NACWA was pleased to host a delegation, sponsored by the US State Department, of Palestinian water professionals from the West Bank on November 7.
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November 13, 2019
NACWA staff attended a briefing this week on Capitol Hill hosted by the American Public Works Association (APWA) entitled “Water Issues and Public Works: A Discussion on Water Infrastructure, Regulatory Issues, and Emerging Contaminants.”
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November 7, 2019
The Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument yesterday in County of Maui v. Hawai’i Wildlife Fund, No. 18-260, a case in which the justices will decide a key jurisdictional issue under the Clean Water Act (CWA): whether the CWA’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting requirement applies to releases from point sources that traverse a nonpoint source—like groundwater—before entering navigable waters.
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November 6, 2019
The US Supreme Court is holding oral arguments today in the most important Clean Water Act litigation to reach the High Court in over a decade. The central legal question at issue is whether the transmittal of pollutants via groundwater can trigger Clean Water Act liability.
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November 6, 2019
The US Senate overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan multi-bill Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) appropriations package last week, which included the Interior & Environment Appropriations measure to fund the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and key clean water programs.
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November 6, 2019
EPA is seeking information from utilities on the benefits they have received from using the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF). To collect this information, the Agency has developed a survey form and partnered with NACWA to distribute it.
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November 6, 2019
This year, the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) launched the Sustainable Water Initiative for Tomorrow (SWIFT) Research Center. As the first of its kind, the center is an advanced water treatment, aquifer recharge, public education, aquifer science research, and operator training facility all rolled into one. The one million gallon per day facility takes a portion of the fully treated effluent from HRSD’s Nansemond Treatment Plant and uses an 8-step carbon based advanced water treatment process to...
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November 5, 2019
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November 5, 2019