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June 28, 2023
Earlier this spring, NACWA reported how the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) had initiated a water and wastewater utility survey of customer debt and affordability issues.
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June 28, 2023
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June 27, 2023
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June 27, 2023
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June 26, 2023
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June 23, 2023
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June 23, 2023
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June 23, 2023
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June 22, 2023
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June 22, 2023
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June 22, 2023
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June 21, 2023
After a short delay, EPA’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) panel on biosolids will meet for its third and final meeting to review the Agency’s Draft Framework for Assessing Pollutants in Biosolids and its proposed Biosolids Screening Tool (BST).
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June 21, 2023
NACWA staff have been on the road recently with Association partners and members discussing key policy issues.
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June 21, 2023
After the U.S. Census Bureau discontinued its use of “urbanized areas” in the 2020 Census and for future censuses, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a final rule updating its Clean Water Act regulations that relied upon the definition of an urbanized area for defining the boundaries of a small municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s).
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June 20, 2023
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June 20, 2023
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June 14, 2023
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June 14, 2023
In comments sent to EPA Region 1 and EPA Headquarters on June 5, NACWA strongly opposed a number of the Agency’s proposed Clean Water Act (CWA) discharge permits in Massachusetts, where EPA is the direct permitting authority, that would impose impracticable and likely illegal requirements related to climate change.
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June 14, 2023
NACWA recently signed on to a joint letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan asking that the Agency finalize its proposed Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) rule that would allow electricity produced from biomass to qualify for credits in the RFS program. Electricity produced at wastewater treatment utilities would qualify for these “eRINs,” which could benefit utilities that produce electricity from biogas.
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June 14, 2023
In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, clean water utilities have faced novel recruitment and retention challenges directly impacting the ability to recruit and maintain a skilled workforce to address current and emerging utility management issues. NACWA recognizes the many workforce challenges that currently exist throughout the water sector.