NACWA’s
ADVOCACY
AGENDA
NACWA’s active and diverse advocacy
agenda is truly where ‘the rubber meets the
road’ for the Association and its members.
On a wide array of issues – legislative,
regulatory, and judicial in nature – the best
interests of NACWA’s Member Agencies
are well-represented by the Association.
Supported by the knowledge, passion,
and experience of its members –
and a robust Targeted Action
Fund (TAF) – NACWA is…
invaluable analysis and
non-stop advocacy at
its best.
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NACWA released,
The Evolving Landscape for
Financial Capability Assessment – Clean Water
Act Negotiations & the Opportunities of Integrated
Planning,
a white paper that explores the
opportunities for more rational financial
capability assessment; underscores the
urgent need to revise the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s (EPA) existing approach;
and, outlines how adopting a revenue
forecasting approach will enable the
prioritization envisioned by the Agency’s
Integrated Planning (IP) Framework.
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NACWA worked to build bipartisan
support for Senator Sherrod Brown’s
(D-OH) and Congressman Bob
Latta’s (R-OH) legislation,
The Clean Water Affordability
Act.
The Senate and
House bills include
provisions to codify
EPA’s
Integrated Planning
Framework,
revise the
Agency’s financial
capability guidance,
and provide federal
grants for wet weather
control projects.
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NACWA worked aggressively to ensure that
EPA regions and the states fully embrace the
Agency’s IP Framework and provide clean
water agencies the opportunity to pursue
integrated plans.
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NACWA spearheaded the planning and
implementation of a successful local-state-
federal pilot IP workshop, and subsequently
joined with the Association of Clean
Water Administrators (ACWA) and the
Water Environment Federation (WEF), in
collaboration with EPA, to convene
Integrated
Planning Workshops
in Regions 1, 3, 5, 7,
and 10. The Workshops brought together
state regulators; Agency regional staff and
headquarters leadership; communities; and,
utilities to candidly discuss the implications
of integrated planning and its application in
permit and enforcement scenarios.
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NACWA’s aggressive advocacy in favor
of EPA’s
Integrated Planning Framework
and
increased flexibility in meeting Clean Water
Act (CWA) mandates helped provide the
opportunity for inclusion of integrated
planning approaches in municipal wet
weather consent decrees, as reflected in
proposed decrees for the communities of
Seattle and King County, Wash.
A
ffordability
, I
ntegrated
P
lanning
& F
inancing
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PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY NACWA’S TARGETED ACTION FUND
