OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2013
Inside
New Legislative & Regulatory
Tracking Tool................................. 2
Toilets Are Not Trashcans ............. 2
No Shutdown for Public Comment
on Key Regulations, Initiatives....... 3
Leadership Retreat Offers
Insights, Drivers & Possiblities...... 4
Bipartisan Clean Water Trust
Fund Legislation Introduced.......... 4
Taking Our Message to Key
Audiences....................................... 5
In Memoriam - Lee White.............. 5
Board Actions & Appointments..... 6
NACWA is Growing Strong........... 7
Plan to Join Us in 2014!................. 7
Harlan Kelly, General Manager of the
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission,
appointed to NACWA’s Board.
S
enator Tom Udall (D-NM) and Representative Donna Edwards (D-MD) reintroduced legislation
on November 12 to provide critical support to innovative stormwater strategies, while improving
the ability to effectively manage polluted runoff and sewage overflows and relieving pressure on
aging infrastructure.
The Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2013
(formerly known as The Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act), would promote the use of innovative
stormwater infrastructure, provide implementation grants for community-based stormwater control
projects, and establish up to five Centers of Excellence throughout the country to conduct research, de-
velop recommendations, and provide training and technical assistance for implementing management
practices for stormwater control and management.
For the last three Congresses, NACWA has been working other allied organizations, including American
Rivers, the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), National Resources Defense Council
(NRDC), and the Water Environment Federation (WEF) to provide technical assistance to the bill’s spon-
sors, familiarize more Members of Congress with the merits of innovative stormwater infrastructure, and
amass widespread support for this legislation.
The Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2013 contains two changes from its previous ver-
sions. The first is a departure from the term “green infrastructure” to “innovative stormwater control
infrastructure” to better reflect the varying nature and characteristics of this technology in different
geographic regions. The second is a new emphasis on the importance of public-private partnerships and
innovative financing mechanisms in the implementation of innovative stormwater control infrastructure.
NACWA’s
documents that communities across the
Sen. Udall, Rep. Edwards Reintroduce
Important Stormwater Legislation
New Congressional Clean Water Caucus to
Explore Technology & Innovation
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Congressional Clean Water Caucus was officially
established in the 113th Congress in November by
Representatives John Duncan (R-TN) and Timothy
Bishop (D-NY). Rep. Duncan is a former chair of the
House Water Resources & Environment Subcommittee and
Rep. Bishop is the Subcommittee’s current Ranking Member.
As called for in NACWA’s
the bipartisan Caucus will bring focus
to Utility of the Future (UOTF) priority issues and advance
cutting-edge technologies and innovative techniques and ap-
proaches in the water sector.
NACWA appreciates the leadership of
Representatives Duncan and Bishop
on the formation of the Caucus, and
will begin work immediately through
its membership and its UOTF part-
ners — the Water Environment
Federation (WEF) and the Water
Environment Research Foundation
(WERF) — to ensure that a broad ar-
ray of Members of Congress join the
Caucus.
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