2015 Clean Water Current Archive (Jan.-April)

April 2015

April 24	NACWA Partners on American Water Summit, Encourages Members to Attend NACWA Member UOTF Efforts Featured at EPA Workshop Clean Water Finance Workgroup Launched This Week Groups Request IRS Ruling: Green Infrastructure on Private Property is not Taxable NACWA Signs Coalition Cybersecurity Bill Letter NACWA Members Honored for Excellence in Engineering & Science Upcoming EJSCREEN Tool Webinars NACWA Blog of the Week: Earth Day Is All About the Value of Water Changes Coming to the Clean Water Current
April 17	Water Week 2015 Brings Hundreds to DC Legislation Promoting Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Reintroduced NACWA Discusses Dental Amalgam Separator Rule with EPA NACWA Talks to Metal Finishers about Potential Effluent Guideline Changes EPA to Host Extreme Events Workshops & Training Consent Decree Workshop Almost Here – Register Now!
April 10	NACWA Helps Secure Stormwater Legal Victory Court Provides Key Legal Win in Mississippi River Nutrients Litigation EPA Sends Clean Water Rule for Interagency Review EPA Undertakes Periodic Regulatory Review, NACWA Submits Comments Top Water Officials Explore Financing, Water Quality Criteria & Environmental Justice EPA Releases Federal Implementation Plan for SSI Rule NACWA Blog of the Week: Social Media Should be added to Your Congressional Toolbox Upcoming Events and Workshops – Make Your Plans Today
April 3	Congressional Leaders Confirmed for National Water Policy Forum & Fly-In Clean Water Affordability Act Reintroduced in House State Revolving Fund Programs Receive Bipartisan Support in Congress USCM Submits Coalition Letter on Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds State & Regional Organizations Support Water Week, NACWA Broadens Outreach Water Sector Groups Discuss Effort to Revisit EUM Attributes Consent Decree Workshop Hotel Deadline April 8 – Register Now! NACWA Blog of the Week: On April Fools – The Wipes Issue is No Joke

March 2015

March 27	NACWA Helps Secure Key Legal Victory in Ohio TMDL Litigation Wipes Product Stewardship Initiative Begins, Flushability Guideline Work Continues NACWA Recommends Revisions to Greenhouse Gas Inventory Integrated Planning Receives Strong Bipartisan Congressional Support Consent Decree Workshop Just Around the Corner – Register Now! It’s the Final Count Down! Trending on Engage™
March 20	NYT Features Flushable Wipes, Stewardship Initiative to Begin House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on EPA’s FY16 Budget NACWA Updates Water Utility Council on Financial Capability Efforts Senator Cardin Reintroduces Legislation to Advance Resiliency, Sustainability EPA Releases New Policy on SEPs NACWA Asks EPA to Maintain Current Ozone Standards Association Members Engage in Department of Energy Wastewater Workshop EPA to Host Webinar on WIFIA Value of Water Coalition – New Website, New Partners The Power of Association Featured at Kentucky/Tennessee Value of Water Summit Webinar Addresses Two Distinct Issues: Environmental Compliance & Sediment Remediation April Awards Deadlines are on the Horizon Upcoming Events and Workshops – Make Your Plans Today IWA 2015 Conference to Be Held in Cincinnati NACWA Blog of the Week: Let Water Spring to Life in March
March 13	Integrated Planning Gets Boost in FY16 EPA Budget Request Have Your Representative Sign the Muni Bond ‘Dear Colleague’ Letter Input Sought on EPA Regulatory Review Initiative, NACWA Meets with EPA Oral Arguments Scheduled in Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials Rule Litigation NACWA Shares Concerns on Key Water Quality Criteria with State Water Regulators Rep. Capps Reintroduces Legislation to Support Community Resiliency Energy-Water Nexus Discussed at Advanced Energy Economy Institute New Sample EIM Applications Available Upcoming Events and Workshops – Make Your Plans Today NACWA Blog of the Week: The Utility of the Future at Work: Biomethane as New Sources of Energy & Income
March 6	NACWA Urges Support for CWSRF and Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds Policy Committee Discusses Water Week Message NACWA ‘Test Drives’ EJSCREEN Tool Legal Webinar to Address Compliance, Sediment Remediation Issues Have You Registered for the National Water Policy Forum? Cutting Edge Insights, Analysis & Information Featured at Consent Decree Workshop Excellence in Management Award Applications Now Being Accepted Register for NACWA’s 2015 Pretreatment & Pollution Prevention Workshop NACWA Blog of the Week: March Water Madness

February 2015

February 27	NACWA Comments on Utility Rating Methodology, Focuses on Finance Issues EPA OIG Inquires about SRF Green Project Benefits Associations Meet with CDC on Pretreatment of Ebola Waste NACWA Discusses Asset Management with GAO Water Sector Coordinating Council Discusses Security Priorities Congress Considers FY16 Funding for SRF USDA Accepting Comments on Agricultural Conservation Easement Program NACWA Nominates Board Member for Local Government Advisory Committee The Fun Doesn’t End on St. Patrick’s Day – Join NACWA’s Next Legal Hot Topics Webinar Peak Performing Treatment Facilities Wanted Unique Opportunity to Learn From Award-Winning Agencies Offered NACWA Blog of the Week: EPA’s Dental Amalgam Separator Rule: It’s Not Filling a Hole
February 20	NACWA Requests Withdrawal of Dental Amalgam Separator Rule National Water Policy Forum Registration Opens Stormwater Litigation Moves Forward, NACWA Files Brief NACWA Speaks with Iowa Farmers on Nutrient Challenge EPA Proposes Changes to Test Methods, NACWA to Comment Deadline Extended for National Disaster Resilience Competition NACWA Blog of the Week: FY2016 Budget Request Shifts the Debate on Clean Water Investments
February 13	NACWA Weighs In With EPA Inspector General on Consent Decree Investigation NACWA Briefs EPA on Alternative Approaches for Nutrient Permit Limits February 23 Webinar on Utility Resiliency to Feature NACWA Members EPA to Repeat Webinar on ‘Buy-American’ Requirements for SRFs Trending on Engage: New Groups Focus on Communications & Women in Water
February 6	NACWA Meets with Top White House Officials to Discuss Smarter Regulations Administration Releases FY2016 Budget Request EAB Denies Review in Satellite System Co-Permittee Appeal House-Senate Hearing Shows Majority’s Opposition to Proposed Waters of the U.S. Rule NACWA Releases White Paper on Key Collaborative Initiatives NACWA Winter Conference Explores Collaboration, 2015 Strategic Advocacy NACWA Committees, Board of Directors Help Shape Strategy on Key Issues NACWA Honors Award Winners; Gives First Water Resources Utility of the Future Award

January 2015

January 30	NACWA Meets with EPA on Soon-to-be-released Environmental Justice Tool $1 Trillion Senate Infrastructure Bill Would Provide Over $60 Billion for Water NACWA Discusses Status of SSI Petition, Rule Implementation with Key EPA Staff Outlook for 2015 Discussed with Key Congressional Committees Green Infrastructure Collaborative Explores Potential Training Event Work Begins on New Flushability Guidelines Peak Performance Awards – Apply & Get Recognized!
January 23	The Obama Administration Focuses on Infrastructure Finance, ‘Predevelopment’ Members Urged to Reach Out to 114th Congress’ Committee Leadership State/Regional Organizations Discuss Leveraging Local Advocacy through NACWA EPA to Host Webinar on ‘Buy-American’ Requirements for SRFs Newly-Appointed EPA Official Joins Winter Conference Program
January 16	White House Announces New EPA Water Finance Center and Set of Financing Proposals Ohio: Home of BCS Champions and First Integrated Planning Consent Decree! NACWA Members Receive Regional Conservation Partnership Program Funding New York Court Dismisses Appeal, Upholds Key Stormwater Legal Victory Controversial WET Limits in California Permit the Focus of NACWA Comments NACWA Comments on Draft Standard for Test Method Detection, Quantitation Limits EPA NPDES e-Reporting Rule Slides Available Final Interpretive Guidance for States Issued Security & Emergency Preparedness Committee Discusses “Lessons Sustained” Recommendations Now Available for Discharge of Ebola Virus Patient Waste to Sewers Agreement Reached on Path Forward to Reduce Problems Caused by Wipes Cost of Clean Water Index Survey Deadline is Today! Peak Performance Award Application Available, Eligibility Expanded Time is Running out for You to Join Us in Charleston Trending on Engage™: Fats, Oils, Grease and Breweries EPA Blog: Latest Science Informs Final Clean Water Rule
January 9	NACWA, Milk Producers Discuss Potential Collaboration NACWA Files Briefs in Biosolids, Stormwater Litigation Candidates Sought for NACWA’s next CEO EPA to Host Webinar on NPDES e-Reporting Rule Last Chance to Complete NACWA Dental Amalgam Survey Security & Emergency Preparedness Committee to Meet on January 15 Cost of Clean Water Index Survey Deadline Extended to January 16 NACWA Winter Conference Hotel Deadline Extended NWQTA to hold Water Quality Trading Program in Charleston NACWA Blog of the Week: How DC Water Made a Bad Day Better Using Social Media

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