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NACWA convened a Wet Weather
Legislative Task Force to develop a
package of reforms to the CWA to
address critical wet weather-related
issues, including water quality stan-
dards, combined sewer and sanitary
sewer overflows, peak wet weather
flow treatment, and stormwater. The
legislative package is expected to be
presented to Congress in early 2013.
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NACWA, following the July 2011
EPA dialogue on a potential national
sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) rule,
led discussions with stakeholder
groups on the possible compo-
nents of an SSO rule. A reasonable
SSO rule will be needed to provide
utilities with more certainty in
their integrated planning efforts.
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NACWA, accompanied by DC
Water, described and discussed
combined sewer overflow (CSO) is-
sues during a Senate briefing hosted
by Sen. Sherrod Brown and the
Northeast-Midwest Institute. At the
briefing, the Association emphasized
the necessity of addressing afford-
ability issues; providing municipali-
ties with increased flexibility through
a viable integrated planning/
regulatory prioritization approach;
and, increasing the use of green
infrastructure to limit runoff and
flow to combined sewer systems.