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cost savings, clean water utility managers are working to better posi-
tion their utilities as important contributors and responsible man-
agers of their communities’ environmental, social and economic re-
sources. This more visible and engaged role in the community is and
will continue to reap benefits for the clean water community.
As NACWA continues to work on targeting its advocacy agenda
to better position the clean water community for the future, early
adopters are helping to create success stories and identify regulatory
and/or economic roadblocks to more widespread adoption of the in-
novations and practices that are shaping the
Utility of the Future
.
The
2013
Winter Conference will explore some of these success stories, the
potential barriers and roadblocks, and discuss the business case for
innovation that many utilities will need to make before taking the
plunge. Additional details on the Winter Conference are available at
www.nacwa.org
.
Clean Water Groups Join Together to Celebrate
Clean Water Act, Plan for Future
N
ACWA celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Clean
Water Act (CWA) in October, hosting an event with
the Water Environment Federation (WEF), and the
Association of Clean Water Administrators (ACWA).
At the NACWA-WEF-ACWA event, attendees celebrated 40 years of
accomplishments of the CWA and called for a vision to ensure further
water quality progress. EPA’s Ellen Gilinsky, Senior Policy Advisor
in the Office of Water, opened the session. The executive directors
of NACWA, WEF, and ACWA, Ken Kirk, Jeff Eger, and Alexandra
Dunn, respectively, followed with their remarks. Speakers also in-
cluded NACWA Member Agencies Alexandria Renew Enterprises, Va.
represented by Chief Executive Officer Karen Pallansch; Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission’s. Md., Jerry N. Johnson, General
Manager/CEO; and D.C. Water’s George Hawkins, General Manager.
Carlton Haywood, Executive Director, Interstate Commission on the
Potomac River Basin and ACWA Interstate Board Representative, also
spoke providing the states perspective. A
video
of the event is avail-
able on NACWA’s YouTube channel.
NACWA also participated in a celebration hosted by the Clean Water
Network—an umbrella organization of over 1,200 water-related en-
vironmental NGO groups. Ken Kirk, NACWA’s Executive Director,
shared the podium with Congressman James Moran (D-VA).
Representatives of the Association also spoke at the 3-Rivers Wet
Weather Conference in Pennsylvania and at the Chesapeake Water
Environment Association’s conference in Maryland, marking the im-
portant anniversary.
At each event, NACWA focused on the importance of utilizing the
CWA anniversary as a platform for a serious reappraisal of the Act
and to advance key regulatory and legislative priorities, such as the
Money Matters . . . Smarter Investment to Advance Clean Water™
campaign
and the
Water Resources Utility of the Future
initiative.
NACWA’s Executive Director, Ken Kirk (center), celebrates the 40th
Anniversary of the Clean Water Act with Jeff Eger, WEF Executive
Director and Alexandra Dunn, Executive Director and General Counsel
for ACWA.
EPA Official Takes Center Stage at 2012
Developments in Clean Water Law Seminar
Ken Kopocis, Senior Advisor in EPA’s Office of Water, addresses participants
Nov. 14 at NACWA’s 2012
Developments in Clean Water Law Seminar
in Seattle,
Wash. Over 100 clean water attorneys and professionals from around the
country attended the three day conference, which addressed some of the most
pressing legal issues currently facing the municipal clean water community in-
cluding integrated planning, nutrients, stormwater, and enforcement actions.
Presentations from the Seminar are available on NACWA’s
website
.