APRIL/MAY 2013
Inside
Service Charge Index Released,
Increases Again
Outpace Inflation........................... 2
Integrated Planning Workshops,
NACWA Promotes Pilot................ 2
New Financial Capability
White Paper Released.................... 2
Legal Advocacy ............................. 3
Advocacy Leadership on
Farm Bill Continues....................... 3
Pretreatment Workshop a
Resounding Success....................... 4
NACWA Welcomes New
Members........................................ 5
National Environmental Policy
Forum Highlights........................... 6
NACWA has released its 2012 Service
Charge Index with data confirming that, for the
11th straight year, the increase in the average cost of
wastewater services for a single-family residence has
outpaced the rate of inflation.
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ACWA released the
at its
National Environmental Policy
Forum
in April in Washington, DC. Drawing upon
de-
veloped collaboratively with the Eater Environment Research
Foundation (WERF) and the Water Environment Federation
(WEF), this new NACWA publication focuses on ten priority ac-
tions that the nation can take to realize a shared vision for the
Water Resources Utility of the Future (UOTF).
NACWA Releases
Water Resources Utility of the Future…
A Call for Federal Action
Former Navy SEAL, Best-Selling
Author to Keynote Cincinnati
Summer Conference
A
keynote address by former Navy SEAL,
founder of
The Mission Continues
, and
award-winning and best-selling
author,
will kick-off
the Association’s 2013 Summer Conference &
43rd Annual Meeting in Cincinnati, July 14-17.
Building on discussions during NACWA’s success-
ful 2013 Winter Conference, public clean water
agency leaders from across the country will gather
in Cincinnati this July to discuss
, this year’s
conference theme.
Greiten’s keynote address,
Inspired Leadership
through Challenging Times
, will draw on his work
as a humanitarian, naval officer, and head of a
nonprofit organization that seeks to empower
wounded veterans to serve and lead in communi-
ties across America. Before 9/11, Greitens worked
across the globe to help improve the lives of war-
affected children, a subject that became the ba-
sis for his doctoral thesis and an award-winning
book of photographs and essays. But after the
attacks of September 11, 2001, Greitens chose to
serve his country in a different way, joining the
Navy and working his way into the elite ranks of
the U.S. Special Forces. As a Navy SEAL officer
who deployed four times, including to Iraq and
Afghanistan, Greitens faced unimaginable lead-
ership challenges. Greitens is now leveraging his
experience as a combat veteran to help wounded
soldiers returning to the U.S. continue to serve
their country. For his work, Eric has received the
Presidents Volunteer Service Award and has been
honored by Major League Baseball, PEOPLE maga-
zine, Outside Magazine, the National Conference
on Citizenship, and was recently named to the
2013 TIME 100, the magazine’s annual list of the
100 most influential people in the world.
Navy SEALs refer to their training exercises as evo-
lutions, and Greitens is a strong believer that lead-
ership, especially in challenging times, demands
continuous improvement and a willingness to
evolve through learning and experience. Greitens’
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