A Clear Commitment to America’s Waters
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NACWA is increasingly focused on bringing the clean water community’s message on advocacy issues to state and regional meet-
ings – as well as national conferences – across the country. The Association and several of its utility members have been featured
on panels, participated in productive dialogues, and presented NACWA’s priority issues at a number of these key meetings this
summer.
NACWA Takes Clean Water
Message to State & Regional Meetings
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NACWA and several of its member agencies participated in
Building Resilient Utilities: How Can Water and Electric Utilities
Co-Create their Future?
, a meeting convened by The Johnson
Foundation to initiate a dialogue on how to cultivate
greater collaboration between wastewater, drinking water,
and electric power utilities aimed
at finding mutually beneficial so-
lutions.
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A number of NACWA mem-
bers and Association Executive
Director, Ken Kirk, were featured
at the Oregon Association of
Clean Water Agencies’ (ACWA)
Stormwater Summit &Annual
Meeting
this summer. Tom
Sigmund, Executive Director of Green Bay’s NEWWater
and Chair of the NACWA/WEF/WERF Water Resources
Utility of the Future (UOTF) Task Force and NACWA’s
Utility Management Committee, brought the UOTF
message forward in a presentation at the meeting, and
George Hawkins, NACWA Board Member, Chair of the
Association’s Money Matters Task Force, and General
Manger at DC Water, spoke about the need for a new Clean
Water Act.
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NACWA’s General Counsel, Nathan Gardner-Andrews, was
a featured speaker at the
Annual Conference
of the Kentucky
Stormwater Association, providing an update on key na-
tional stormwater developments and trends.
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Adam Krantz, NACWA’s Managing Director, Government
& Public Affairs, presented at the Annual
Georgia
Environmental Conference
in August— Georgia’s largest con-
ference focused exclusively on environmental issues. In his
remarks, Krantz provided an overview of its legal, regulato-
ry and legislative advocacy on nutrient-
related issues and the Water Resources
Utility of the Future initiative.
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NACWA Manager of Regulatory
Affairs, Brenna Mannion, was fea-
tured on a panel at the American
Public Works Association (APWA)
2013
International Public Works Congress
& Exposition
providing the clean water
utility perspective on national storm-
water rulemaking and trends.
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Several NACWA Officers and Board Members held a pro-
ductive dialogue in August with the Board of Directors of
the Association of Clean Water Administrators (ACWA),
which represents the State, Interstate and Territorial of-
ficials who have the delegated authority to implement the
Clean Water Act program. The discussion focused on af-
fordability issues, funding and financing challenges, and
ways to collaborate on integrated planning and Water
Resources Utility of the Future initiatives.
Represented by Francesca McCann, Chief Executive Officer
With more than 70 years of experience, Abengoa is a leading
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ects. Abengoa designs and constructs water infrastructures and
facilities, especially desalination and water treatment plants,
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Represented by Tim Braun, Enterprise Architect
EmNet’s Real Time Intelligence and Optimization technology
helps utilities maximize existing and planned resources to mini-
mize overflows and save money. EmNet combines the use of
traditional hydraulic modeling and novel real time information
technology to deliver actionable insight.
NACWA is pleased to welcome two new Corporate Affiliate members to the Association.
In the coming fiscal year NACWA is committed to enhancing the value its members receive from their membership and encourages members
to increase their engagement in the Association through e-communications, participation on committees, and attendance at conferences.
It’s easy to add additional staff to your membership, simply forward their name, title, and e-mail address to Christian Howard at
NACWA Welcomes Two New Affiliate Members
