Additional information on Flushable Wipes and Other Non-Dispersible Products can be found on the Toilets Are Not Trashcans! Campaign page.

Pretreatment professionals at clean water agencies play a vital roles implementing the National Pretreatment Program to protect wastewater treatment processes and the environment from industrial and commercial pollutants. Pretreatment programs are also increasingly asked to perform other pollution prevention activities. In addition to its advocacy work on behalf of member agency pretreatment programs, NACWA organizes an annual National Pretreatment and Pollution Prevention Workshop.

2016

11/22	Clean Water Current		NACWA Asks EPA to Consider Wastewater Impacts of Two Pesticides
10/31	Clean Water Current		DC Council Considers Wipes Legislation, NACWA Testifies
10/23	NACWA Testimony		NACWA Testimony on D.C. Council B21-833, the Nonwoven Disposable Products Act of 2016
08/01	Clean Water Current		Review of EPA Centralized Waste Treatment & Landfill Categories Requested
07/27	NACWA Comments		NACWA Comments on 2016 Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Plan
07/05	Clean Water Current		EPA Publishes Effluent Guidelines Plan; NACWA Requests Member Input
06/27	Clean Water Current		EPA Requests NACWA Input on Industrial User Manual
06/20	Clean Water Current		EPA Finalizes Fracking Wastewater Effluent Guidelines
06/17	NACWA Comments		NACWA Comments on EPA’s Tentative Denial of Petition to Change Corrosivity Definition for RCRA Hazardous Waste
06/13	Clean Water Current		Congress Sends Toxic Substance Control Reform to President
05/31	Clean Water Current		Wipe Flushability Guidelines Work Continues
05/23	Clean Water Current		Pretreatment Workshop Draws Large Crowd
05/16	Clean Water Current		‘Toilets Are Not Trashcans’ Gaining Media Attention
04/11	Clean Water Current		Wipe Flushability & Labeling Work Progresses
04/07	NACWA Comments		NACWA Letter of Support for Minnesota Wipes Legislation
03/23	NACWA Comments		NACWA Letter of Support for Minnesota Wipes Legislation
03/14	Clean Water Current		EPA Discusses Metal Finishing Study with Pretreatment Committee
02/19	Clean Water Current		NACWA Weighs In On Toxic Substances Control Reform

2015

12/23	NACWA Comments		NACWA Comments on Proposed Rule on Management of Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals
11/20	Clean Water Current		Toilets Are Not Trashcans Logo and Webpage Launched
10/30	Clean Water Current		NACWA Takes Clean Water Message to Arid West, New England
10/02	Clean Water Current		Wastewater Associations and Wipes Manufacturers Discuss Flushability Guidelines Development Continues
09/04	Clean Water Current		EPA Proposes Ban on Flushing of Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals
08/14	Clean Water Current		Truly Flushable Wipes Technology Demonstrated
07/24	NACWA Comments		NACWA Comments on EPA’s Proposed Effluent Guidelines for Fracking Wastewater
07/10	Clean Water Current		NACWA Provides Additional Data to EPA for Dental Amalgam Rule
06/26	Clean Water Current		Wipes Flushability Guidelines Development Continues
06/19	Clean Water Current		NACWA Supports FTC Wipes Agreement
06/12	Clean Water Current		NACWA Encourages Members to Comment on FTC Wipes Agreement
05/29	Clean Water Current		Media Attention on Wipes Continues; NACWA to Comment FTC Agreement
05/22	Clean Water Current		FTC Announces Settlement Agreement with Wipes Manufacturer
05/08	Clean Water Current		EPA Requests Additional Information from NACWA Dental Amalgam Survey
04/17	Clean Water Current		NACWA Discusses Dental Amalgam Separator Rule with EPA
03/27	Clean Water Current		Wipes Product Stewardship Initiative Begins, Flushability Guideline Work Continues
02/27	Clean Water Current		Associations Meet with CDC on Pretreatment of Ebola Waste
02/20	NACWA Comments		NACWA Comments on EPA’s Proposed Dental Amalgam Separator Rule
02/20	Clean Water Current		NACWA Requests Withdrawal of Dental Amalgam Separator Rule
01/16	Clean Water Current		Agreement Reached on Path Forward to Reduce Problems Caused by Wipes
01/16	Clean Water Current		Recommendations Now Available for Discharge of Ebola Virus Patient Waste to Sewers
01/09	Clean Water Current		Flushability Guidelines Update Set to Begin
01/09	Clean Water Current		Last Chance to Complete NACWA Dental Amalgam Survey

2014

12/19	Clean Water Current		Dental Amalgam Survey Deadline Extended
12/05	Clean Water Current		Dental Amalgam Survey, Tools, and Proposed Rule Fact Sheet Available
11/24	Advocacy Alert		NACWA Dental Amalgam Separator Rule Survey (AA 14-24)
11/24	CASA Memo		Consensus Recommendations for Ebola Virus Dialogue Between Utilities and Hospitals
11/24	NACWA Fact Sheet		Dental Amalgam Separator Rule Fact Sheet
11/21	Clean Water Current		EPA Extends Dental Amalgam Comment Period; NACWA Survey Begins Next Week
11/07	Clean Water Current		Webcast Focuses on Utility Concerns about Ebola Virus
11/07	Clean Water Current		NACWA, American Dental Association Seek Comment Extension for Amalgam Rule; Pretreatment Committee Discusses Strategy
11/06	Presentation		Slides used in NACWA Pretreatment & Pollution Prevention Committee discussion of proposed dental amalgam separator rule
11/04	NACWA Correspondence		Joint request by NACWA and ADA for an extension to the dental amalgam separator rule comment period
10/31	Clean Water Current		Pretreatment Professionals to Discuss EPA’s Proposed Dental Amalgam Rule
10/30	Advocacy Alert		Dental Amalgam Separator Rule Proposed By EPA (AA 14-21)
10/24	Clean Water Current		Webcast to Focus on Utility Concerns about Ebola Virus
10/24	Clean Water Current		Proposed Dental Amalgam Separator Rule Published
10/17	Clean Water Current		Groups Poised to Reach Agreement with INDA on Flushable Wipes
10/10	Clean Water Current		Ebola Virus Likely Not a Hazard in Wastewater
09/26	Clean Water Current		EPA Proposes Dental Amalgam Separator Rule
09/26	Clean Water Current		Groups Poised to Reach Agreement with INDA on Flushable Wipes
09/05	Clean Water Current		Dr. Oz Takes on Flushable Wipes on September 9, Features NACWA
08/15	Clean Water Current		NACWA Meets with OMB on Proposed Dental Amalgam Rule
08/15	Clean Water Current		EPA Responds to NACWA Inquiry, Reaffirms Commitment to CSO Policy
08/12	NACWA Talking Points		NACWA Talking Points for Meeting with White House Office of Management & Budget on Dental Amalgam Rule
06/06	Clean Water Current		Flushability Issues Addressed by Workgroup,  at Conference, and in Litigation
04/18	Clean Water Current		Biocremation Tour Offered at Pretreatment Workshop
02/28	Clean Water Current		Technical Workgroup on Flushability of Wipes Set to Begin

2013

10/07	NACWA Comments		NACWA Comments on 2012 Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Plan
10/04	Clean Water Current		Toilets Are Not Trash Cans! NACWA Declares War to Protect Your Pipes, Pumps, and Plants
09/20	NACWA Comments		NACWA Comments on EPA’s Proposed Steam Electric Power Generating Effluent Guidelines
07/26	Clean Water Current		NACWA Meets with INDA to Determine Path Forward on Wipes
07/12	Clean Water Current		EPA Holds Public Meeting on Steam Electric Power Generating ELG; NACWA Requests Information for Comments
06/21	Clean Water Current		NACWA Requests Revisions to Draft Flushability Guidelines
06/18	NACWA Letter		NACWA Letter to INDA Regarding 3rd Edition Flushability Guidelines
02/22	Clean Water Current		NACWA Supports DEA Proposed Rule for Disposal of Controlled Substances
02/19	NACWA Comments		NACWA Comments on Drug Enforcement Administration Proposed Rule on Disposal of Controlled Substances

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You May Also Be Interested In:

• Joining NACWA's Pretreatment & Pollution Prevention Committee
• AMSA's White Paper on EPA's Effluent Limitations Guidelines Program
• Final Pretreatment Streamlining Rule
• EPA Model Pretreatment Ordinance, January 2007
• EPA's Introduction to the National Pretreatment Program