Clean water helps drive our economy. Without water, power plants can’t generate electricity and other producers require a consistent intake of water for their energy-development needs. Water and wastewater treatment are significant energy users as well. The water-energy nexus is where many cross-cutting issues meet: utility energy use and the reduction of the municipal carbon footprint; the energy sector’s role in water conservation and efficiency; and, of course, the growing importance of a dialogue between the private and public sector on these complex issues that will help shape our future energy policy. While many of these issues are addressed in the context of developing a sound climate change policy, this is an arena that NACWA expects to see a dramatic growth in over the coming years.

2016

2015

07/24	Clean Water Current		Biogas Stakeholders Discuss Barriers & Opportunities with USDA, DOE & EPA
05/01	Clean Water Current		Energy Workshop Examines Barriers to Increased Production
03/20	Clean Water Current		Association Members Engage in Department of Energy Wastewater Workshop
03/13	Clean Water Current		Energy-Water Nexus Discussed at Advanced Energy Economy Institute

2014

12/05	Clean Water Current		NACWA, Others Ask for Clean Power Plan to Recognize Utility Contributions
12/01	NACWA Comments		Joint Water Association Comments on EPA's Proposed Clean Power Plan
11/07	Clean Water Current		NACWA Participates in Waste-to-Energy Discussions at DOE Workshop
08/01	Clean Water Current		NACWA Focuses on Energy Issues with DOE, Atlantic Council
07/11	Clean Water Current		Wastewater-Derived Transportation Fuels Approved for Renewable Fuel Standards
04/18	Clean Water Current		Utility of the Future Partners Brief EPA on Energy Analysis
04/18	Clean Water Current		DOE Requests Comments on Renewable Energy Loan Proposal

2013

11/22	Clean Water Current		Johnson Foundation Report Focuses on Water and Electric Utility Collaboration
10/25	Clean Water Current		USDA Biorefinery Assistance Funding Available to Some Clean Water Agencies
08/23	Clean Water Current		NACWA, Member Agencies Participate in Johnson Foundation Meeting on Water and Electric Utility Collaboration
05/31	Clean Water Current		Utility of the Future Concepts Discussed with Key DOE Staff

2012

11/30	Clean Water Current		NACWA Participates in WEF/Alliance to Save Energy Workshop Exporing the Water-Energy Nexus
11/30	Clean Water Current		Presentation on Energy Production at POTWs Is a Highlight of New Total Energy Conference
06/08	EPA Correspondence		Letter to EPA on Contained Gas and Regulatory Status of Biogas
05/25	Clean Water Current		NACWA Highlights Wastewater’s Energy Potential in Senate Hearing Statement
05/18	Clean Water Current		NACWA Discusses Energy Potential in Wastewater at Congressional Biogas Briefing

2011

03/02	Clean Water Current		Bingaman Introduces Clean Energy Standard, Biogas Is Qualified Clean Energy Source
12/15	EPA Correspondence		Region 5 Approval of Biosolids Pellets as Non-Waste Fuels
05/06	Clean Water Current		NACWA Hosts Meeting on Hydraulic Fracturing for Municipal Sector
04/15	Clean Water Current		Senate Holds Hearing on Natural Gas Fracking Operations; NACWA Survey Closes
03/17	EPA Memo/FAQs		Regulating Natural Gas Drilling in Marcellus Shale Under the NPDES Program
03/07	EPA Correspondence		EPA Region III Letter to PA DEP

2010

05/14	Member Update		Whitepaper on Biosolids Energy Opportunities
05/07	Clean Water Current		NACWA Discusses Clean Water and Energy Issues with GAO