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Senate Releases Draft Legislation on Water Programs

Senate Releases Draft Legislation on Water Programs

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) has released a set of draft bills to establish new water programs...

CIFA Releases 2020 S.A.F.E. Water Infrastructure Action Plan

CIFA Releases 2020 S.A.F.E. Water Infrastructure Action Plan

On Wednesday, 4/22, the Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities (CIFA) released its 2020 S.A.F.E. Water Infrastructure Action Plan to advocate...

NRCS Announces New RCPP Project Awards

NRCS Announces New RCPP Project Awards

USDA’s Natural Resources Service (NRCS) has awarded $206 million for 48 new Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) projects across 29...

ASDWA Submits Comments on EPA’s Preliminary Fourth Regulatory Determinations

ASDWA Submits Comments on EPA’s Preliminary Fourth Regulatory Determinations

On Friday (4/17), ASDWA submitted comments on EPA’s Preliminary Fourth Regulatory Determinations. ASDWA supported EPA’s positive preliminary regulatory determinations for...

ITRC Publishes PFAS Technical and Regulatory Guidance and Resources

ITRC Publishes PFAS Technical and Regulatory Guidance and Resources

This Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC) has published its online PFAS Technical and Regulatory Guidance document, updated PFAS fact...

EPA Reaches Proposed Settlement for Lapsed SDWA Obligations

EPA Reaches Proposed Settlement for Lapsed SDWA Obligations

In January 2019, Waterkeeper Alliance and other environmental advocates filed suit against EPA for missed deadlines under the Safe Drinking...

EPA Rolls Out Water System Partnership Handbook

EPA Rolls Out Water System Partnership Handbook

EPA recently released the Water System Partnership Handbook. State drinking water programs and technical assistance providers can use this tool...

EPA Announces Water Operator Hiring and Contracting Guide

EPA Announces Water Operator Hiring and Contracting Guide

Recently, EPA released its Water Operator Hiring and Contracting Guide, a resource that can help public water system decision-makers hire...

USDA Releases COVID-19 Federal Rural Resource Guide

USDA Releases COVID-19 Federal Rural Resource Guide

This week the United States Department of Agriculture released its COVID-19 Federal Rural Resource Guide. The Guide serves as a...

COVID-19 Resources for Building Water Systems

COVID-19 Resources for Building Water Systems

The extensive COVID-19 “stay-at-home” orders across the country have resulted in many commercial buildings (offices, hotels, stadiums, medical facilities, etc.)...

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