Drinking Water Headlines

Senate Passes Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act

Senate Passes Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act

On Thursday the Senate overwhelmingly passed the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act (S 914) in an 89-2 vote. The...

EPA Announces TSCA Policy Changes on Low Volume Exemptions for New PFAS

EPA Announces TSCA Policy Changes on Low Volume Exemptions for New PFAS

EPA has announced new TSCA policy changes for reviewing and managing low volume exemptions (LVEs) for new PFAS. These changes...

EPA Publishes Notice of Funding Availability for Next Round of WIFIA & SWIFIA

EPA Publishes Notice of Funding Availability for Next Round of WIFIA & SWIFIA

This week, EPA announced $6.5 billion in new funding for the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) and the...

EPA Provides $9 Million of Drinking Water Infrastructure Funding to Two Alaska Native Villages

EPA Provides $9 Million of Drinking Water Infrastructure Funding to Two Alaska Native Villages

On Wednesday (4/28), EPA announced water infrastructure funding totaling $9 million for projects that will improve access to drinking water...

Senate Confirms McCabe as EPA Deputy Administrator

Senate Confirms McCabe as EPA Deputy Administrator

The Senate voted this week to confirm Janet McCabe as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Deputy Administrator, the number two...

RCAP Regionalization Webinar on State Policy Recommendations for Water and Wastewater Systems

RCAP Regionalization Webinar on State Policy Recommendations for Water and Wastewater Systems

On Thursday, May 13th from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm (eastern time), the Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP) will host...

EPA Administrator Establishes New Council on PFAS

EPA Administrator Establishes New Council on PFAS

On April 27, EPA Administrator Michael Regan issued a memo to EPA’s senior leadership to create a new “EPA Council on...

EPIC’s Lead-Free Water Challenge Sets Sights on Small Systems

EPIC’s Lead-Free Water Challenge Sets Sights on Small Systems

The Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) is launching a Lead-Free Water Challenge to help small municipalities and water systems (with...

Water Infrastructure Bill Updates and EPA’s Regan on the Hill

Water Infrastructure Bill Updates and EPA’s Regan on the Hill

On April 20, Michael Regan, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)Administrator, testified in front of the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on American...

ASDWA and AMWA Letter to New AA at EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention

ASDWA and AMWA Letter to New AA at EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention

On April 20th, ASDWA and the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) submitted a joint letter to Dr. Michal Freedhoff,...

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