PFAS

Congress Passes Bill with Disaster Relief Funds, FEMA reforms & PFAS Restrictions

Congress Passes Bill with Disaster Relief Funds, FEMA reforms & PFAS Restrictions

The U.S. Senate passed HR 302 on Wednesday night; the bill will now move to the President’s desk for signature. In...

Multiple PFAS Happenings this Week

Multiple PFAS Happenings this Week

This week’s new items on Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) featured two events held in Washington, DC – the ASTHO...

32 States Convene for the National Governors Association’s Water Policy Meeting

32 States Convene for the National Governors Association’s Water Policy Meeting

The National Governors Association Water Policy Institute convened Governors’ Water Policy Advisors from 32 states to discuss challenges faced by...

Detailed Agenda Now Available for ASDWA’s Annual Conference

Detailed Agenda Now Available for ASDWA’s Annual Conference

The detailed agenda is now available for ASDWA’s 33rd Annual Conference, being held October 22-25, 2018 at the Embassy Suites in Des Moines, Iowa. The...

New Jersey Adopts New PFAS Drinking Water Standard for PFNA

New Jersey Adopts New PFAS Drinking Water Standard for PFNA

On September 4th, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) formally adopted a statewide PFAS drinking water standard for perfluorononanoic...

ASDWA President Testifies at House PFAS hearing

ASDWA President Testifies at House PFAS hearing

ASDWA’s President, Lisa Daniels, testified on September 6th at a PFAS hearing of the Subcommittee of the Environment of the House Energy...

PFAS Contamination and Cooperative Federalism the Headliners at ECOS’s Fall Meeting

PFAS Contamination and Cooperative Federalism the Headliners at ECOS’s Fall Meeting

The Environmental Council of States (ECOS) held their annual fall meeting last week in Stowe, VT. While ECOS members represent...

EPA Acting Administrator Wheeler Addresses 15th Annual Drinking Water Workshop

EPA Acting Administrator Wheeler Addresses 15th Annual Drinking Water Workshop

On August 29, EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler addressed the 15th Annual Drinking Water Workshop that’s jointly sponsored by EPA...

Two New Senate Bills to Address PFAS

Two New Senate Bills to Address PFAS

In other action this week in the Senate, two bills were introduced to help address the challenge of PFAS contamination...

Senate Passes Defense and Domestic Appropriations

Senate Passes Defense and Domestic Appropriations

This week the Senate passed a major appropriations bill covering the Departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, and...

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