Jul 09, 2020
On July 8, EPA released the Water Utility COVID-19 Financial Impact Tool to help drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater ("water") utilities assess the financial impact of the
Jun 22, 2020
On June 19, a federal judge in San Francisco denied a bid by a coalition of 18 Democratic state attorneys generals to put the regulation on hold nationwide, ruling that the plaintiffs didn't show
May 29, 2020
On May 6, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee marked up America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2020 (S. 3591), drawing bipartisan support benefiting water treatment plants and
May 21, 2020
On May 18, the EPA released a final rule that said about 500 industrial or federal facilities will collect information this year to document the volume of 172 types of PFAS they release, dispose,
Apr 26, 2020
Webinar: April 29th - Water Week 2020 - Insights from Washington - Don't Miss!
WEF and others in the water sector are hosting a webinar that Water Week 2020 – Insights from Washington,
Apr 23, 2020
On April 21, the Trump administration's Navigable Waters Protection rule, which narrows the number of streams and wetlands that are protected under the Clean Water Act and revises the definition
Mar 27, 2020
On March 27, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler sent a letter to all U.S. Governors requesting that water and wastewater workers, as well as the manufacturers and
Mar 26, 2020
On Mar. 25, the Senate passed a third coronavirus relief package, HR 748. The House is expected to pass it on Friday.
The bill costs approximately $2.2 trillion and is focused on providing
Mar 23, 2020
On March 20, WEF hosted a webcast on Clean Water Act regulatory issues in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, water and wastewater utilities are currently triggering
Feb 28, 2020
If you are attending the 2020 National Water Policy Fly-In, be sure to attend the Stormwater Policy Forum to advocate for the most crucial issues facing the U.S. stormwater sector.
The policy forum