A memo addressing state concerns over agency oversight of state actions, including waterbody over-listings and the need for clarity between EPA mandates, guidance, and reviewer opinions.
Documents
EPA Memo: Clarification regarding the Application of Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification
EPA issued a memorandum clarifying the specific and limited role that states and tribes play in the federal licensing and permitting processes under the Clean Water Act (CWA) section 401.… Read More »
Association of Clean Water Administrators – Letter: Upcoming Efforts to Revise the Definition of “Waters of the United States”
Association of Clean Water Administrators Comments on Proposed MSGP Permit
ACWA is the independent, nonpartisan, national organization of state, interstate, and territorial water program managers (hereafter referred to simply as “states”), who daily implement the clean water quality programs of… Read More »
ACWA 2025 Annual Meeting – Draft Agenda
ACWA 2025 Annual Meeting – Draft Agenda
2025 Clean Water Act Cross-Program Workshop – Draft Agenda
2025 Clean Water Act Cross-Program Workshop – Draft Agenda
Coalition Letter on FY 26 SRF Appropriations
ACWA joined a diverse coalition of national and local organizations urging Congressional appropriators to fully fund the CW and DW SRFs.
Waters of the United States (2025) – EPA/USACE Slide Deck – Federalism “Kick-Off” Meeting (April 3, 2025)
EPA / USACE Slide Deck From April 3, 2025 Federalism Kick-Off Meeting for “Waters of the United States”
Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations Testimony
As you begin working on Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations, the members of the Association of Clean Water Administrators (ACWA) urge you and your colleagues to robustly fund surface water programs funded through Clean Water Act (CWA) §106 State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG), the CWA § 319 programs, and the geographic programs like the Chesapeake Bay, the Long Island Sound, and the Gulf Hypoxia Task Force. As the Administration works to reorganize and downsize the federal government, robust appropriations for state programs are even more critical than ever as states consider the most efficient ways to implement the CWA and Powering the Great American Comeback Initiative.
Coalition Letter for Justification Process for State Payments
A letter to EPA urging the agency as it works to develop policies for the Executive Order Implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative, the undersigned organizations… Read More »
State Media Associations Letter on FY 2025 Funding
Funding cuts below Fiscal Year 2024 levels will undermine the protections our agencies provide to the prosperity and health of people across the country. Appropriated funding that adequately accounts for new and historic environmental law mandates is critical for state and local agency budgets and ensuring the balance of cooperative federalism. The complexity of today’s environmental challenges and the opportunities for American leadership in a transforming economy requires robust state/federal partnership to ensure reasonable, balanced, effective, and efficient strategies for environmental protection. We rely on Congress to support that partnership by sustaining the funding and resources that give our agencies what they need to assure Americans of the cleanest air, water and land.
2025 State Summit on Water Reuse – Participant List
2025 State Summit on Water Reuse – Participant List
