News Administration Unveils Infrastructure Plan President Biden unveiled a $2 trillion infrastructure plan that includes $111 billion investment in water infrastructure. The American Jobs Plan calls for 100% replacement of lead pipes and service lines to eliminate all lead pipes and service lines in the country. The plan calls for Congress to invest $45 billion… Read More »
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ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XII, Issue 8 (Week of March 1, 2021)
News EPA Publishes Flyers Summarizing Bioassessment Program Reviews and the BCG Online EPA has posted online two new flyers that summarize key information found in two longer, previously published EPA technical documents on biological assessment of water bodies. These two flyers can be accessed at: Assessing Level of Technical Rigor to Support Water Quality Management… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 23 (Week of July 6, 2020)
News Spring 2020 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions Last week, EPA released the spring 2020 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. This list provides updates on all planned regulatory activities for the next 12 months. “EPA has mapped out our regulatory agenda through the first half of 2021 that will continue to reduce… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 4 (Week of January 27, 2020)
News House Democrats Introduce Infrastructure Framework The Chairs of three U.S. House Committees released a framework for a five-year, $760 billion investment in infrastructure that would address some of the country’s most urgent infrastructure needs, from addressing the massive maintenance backlog, to designing safer streets, to putting the U.S. on a path toward zero emissions… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 35 (Week of October 7, 2019)
News EPA Announces $436 Million Loan to the Indiana Finance Authority to Support Water Infrastructure Projects Across the State EPA announced a $436 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan – the largest initial disbursement under WIFIA to date – to the Indiana Finance Authority (IFA). With EPA’s WIFIA loan, IFA will be… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 25 (Week of July 15, 2019)
News EPA Announces $218 Million Water Infrastructure Loan to Silicon Valley Clean Water EPA announced a $218 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to Silicon Valley Clean Water (SVCW) to finance wastewater infrastructure upgrades that will protect public health and the San Francisco Bay. With EPA’s WIFIA loan, SVCW’s Regional Environmental Sewer… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 16 (Week of April 29, 2019)
News National NPDES SNC Rate Reduction Workgroup Symposium This week, ACWA staff, states, EPA HQ and Regions met in Atlanta, Georgia to discuss EPA’s SNC Rate Reduction initiative. Several subgroups of the workgroup identified products and tasks that will be implemented in the short term (3-6 months) and long term (6-24 months). Subgroups include: 1)… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 2 (Week of January 14, 2019)
News Senate EPW Holds Confirmation Hearing for Acting Administrator Wheeler EPA Acting Administrator Wheeler had his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Climate change was the main focus of the hearing, with many democrats pressing Wheeler on his commitment to addressing climate change. Chairman Borasso and Ranking Member… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 43 (Week of November 26, 2018)
News WIFIA Program Closes Loan with City of San Diego The WIFIA program has issued its fifth loan to City of San Diego. This loan will bring EPA’s total over $1.5 billion in WIFIA credit assistance. The City of San Diego’s $614 million loan will construct a new advanced treatment facility to produce 30 million… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 40 (Week of October 29, 2018)
News EPA Invites 39 Projects to Apply for WIFIA Loans EPA announced this week that it is inviting 39 projects in 16 states and D.C. to apply for Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loans. Together, the selected borrowers will receive WIFIA loans totaling approximately $5 billion to help finance over $10 billion in… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 37 (Week of October 8, 2018)
News EPA Sends Phase I of Final NPDES Updates Rule to OMB for Review On October 9, 2018 EPA sent Phase I of the NPDES Updates Rule to the Office of Management and Budget. EPA initially proposed (May 18, 2016) to update the NPDES regulations in order to eliminate inconsistencies between regulations and application forms,… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 28 (Week of July 30, 2018)
News Acting Administrator Wheeler Testifies Before Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Acting Administrator Wheeler testified before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works this week. The hearing was more cordial than previous hearings with his predecessor with praise for his first 25 days as acting administrator from both the majority and minority parties. Acting… Read More »
