Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 25: Issues for Public Employers with Bertha Enriquez of Renewable Water Resources
Contratación para el Desarrollo de Infraestructura del Agua
El Plan Nacional de Desarrollo
H2-OWOW! – A Reflective Conversation with John Goodin, Former Director of EPA’s Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds – Reflections on Water Podcast
PFAS in Focus: Show-Me Insights From Chris Wieberg, Missouri Department of Natural Resources - Reflections on Water Podcast
Drinking Water on Tap: Money, Morality, and More with Tracy Mehan from the American Water Works Association - Reflections on Water Podcast
Innovation in Iowa: Talking About the Future of Watershed Management With Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig - Reflections on Water Podcast
Reuse to the Rescue: Talking Water Reuse with Pat Sinicropi, Executive Director, WateReuse Association - Reflections on Water Podcast
H2Oklahoma: Interview With Secretary Ken Wagner - Reflections on Water Podcast
Diving In: An Interview With Radhika Fox, Assistant Administrator, Office of Water - Reflections on Water Podcast
Introduction to Reflections on Water - Reflections on Water Podcast
How the $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Affects Texas
Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted Podcast Episode One: Keeping America Fed with Jeff Huckaby, President & CEO of Grimmway Farms
On-Demand Webinar | Taking the Plunge: Lessons Learned from Water System Consolidations
On-Demand Webinar | Flood or Drought? A Discussion of the Election’s Potential Legislative Impacts on the Water Sector
[WEBINAR] Navigating California’s New Regulations for Wetlands and State Waters
[WEBINAR] Update on the California Environmental Quality Act: What’s New for 2018
[VIDEO] The Price of an Aging Infrastructure on the Environment
The Water Values Podcast: Rolling Out AMI in San Francisco with Alison Kastama and Heather Pohl (Part 1)
The Water Values Podcast - How Can We Resolve Water Conflicts?
The Association of Clean Water Administrators (“ACWA”) announced the issuance of a document titled: Effective Utility Management – A Primer for Water Sector Utilities (“Primer”). ...more
On July 8, 2024, the California Supreme Court issued its opinion in Golden State Water Company v. Public Utilities Commission. The petitioners, California Water Association, California-American Water Company, California Water...more
The American Water Works Association (“AWWA”) has released its annual report titled: State of the Water Industry (2024). (“Report”). The stated purpose of the Report is to provide insights into the challenges and...more
Three Arkansas cities and two public water authorities filed a June 11th Complaint for Temporary and Permanent Injunction and for Declaratory Judgment (“Complaint”) against the City of Booneville, Arkansas objecting to a...more
On April 10, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced a National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (the “Regulation”) which established legally enforceable levels called Maximum Contaminant Levels...more
Three federal agencies announced the joint production and release of a document titled: Incident Response Guide – Water and Wastewater Sector (January 2024) (“Guide”)...more
C.I.C. Arms, Inc. (“CIC”) filed on October 11th a Complaint in the Desha County, Arkansas, Circuit Court against the City of McGehee (“City”) and McGehee Water and Sewer System (“MWSS”) challenging the rate that is charged...more
The Attorney General for the District of Columbia (“AG”) and Potomac Electric Power Company (“Pepco”) entered into a First Amendment to Consent Decree (“Amended Decree”) addressing alleged releases of hazardous substances....more
EPA Aims to Mitigate Risk of Cyberattack on Public Water Systems On March 3, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its Memorandum Addressing Public Water System (PWS) Cybersecurity in Sanitary Surveys or...more
The Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) recently released a draft updated Colorado Water Plan to be finalized in early 2023 (Draft Plan). The Draft Plan continues to project a water supply gap resulting from hotter and...more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced two public meetings via webinar to cover a comprehensive overview of its most recent Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule ("UCMR"), UCMR 5. The two meetings will be...more
One of the traditional reasons for government intervention in the marketplace is market failure. A classic example of a market failure is a natural monopoly such as a public utility. Most economists agree that government...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused companies, individuals and municipalities to even more closely examine their budgets and services to determine how they can reduce compliance risks, operating expenses and future capital...more
The American Water Works Association (“AWWA”) undertook a survey of member utilities and other sector organizations to gauge the impacts of COVID-19 on the water sector. AWWA states the survey was conducted online and...more
California Governor Restricts Water Supply Discontinuation for Non-Payment - In response to growing health and economic concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic, California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an Executive Order that...more
On December 4, 2019, the Borough of Phoenixville, Chester County (“Borough”) closed on the sale of a portion of its water system to Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. (“Aqua”) for $3.46 million. Importantly, the Borough will retain...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) circulated a prepublication version of its proposed revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule (“LCR”). The LCR revisions are proposed pursuant to the authority of the...more
The national organization WateReuse (“WateReuse) issued a July 30th news release stating that 43 water utilities from around the United States have received the Utility of the Future Today award (“Award")....more
EIB extends €82m loan to Lesotho Lowlands Water Development Project - The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed an €82 million, or 1.3 billion Lesotho Maloti, loan for the Lesotho Lowlands Water Development Project...more
Investors in the water industry in the UK are well advised to consider if their shareholding structure affords them appropriate investment treaty protection and access to investment arbitration in the event of possible...more
Join Nossaman LLP on February 28, 2019 for the first presentation in Nossaman’s 2019 Water Webinar Series, "Preparedness, Relief, and Recovery: Regulatory Developments in Disaster Management for Water Providers." This...more
As discussed in previous posts (see direct links below), Iowa’s new Water Excise Tax (WET) took effect on July 1, 2018. Since that time, the Iowa Department of Revenue (IDOR) has released two sets of proposed revised rules....more
As discussed in previous posts (see direct links below), Iowa’s new Water Excise Tax (WET) took effect on July 1, 2018. Since that time, the Iowa Department of Revenue (IDOR) issued an original set of proposed rules and,...more
As discussed in previous posts (see direct links below), Iowa’s new Water Excise Tax (WET) took effect on July 1, 2018. Shortly thereafter, the Iowa Department of Revenue (IDOR) issued its proposed rules for WET, only to be...more
A few weeks ago, we provided various details on Iowa’s new Water Excise Tax (WET) that became effective on July 1, 2018. Herein, we have new information to provide based upon our most recent discussions with the Iowa...more