The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a memorandum on October 11th titled: Withdrawal of Cybersecurity Memorandum of March 3, 2023 (“Withdrawal Memorandum”) The Withdrawal Memorandum was transmitted...more
The Beaver Watershed Alliance (“BWA”) released the 2022 sampling report (“Sampling Report”) generated by its 17th Annual Secchi Day Water Quality Event.
BWA describes Secchi Day as an annual event taking place on Beaver...more
The American Water Works Association (“AWWA”) released a document titled: COVID Water Sector Impact Survey 5 (Oct 2021)(“Survey”) The Survey is stated to have been conducted from October 5-20, 2021, and is a fifth in a series...more
The Illinois River Watershed Partnership (“IRWP”) is continuing its Online Learning Center.
IRWP states that Week 3 will address:
Commercial Low Impact Development -
Rotational Grazing - ...more
The United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Committee (“Committee”) announced in an April 21st news release the preparation of two draft bills addressing water resources development and drinking water...more
The Arkansas Water Resource Center (“AWRC”) posted an article in its publication Arkansas Water News titled...more
The Illinois River Watershed Partnership (“IRWP”) announced what it describes as an Online Learning Center.
IRWP states that for the next four weeks it will:
. . . be presenting the most pressing topics to our local...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
The Arkansas Water Resources Center (“AWRC”) has issued a Call for Presentations for its annual conference on July 28th and 29th in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
AWRC is inviting abstract submission for oral and poster...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released on February 27th a document titled:
National Water Reuse Action Plan: Collaborative Implementation (Version 1) (“Action Plan”)...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency and Mansfield Township Municipal Complex (“Township”) entered into a January 29th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing an alleged violation of the Safe...more
The American Water Works Association (“AWWA”) submitted February 5th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on its efforts to revise the Lead and Copper Rule (“LCR”) revisions.
See National...more
The Missouri Attorney General and Missouri Department of Natural Resources (collectively, “Missouri”) filed a Complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri on February 5th against:
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The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works directed on January 21st the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) to withdraw a proposed rule titled:
Use of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Reservoir Projects...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency announced in a November 26th memorandum that it would allow the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (“Fund”) to be used for purchasing rights or access to new sources of...more
The Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (“ASDWA”) submitted December 16th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on the federal agency’s draft National Water Reuse Action Plan...more
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (“NACWA”) published a guidance document titled:
A Clean Water Utility's Guide to Considering Source Identification, Pretreatment, and Sampling Protocols for PFAS...more
The organizations U.S. Water Alliance and Dig Deep (collectively “Alliance”) issued a report titled:
Closing the Water Access Gap in the United States – A National Action Plan (“Report”) - ...more
The Connecticut Interagency PFAS Task Force (“Task Force”) issued a November 1st document addressing PFAS titled:
PFAS Action Plan (“Plan”) -
The Task Force was led by the Connecticut Department of Health and...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 United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released on September 10th a Draft National Water Reuse Action Plan (“Plan”).
The Plan describes priority actions and the leadership along with collaboration that...more
The Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (“ASDWA”) submitted August 26th comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (‘EPA”) on the agency’s proposed Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA”) regulation for...more
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (collectively “EGLE”) issued a July 26, 2019, report titled:
2018 PFAS Sampling of Drinking Water Supplies in Michigan (“Report”) -
See Project No....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (Office of Water) (“EPA”) released a July 2019 guidance document titled:
Baseline Information on Malevolent Acts for Community Water Systems (“Guidance”)...more
The United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, (“Court”) addressed in a July 19th opinion whether the Court of Federal Claims (“Lower Court”) has subject matter jurisdiction to address a takings claim involving water...more
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