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February 23, 2016
Earth & Water Group, co-hosted with GW University’s Environmental & Energy Management Institute (EEMI), kicked off the first in a series of impact discussions on February 18 with the inaugural event focused on the opportunities and challenges for public private partnerships (P3s) and private capital in the water sector. Water leaders, including Tracy Mehan (AWWA), […]
February 20, 2016
EPA announced this past week the agency’s enforcement priorities for FY 2017 – 2019. The first two initiatives are new and the third will be expanded from past years. 1. Keeping Industrial Pollutants Out of the Nation’s Waters (new initiative) 2. Reducing Risks of Accidental Releases at Industrial and Chemical Facilities (new initiative) 3. […]
February 19, 2016
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services recently finalized a rule that provides greater flexibility for development and commercial activities that potentially impact the threatened northern long-eared bat. The final rule can be found here, 4(d) Rule For the Northern Long-Eared Bat, in the January 14 Fed. Reg. notice. The final rule considers several key factors […]
February 19, 2016
In a written statement this week, Michael Deane, Executive Director of National Association of Water Companies, condemns Food & Water Watch, who continues to wage its propaganda war against private water companies. Statement on FWW Report for Detroit News Michael Deane, Executive Director of NAWC Food & Water Watch has clearly demonstrated it is a […]
February 19, 2016
Citing to a new CRS report, Amena Saiyid of Bloomberg BNA, reports that EPA Didn’t Enforce Flint Drinking Water Violations. By Amena H. Saiyid Feb. 17 — The Environmental Protection Agency did not use its authority under the Safe Drinking Water Act to enforce violations against the public water utility in Flint, Mich., despite being aware of the […]
February 19, 2016
The NRDC issued this past week a new report titled “How to: Stormwater Trading Credit Programs.” The report begins: When rain runs off impervious surfaces such as sidewalks, streets, and roofs, it collects a wide range of toxic pollutants, which are then dumped, usually untreated, into local waterways. With older “combined” sewer systems, the problem […]
February 19, 2016
The House or Representatives has passed with overwhelming support, 416-2, a Bill to amend the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. The text of HR 4470, titled the Safe Drinking Water Act Improved Compliance Awareness Act, can be found here. The bill, if enacted, would require States to immediately notify the public if lead levels in […]
February 17, 2016
Erik Olson of NRDC, George Hawkins, CEO and General Manager of DC Water, and Jim Salzman, Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law with joint appointments at UCSB and UCLA, and author of “Drinking Water: A History,” talk about the problems in Flint and serious problems facing our nation’s water infrastructure more broadly. Erik, George, and Jim do a […]
February 12, 2016
Stanford researchers develop financing framework to fund critical freshwater projects Using lessons from the energy sector, Stanford researchers outline strategies to bring the nation’s water infrastructure into the 21st century. BY PAIGE MILLER Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment A new report by a team of researchers at Stanford University offers a framework to fund […]
February 12, 2016
Liquid Assets by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica Co-published with the Atlantic Feb. 9, 2016 ON A BRISK, CLOUDLESS DAY last January, Disque Deane Jr. stepped out of his SUV, kicked his cowboy boots in the dirt, and looked around. He had driven two hours from Reno on one of the loneliest stretches of interstate in the United […]