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ASDWA 50th SDWA Anniversary Video Series Featuring Sarah Pillsbury of New Hampshire

ASDWA 50th SDWA Anniversary Video Series Featuring Sarah Pillsbury of New Hampshire

ASDWA is excited to share the second video in our continuing series highlighting success stories from the past 50 years...

OMB Completes its Review of EPA’s Final PFAS NPDWR

OMB Completes its Review of EPA’s Final PFAS NPDWR

On March 28, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) updated its website to reflect that the Agency completed its...

US Appeals Court Vacates EPA TSCA Orders to Halt Use of PFAS in Certain Plastic Containers

US Appeals Court Vacates EPA TSCA Orders to Halt Use of PFAS in Certain Plastic Containers

On March 21, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated two EPA orders prohibiting the company Inhance Technologies from...

HHS Releases Survey Report on Federal Water Assistance Progra,

HHS Releases Survey Report on Federal Water Assistance Progra,

On March 21, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a new report on the Agency’s Low...

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ASDWA collects data, conducts analysis, and provides policy recommendations to educate decision-makers on the states’ perspective on drinking water issues that impact its members.

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Hidden Consequences: How Congressionally Directed Spending Impacts State Drinking Water ProgramsBeyond Tight Budgets (December 2018)Costs of States' Transactions Study [CoSTS] (April 2018)ASDWA-ACWA Report on Contaminants of Emerging Concern2019 Analysis of State Drinking Water Programs' Resources and Needs

The Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (ASDWA) is the professional Association serving state drinking water programs. Formed in 1984 to address a growing need for state administrators to have national representation, ASDWA has become a respected voice for state primacy agents with Congress, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and other professional organizations.


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ASDWA/EPA AWIA Webinar on Water System Partnerships

Original Broadcast: August 1, 2019

Slide Decks:

  1. Alan Roberson, ASDWA
  2. Will Bowman, EPA
  3. Michelle Frederick, CA

Background:

EPA is required to develop by October 2020 a rulemaking which will authorize primacy agencies to mandate assessments of restructuring options for water systems which frequently violate health-based standards, and which have unsuccessfully attempted, or which are unable to attempt, feasible and affordable actions to return to compliance.  The mandatory assessments must be tailored to the water system’s size, type, and other factors, and cannot be overly burdensome on the assessed system.  The regulation also must describe how primacy agencies may offer liability protection to a compliant water system which is consolidating with an assessed water system.   In addition, Subsection 1414(h) now includes a new type of restructuring activity, which is a contractual agreement for significant management or administrative functions of a water system, to correct violations identified in a restructuring plan.  DWSRF loans may be used to carry out such consolidations or transfers.  AWIA also amended SDWA Section 1413 requirements for primary enforcement responsibility, or primacy, to include the new mandatory assessment authority. The Water System Restructuring Rule will include both the consolidation incentive provisions under Subsection1414(h), and the primacy requirements under Section 1413, of the SDWA.

Purpose:

This webinar is intended to help EPA and ASDWA identify state concerns, discuss current and previous efforts, and form potential collaborative actions which ASDWA & EPA can take to help your state in the area of restructuring. During this webinar:

  • EPA will expand upon the AWIA changes to SDWA 1414(h), key issues raised by those changes, and how states can provide useful information for the rulemaking.
  • California will share current actions within the state, as recently passed legislation gives the state the authority to force consolidation.

Speakers:

  1. Alan Roberson, P.E. – ASDWA Executive Director (Moderator)
  2. Will Bowman – EPA Water System Restructuring Rule Manager
  3. Michelle F. Frederick, P.E. – Northern California Consolidation Coordinator, Division of Drinking Water, CA State Water Resources Control Board