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Join ASDWA Online Next Week for the 2020 Annual Conference

There’s still time to register for ASDWA’s 2020 Annual Conference! ASDWA’s 35th Annual Conference will convene state drinking water administrators, EPA,...

WRF Report on Water Utility Asset Management Framework for Including Forested and Natural Assets

The Water Research Foundation (WRF) and the US Endowment for Forestry and Communities have published a new project report entitled,...

ASDWA Publishes New PFAS Laboratory Testing Primer and Technical Bulletin

ASDWA has published two new per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) documents entitled, “Laboratory Testing Primer for State Drinking Water Programs...

EPA Appoints New Members to Science Advisory Board and Subcommittees

On Monday (10/19), EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the selection of Dr. John Graham as the new Chair of the...

ASDWA PFAS – Source Water Protection Guide and Toolkit

ASDWA developed this guide and toolkit with support from a Project Advisory Council (PAC) with representatives from nine states (Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin), and the Cadmus Group. The purpose of the guide is to demonstrate and share effective strategies for addressing PFAS contamination risk in source waters that will help inform policy decisions, assist state drinking water programs in protecting public health, and encourage collaboration and communication among states and water utilities.

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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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Elevating Drinking Water as a National Priority

One of the most important roles ASDWA has is to make sure no one stops thinking about water. Whether that means spending time on the Hill to speak with Congressional staff about drinking water issues, or expanding the reach of our communications to the public by way of social media, ASDWA is constantly working to advance our message of public health protection on behalf of our members. Having safe drinking water is taken for granted by many, so ASDWA continually emphasizes drinking water’s importance for public health and for the economy.

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ASDWA/EPA AWIA Webinar on Water System Partnerships

Original Broadcast: August 1, 2019

Slide Decks:

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:

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

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