Posts by Alan Roberson

ASDWA Submits FY24 Senate Appropriations Testimony

ASDWA Submits FY24 Senate Appropriations Testimony

On Wednesday, May 24, ASDWA submitted FY24 appropriations testimony (below) to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, & Related...

Supreme Court Will Reconsider Significant Case on Power of Federal Agencies

Supreme Court Will Reconsider Significant Case on Power of Federal Agencies

On Tuesday, May 1, the Supreme Court made the decision to reconsider a signficant case of the power of Federal...

Louisiana Releases Final Grades on All Community Water Systems

Louisiana Releases Final Grades on All Community Water Systems

On Monday, May 1, the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) released [www.ldh.la.gov/watergrade] final water grades for 951 community water systems...

UCLA Luskin Center and RCAP Release Report on National Assessment of Drinking Water Quality Compliance

UCLA Luskin Center and RCAP Release Report on National Assessment of Drinking Water Quality Compliance

On Thursday, April 27, the UCLA Luskin Center and the Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCA) released a report that details...

Legal Petition for Review Filed by Three State Attorney Generals on EPA’s Cybersecurity Memorandum

Legal Petition for Review Filed by Three State Attorney Generals on EPA’s Cybersecurity Memorandum

On Monday, April 17th, the attorney generals for three states (Iowa, Arkansas, and Missouri) filed a legal petition in Eighth...

Nine Associations Send Letter to EPA Administrators Requesting Withdrawal of Cybersecurity Memorandum

Nine Associations Send Letter to EPA Administrators Requesting Withdrawal of Cybersecurity Memorandum

On Wednesday, January 25, nine associations representing water and wastewater systems and local elected officials sent a letter (below) to...

EPA & Corps of Engineers Publish Final “Revised Definition of Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) Rule

EPA & Corps of Engineers Publish Final “Revised Definition of Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) Rule

On December 30, 2022, EPA and the Corps of Engineers published the pre-publication version of the final “Revised Definition of...

President Biden Signs Omnibus Spending Bill

President Biden Signs Omnibus Spending Bill

On Thursday, 12/29, President Biden signed the omnibus spending bill, after a flurry of year-end Congressional activity to avoid a...

Proposed PFAS Regulation Still Under Review at OMB

Proposed PFAS Regulation Still Under Review at OMB

EPA’s proposed drinking water regulation for PFOA and PFOS is still under Executive Order (E.O.) 12866 Review at the Office...

EPA Sends Memo on Cybersecurity for Water Systems to OMB for Review

EPA Sends Memo on Cybersecurity for Water Systems to OMB for Review

On Friday, 12/16, EPA sent a “Memorandum to State Drinking Water Administrators on Public Water System Cybersecurity” (RIN: 2040-ZA41) to...

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