Posts by Alan Roberson

Senate Appropriates $2.765 Billion for Capitalization Grants for State Revolving Funds (SRFs)

Senate Appropriates $2.765 Billion for Capitalization Grants for State Revolving Funds (SRFs)

On Thursday, July 27, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the Interior-Environment Bill by a 28-0 vote. The Committee approved a...

House Appropriations Committee Approves Significant Cuts to EPA’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget

House Appropriations Committee Approves Significant Cuts to EPA’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget

On Tuesday, July 19, the House Appropriations Committee approved a $25.4 billion appropriations bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 that...

NIAC Releases Draft Report on Water Infrastructure

NIAC Releases Draft Report on Water Infrastructure

The President’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) is composed of senior executives from industry and state and local government who...

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...

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