Posts by Wendi Wilkes

ASDWA Submits Comments on National Compliance Initiative to EPA

ASDWA Submits Comments on National Compliance Initiative to EPA

Last week, ASDWA submitted comments on EPA’s recommendations for its National Compliance Initiatives (NCIs) for 2020-2023. As previously reported, ASDWA...

Drinking Water Programs Face Steep Cuts in 2020 Presidential Budget Request

Drinking Water Programs Face Steep Cuts in 2020 Presidential Budget Request

Yesterday, President Donald Trump unveiled the fiscal 2020 White House budget request, which continues to push for a smaller federal...

Upcoming American Iron and Steel Training from EPA

Upcoming American Iron and Steel Training from EPA

EPA has scheduled a webinar on the SRF American Iron and Steel requirements for Tuesday, March 12, 2019, from 2:00...

Expected Funding for FY19: A Closer Look at Drinking Water

Expected Funding for FY19: A Closer Look at Drinking Water

Both chambers of Congress have passed an appropriations package to keep the government operating through the end of the 2019 fiscal...

EPA Releases 2018 Year in Review

EPA Releases 2018 Year in Review

Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released their 2018 Year in Review outlining the agency’s actions over the last year. In his comments,...

AWWA Releases Report on the Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund  

AWWA Releases Report on the Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund  

After 20 successful years of the Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund Program AWWA has released a report identifying innovative...

Congress Passes Bill with Disaster Relief Funds, FEMA reforms & PFAS Restrictions

Congress Passes Bill with Disaster Relief Funds, FEMA reforms & PFAS Restrictions

The U.S. Senate passed HR 302 on Wednesday night; the bill will now move to the President’s desk for signature. In...

EPA Memo on Drug Take-Back Programs to Fight the Opioid Epidemic Includes Environmental Protection Considerations  

EPA Memo on Drug Take-Back Programs to Fight the Opioid Epidemic Includes Environmental Protection Considerations  

As law enforcement agencies continue to fight the opioid epidemic around the United States by collecting unwanted and unused drugs...

32 States Convene for the National Governors Association’s Water Policy Meeting

32 States Convene for the National Governors Association’s Water Policy Meeting

The National Governors Association Water Policy Institute convened Governors’ Water Policy Advisors from 32 states to discuss challenges faced by...

PFAS Contamination and Cooperative Federalism the Headliners at ECOS’s Fall Meeting

PFAS Contamination and Cooperative Federalism the Headliners at ECOS’s Fall Meeting

The Environmental Council of States (ECOS) held their annual fall meeting last week in Stowe, VT. While ECOS members represent...

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