News EPA Announces Final CWA 404(g) Tribal and State Assumption Rule On December 11, EPA announced the final 2024 Clean Water Act Section 404 Tribal and State Assumption Program Rule,… Read More »
News and Updates
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XV, Issue 39 (Week of December 9, 2024)
News Final 404(g) State Assumption Rule Issued EPA issued a final rule to streamline, modernize, and clarify the procedures for states, territories and authorized Tribes to administer programs that protect… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XV, Issue 38 (Week of December 2, 2024)
News New Compendium of State, Tribal & Territorial Practices: Mitigating the Effects of Staff Turnover The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) has released Approaches to Mitigating the Effects of Staff Turnover… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XV, Issue 37 (Week of November 18, 2024)
News New Compendium of Tools and Methods to Estimate Environmental Benefits for Nature-Based Solutions Just Released This week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released A Compendium of Tools and Methods… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XV, Issue 36 (Week of November 4, 2024)
News Climate Resilience and Adaptation Funding Toolbox The Climate Resilience and Adaptation Funding Toolbox (CRAFT) was created to support technical assistance providers working with states, tribes, communities, NGOs, academia, and… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XV, Issue 35 (Week of October 28, 2024)
News EPA Releases Administering Community Project Funding and Congressionally Directed Spending (CPF/CDS) Congress directed the EPA to evaluate Community Project Funding and Congressional Directed Funding and to provide a report… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XV, Issue 34 (Week of October 21, 2024)
News $3.6 Billion for Water Infrastructure Available EPA announced $3.6 billion in new funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to upgrade water infrastructure and keep communities safe. Combined with $2.6… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XV, Issue 33 (Week of October 7, 2024)
News EPA Guidance on Improving Cybersecurity at Drinking Water and Wastewater Systems EPA recently released guidance to assist drinking water and wastewater systems (WWS) with some of their cybersecurity challenges.… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XVI, Issue 32 (Week of September 30, 2024)
News EPA Releases Final PFAS Aquatic Life Criteria and Benchmarks EPA finalized science-based water quality concentrations for 10 PFAS that will help states and Tribes protect fish and other aquatic… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XV, Issue 31 (Week of September 23, 2024)
News Celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month Since 2004, the President of the United States and Congress have declared the month of October to be Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a dedicated month for… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XV, Issue 30 (Week of September 16, 2024)
News Campus RainWorks Challenge This week EPA announced the winners of the 11th annual Campus RainWorks Challenge, a national competition that engages college students in the design of green infrastructure… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XV, Issue 29 (Week of September 9, 2024)
News Funding Now Available for Water Infrastructure Projects Under WIFIA Program EPA recently announced the availability of $7.5 billion in Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) program funding. This… Read More »
