PA and Army Deliver on President Trump’s Promise to Issue the Navigable Waters Protection Rule – A New Definition of WOTUS PITTSBURGH, PA (January 23, 2020) – Today, at an event at the US Army Corp of Engineers’ (USACE) Pittsburgh District Office, EPA Regional Administrator Cosmo Servidio, USACE Deputy Commander Jon Klink, and Representative Glenn […]
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To PA-AWWA Members and water utilities: Trending in an Instant: A Risk Communication Guide for Water Utilities. The full guide is available here (member log in required) and the smaller executive summary is available here (no member log in required).
READ MORE »ACTION NEEDED — Update on PA Water Use Fee Erik A. Ross Senior Associate Milliron & Goodman Government Relations, LLC. 200 North 3rd Street Suite 1500 Harrisburg, PA 17101 Phone: 717-232-5322 Cell: 717-574-3963 erik@millirongoodman.com Don’t be fooled by the below article – the bay folks are still pushing for a water use fee on drinking water […]
READ MORE »Reflections on the new source water protection provisions in the Farm Bill one year later. Farm Bill and Source Water Protection One Year Later By Tracy Mehan, III Executive Director, Government Affairs American Water Works Association 202-326-6125 (direct) 703-850-9401 (cell) and Nancy Sullivan, AWWA Section Services
READ MORE »Emergency Response Plans – What’s the difference between PADEP’s existing requirements and the federal AWIA requirements? By Patti Kay Wisniewski, US EPA The 2018 America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) requires Emergency Response Plans (ERP) to include: Strategies and resources to improve the resilience of the system, including the physical security and cybersecurity of the […]
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