EPA’s Environmental Justice Council releases report on water funding
In August, EPA’s National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) released a draft report providing recommendations to the agency on water infrastructure investment. The…
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Where Do Major Reform Efforts Stand Following Pruitt’s Exit from EPA?
By Mike Keegan On July 5, President Donald Trump tweeted that U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt had…
WIFIA receives record number of requests for loans; AWWA applauds program success
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) program has received…
Senate passes spending bill including EPA funding
Earlier in August, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved FY19 appropriations legislation that would provide level funding for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…
Proposed infrastructure plan would increase WIFIA appropriations
As part of a draft infrastructure bill released last week by House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.),…
House approves EPA spending bill
The House of Representatives has approved FY19 appropriations legislation that would provide funding for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…
Senate hearing avoids SRF WIN details, AMWA says
According to the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) in its Monday Morning Briefing for July 16, things got heated…
Pruitt out at EPA as scandals mount
Scott Pruitt is out as the nation’s top environmental chief. President Donald J. Trump announced in a July 5 tweet…
AMWA: The Time Is Now for Congress to Recommit to WIFIA
By Diane VanDe Hei Washington has heard a lot of talk over the past year about the need to address the…
Report: SRF requests increase 25 percent over last year
New data shows that requests to fund water and wastewater infrastructure projects through the U.S. EPA’s administered State Revolving Fund…