For months, the U.S. EPA has been spearheading the implementation guidance for Build America, Buy America, a domestic preference law aimed at increasing domestic manufacturing for U.S. infrastructure. But EPA has recently turned that over to the Office of Management and Budget, which will be taking a whole of government approach.
Vanessa Leiby, WWEMA executive director, explains how this is impacting the industry’s movement toward getting water infrastructure projects and why the implementation guidance is such a challenging prospect.
Additional Resources
- WWEMA BABA Resources: wwema.org
- What is Build America, Buy America?: https://www.wwdmag.com/editorial-topical/regulations/article/11004075/what-is-build-america-buy-america-baba
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Timestamps
- Intro | 0:00
- Current status of BABA and its guidance | 1:08
- Key BABA parameters for water industry professionals | 3:30
- Impacts of BABA in the present and future sense | 7:18
- Outro | 9:25
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