WWD Weekly eNews - Apr 1st, 2024
 
 
Coalition testifies on PFAS proposal; $5.8M for Alabama community sewers
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April 1, 2024

The Water Coalition Against PFAS — comprised of association leaders from AMWA, WEF, AWWA, NACWA, NAWC, and NRWA — testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee about U.S. EPA's proposal to designate PFAS as hazardous substances in CERCLA. Read more about this issue and water leadership's arguments for a utility exemption in our lead news below.

Also, if you have not already done so, we published the State of the One Water Industry eHandbook with market reports for the drinking water, wastewater and stormwater industries. Check out the full eHandbook with the link below.

- Bob Crossen, Editorial Director

The Water Coalition Against PFAS testifies on the importance of making polluters pay for contamination.
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In this episode, the hosts share the final Women in Water interview of the month, as Women's History Month concludes.
EPA Water Assistant Administrator Bruno Pigott shares his goals for the future of the industry and how EPA aims to realize that vision.
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