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WWEMA Opens Registration for Virtual 47th Washington Forum: April 27-29, 2021—Sponsorship Opportunities Available
WWEMA will hold its 47th Washington Forum as a virtual meeting during Water Week 2021, on April 27-29, 2021. We are pleased to announce in addition to a full independent WWEMA program, we will offer a Water Associations’ Water Week 2021 Joint Session to meeting attendees. This session will allow you to join with other colleagues [...]
WWEMA Welcomes New Member
WWEMA is pleased to introduce Adsorptech, our new Full manufacturing member. Adsorptech manufactures industrial-scale new adsorption-based oxygen production equipment and is also a global service provider of existing adsorption-based industrial gas equipment. You can learn more about Adsorptech on their website HERE. The official WWEMA delegate from Adsorptech is James Flaherty, President and CEO of the [...]
WWEMA Participates in Congressional Briefing on Water Infrastructure Technology
Along with several other national water associations, the Water and Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Association (WWEMA) participated in a Congressional Briefing on Water Infrastructure Technology on March 18, 2021. The briefing focused on the importance of water infrastructure to the economy, public and environmental health, and resiliency, as well as ways to reduce barriers to technology acceptance [...]
President Biden Signs American Rescue Plan—$1.9 Trillion Relief Package
On March 11, 2021 President Biden signed a $1.9 trillion relief package known as the American Rescue Plan. The Plan narrowly advanced from the U.S. House of Representatives with a 220 to 211 vote, with only one Democrat (Rep. Jared Golden, D-ME) joining all Republican House members in voting against it. The Plan passed the U.S. [...]
EPA Takes Steps to Regulate PFAS Substances in Drinking Water
On February 22, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took bold action to address polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. Specifically, EPA: reproposed the Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5) to collect new data on PFAS in drinking water and reissued final regulatory determinations for perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and [...]
EPA Requests Additional Input on Lead and Copper Rule Revisions, Modifies Its Effective Date
On March 10, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it is extending the effective date of the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR) so that it can seek additional public input, particularly from communities that are most at risk of exposure to lead in drinking water. To address this goal EPA proposed two Federal [...]
WWEMA Welcomes New Members
WWEMA is pleased to introduce two new Associate members—Municipal Equipment Company and Quality Sitework Materials! Municipal Equipment Company is a manufacturer representative firm with territories servicing Missouri, the Central and Southern parts of Illinois, and Kentucky. Many WWEMA members are likely familiar with Municipal Equipment Company as they represent a number of WWEMA manufacturers including Aquarius, [...]
President Biden Announces American Rescue Plan
On January 14, 2020, President Biden released details of an additional Coronavirus Relief package, that totals approximately $1.9 trillion. The package, which is titled American Rescue Plan (Plan), builds on prior relief packages and a key component of that is an additional round of stimulus checks; this time the checks would be for $1,400. Additionally, it [...]