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Dr. Amy Kirby selected as TIME’s Top 100 Most Influential People in Health 2024.
Congratulations to Dr. Amy Kirby for being selected as one of TIME's Top 100 Most Influential People in Health in 2024. Dr. Kirby was a speaker at WWEMA’s Annual Meeting in November 2023 where she delved into the emerging field of wastewater surveillance and its revolutionary impact on public health and the role of innovative technology. [...]
EPA’s Final Rule on Designation of PFOA and PFOS as Hazardous Substances under CERCLA
Earlier today, EPA released the final rule on the designation of PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under CERCLA. EPA's press release has quotes supporting this action and also summarizes all of the EPA's recent actions on PFAS. At the bottom of the press release are several links that can provide more details. The issue is evidently critical for water [...]
The Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities sent a letter urging funding! Read full letter here
This week the Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities sent a letter – signed by most of the water sector – to the White House urging that it fully fund the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs) at $3.25 billion, each, in the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget. WWEMA supports that, since technology solution providers [...]
New! EPA BABA RFI Webinar Slides November 2023
New! EPA BABA RFI Webinar Slides November 2023 Members, below you will find the link to the slides from the November BABA Webinar! baba-rfi-webinar-november-2023
EPA Announces RFI re: Products Used In Water Infrastructure Projects Subject To BABA – Register For Informational Webinar Today
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a Request for Information (RFI) regarding products used in water infrastructure projects that receive federal financial assistance and are subject to the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) requirements. EPA will be hosting a webinar to provide an overview of the notice on November 21, 2023 at 1:00 [...]
WWEMA Alert: EPA Update
EPA Drinking Water Update EPA seeks input on regulatory revisions of eight National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWRs) included in the Microbial and Disinfection Byproducts (MDBP) rules. As part of the potential regulatory revision effort, EPA has requested that the NDWAC provide the agency with advice and recommendation on key issues related to potential revisions [...]
WWEMA’s Ternieden Moderates Panel on Wastewater Surveillance Monitoring for Anti-Resistant Bacteria
Claudio Ternieden, WWEMA's Executive Director is moderating a panel on Wastewater Surveillance Monitoring for Anti-Resistant Bacteria at the World Anti-Microbial Resistance Congress in Philadelphia! "[These] technologies will be essential in scaling-up public health defense tools," Ternieden notes.
EPA Sent the 7th Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment to Congress
A recent EPA survey aimed to assess the nation’s public water systems needs for the next 20 years---the7thDrinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment (DWSRF)‑‑-to Congress has been used as support to allocate $6.5 billion into federal funding for states in order to upgrade and fix the nation’s lead service line. The survey found that drinking [...]