Made in America Office Briefing
On August 9, Vanessa Leiby, WWEMA Executive Director, participated in a briefing with the newly created Made in America Office within the Office of Management [...]
WWEMA Participates in Council of Manufacturing Associations Roundtable
On September 1, 2021, WWEMA participated in a roundtable discussion of the Council of Manufacturing Associations (CMA) focused on return-to-work challenges presented by the COVID-19 [...]
WWEMA Executive Director Shares Insight on Potential Changes to Buy American Federal Procurement Requirements
Vanessa Leiby, WWEMA Executive Director, was recently interviewed by Bob Crossen, Senior Managing Editor at Water & Wastes Digest, a WWEMA-member company. Leiby sat down [...]
Bipartisan Infrastructure Passes Senate, but Stalls in the House
After several fits and starts, a bipartisan bill on U.S. infrastructure advanced in the U.S. Senate. On August 10, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed its [...]
Senate Introduces Water Reuse and Resiliency Act
On July 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate introduced the Water Reuse and Resiliency Act—a bill designed to help U.S. communities adopt water reuse by providing [...]
EPA Publishes List of Drinking Water Contaminants It May Regulate
On July 19, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a Federal Register notice containing a draft list of contaminants that are currently not [...]
California Releases Document for Proposed PFOA/PFOS Public Health Goals
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has announced the availability of a draft technical support document for proposed Public [...]
Today’s News
WWEMA has been actively involved in discussions on infrastructure funding legislation in Congress as well as among our water association colleagues over the last [...]
WWEMA Executive Director and Members Selected for Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee
Vanessa Leiby, WWEMA Executive Director, and other WWEMA members have been selected to serve on the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee [...]
Biden Administration Announces Low-Income Water Customer Assistance Program
On June 2, 2021, President Biden announced an assistance program to aid low-income water customers in paying their water and wastewater bills. The program, [...]