Funding Opportunities in the Wastewater Sector
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| Join CASA at one of two October seminars exploring mechanisms for financing your agency’s infrastructure projects.
Register here for the October 16th, Orange County Seminar.
Register here for the October 23rd, Sacramento Seminar. |
| Victor Valley holds Ceremony to Celebrate Carbon-Neutral Treatment Plant |
Today, the California Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA) joined the Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority (VVWRA) at a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating their new “Omnivore” renewable energy system, a retrofitted digester that will contribute towards the Authority becoming 90% to 100% energy neutral by 2015. Read more.
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| State Water Board Votes to Adopt Water Quality Fee Regulations |
The State Water Resources Control Board voted on Tuesday September 23 to adopt the proposed Water Quality Fee Regulations for Fiscal Year 2014 – 2015. The new structure will keep NPDES fees static, but with a one-time 3.2% discount for this fiscal year. Read more.
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| Study Finds Water Utility Projects Will Create 131,000 jobs in U.S. |
| This month, the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) and the Water Research Foundation (WRF) released a report entitled National Economic & Labor Impacts of the Water Utility Sector. Read more |
| Congress Votes to Prevent Government Shutdown |
Before departing last week, the House and Senate passed a stop-gap measure to extend funding for governmental operations until December 11, 2014. Congress is scheduled to return in mid-November and will then have less than one month to produce a year-long budget agreement. Read more. |
Wheeler Institute for Water Law & Policy Kicks Off Clean Water Act (CWA) Citizen Suit Research
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Last week, CASA executed a final project agreement with the UC Berkeley Wheeler Institute for Water Law & Policy (Wheeler Institute), which will allow researchers to begin their work on a white paper examining enforcement of water quality laws and regulations in the wastewater sector. Read more |
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