Regulations and Legislation Features, Insights, & Analysis

31. Just Like Social Causes, Environmentalism Is About Putting People First 6/19/2017

    The 85th Texas Regular Legislative Session has drawn to a close. Now that we've had some time to digest what went down (and get some sleep), we can reflect. There is no doubt: This was a very hard Session. Emotions were high and lives were at stake.

32. 'Buy American' Enforcement: Plugging Leaks 6/7/2017

    EPA doles $2 billion a year in water grants that are supposed to go to American-made products — but don’t, necessarily. The way EPA leaks funds to foreign firms is like watching lead leach in Flint — it’s absurd and it just keeps flowing. The loopholes to close are explained here. (The Chinese and the multinationals won’t like this.)

33. Boston Harbor Overhaul: A Water Cleanup Success Story 5/15/2017

    Boston Harbor used to be an icon of water pollution in the U.S. But a massive cleanup effort — one of the biggest restoration feats in the nation’s history — has revived the harbor in the last three decades.

34. Value-Based Procurement: Steps In The Right Direction 5/10/2017

    As a means of encouraging the growth of new technologies and improving operating costs, water and wastewater equipment manufacturers have long advocated for changing the mindset of equipment procurement from low-bid to lowest life-cycle cost evaluation.This have proven to be a very daunting task. 

35. Will The Nation's Water Infrastructure Needs Be Overlooked Again? 4/28/2017

    Industry experts and government officials fear that when President Donald Trump’s proposed $1 trillion infrastructure plan is finally “laid out,” water infrastructure projects could largely be “left out.”

36. Rounding Up The Water, Clean Energy, And Climate Bills In The 85th Texas Legislative Session 4/18/2017

    We’re entering the home stretch of the 85th Session of the Texas Legislature.

37. A Guide For Effective Utility Management 3/20/2017

    Updates to a seminal document for running water and wastewater utilities as efficiently as possible call for review by those facing new obstacles.

38. Utility Safety Culture: A Hidden Key To Employee Retention 3/20/2017

    Sound safety policy does more than keep your workforce free from harm. It keeps them around.

39. Let's Put The 'W' In Infrastructure 3/14/2017

    We need to make water infrastructure a clear priority in the new administration’s infrastructure investment plans. Let’s make sure there’s a “W” in any new infrastructure program.

40. Under New EPA, Rural Water Association Sees Chance For Change 2/21/2017

    With Donald Trump appointee Scott Pruitt helming the U.S. EPA, the National Rural Water Association sees an opportunity to free its members from burdensome regulations and change the perception of the country’s smallest water utilities.