Regulations and Legislation Features, Insights, & Analysis

61. Eliminating Tax Hurdles For Homeowners To Invest In Water Efficiency And Green Infrastructure 2/29/2016

    Earlier today, a bipartisan group of Representatives, led by Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA), introduced legislation to clarify that rebates provided by water utilities for water conservation and green infrastructure improvements on private property are not taxable.

62. Accounting For Drought: Better Water Through Validated Audits 1/29/2016

    In an effort to uphold the AWWA’s mission of facilitating safe and reliable drinking water, the California-Nevada section announced a “validated system water audit” program as part of its Water Loss Control Collaborative.

63. Water Project Finance, 2016 1/8/2016

    The omnibus spending legislation (Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016) enacted on December 18, 2015 includes a five-year extension of the investment tax credit for solar and an extension for the production tax credit for wind power generation.

64. The User's Guide To Integrated Planning 12/22/2015

    The Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF), the research branch of the waste and stormwater industry’s primary trade and lobbying group, is developing a set of tools and data to help communities pursue wastewater and stormwater projects that integrate multiple disciplines while complying with regulations and keeping costs down.

65. Indefensible Data: The Thread That Can Quickly Unravel 12/18/2015

    Not all data is good data. Businesses know this — or at least should — and it effects how they make decisions about sales, marketing and R&D.

66. Regulatory And Legislative Mechanisms For Water Efficiency 12/8/2015

    Although improving water efficiency, energy efficiency and conservation are increasingly viewed as essential elements of public policy, under most current rate structures, water utilities are rewarded for selling more water — the antithesis of the efficiency and conservation ethic.

67. Recap: American Water Shares Expertise At NARUC Annual Meeting 11/23/2015

    Earlier this month, American Water, the largest, most geographically diverse investor owned water and wastewater utility in the U.S., played an active role in the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ (NARUC) 127^th Annual Meeting,* which was held in Austin, TX.

68. Jersey Strong: A Q&A With Public Utility Commissioner Mary-Anna Holden 10/29/2015

    Commissioner Mary-Anna Holden has been on the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities since 2012. As a mayor and councilwoman of Madison, NJ for 14 years, Holden chaired the water and wastewater utilities.

69. WWEMA Window: Education And Advocacy In The Water Industry 10/16/2015

    The water industry is a great business that provides our customers with clean water — an essential of life — but the high-quality drinking water and wastewater we produce is under-valued by customers.

70. The Long Journey Of An Energy-Water Bill In Texas 7/6/2015

    Being an environmental advocate in Texas may seem like an uphill battle, and I make no bones about the fact it most certainly is.