Wastewater Regulations and Legislation

  1. Florida Lawmakers Want To Increase Sewage Overflow Penalties 3/22/2019

    A politician in Florida thinks he has a new solution that will curb untreated sewage spills in the state: increasing the penalties for those responsible.

  2. After 7 Years Under Consent Decree, Jackson, MS Still Struggling With Sewage Overflow 2/20/2019

    It’s not uncommon for the U.S. EPA to step in when local wastewater operations struggle to adequately remove pollutants before releasing effluent into waterways. In Mississippi, however, even that federal intervention has failed to yield enough progress.

  3. Trump Supporters, Critics Butt Heads Over Reasons For Sharp Decline In EPA Penalties 1/29/2019

    After two years under President Trump, the number of civil penalties issued by the U.S. EPA for polluters has dropped significantly.

  4. Sioux City Wastewater Plant Supervisor Caught Masking E. Coli Samples, Will Plead Guilty 1/16/2019

    Following federal charges that he manipulated water sample test results to mask plant discharges, the ex-supervisor of a wastewater treatment plant in Sioux City, IA, plans to plead guilty.

  5. Furloughed U.S. EPA Employees Fear Municipal, Environmental Water Pollution During Shutdown 1/15/2019

    Entering its fourth week and now the longest in the country’s history, the partial government shutdown is affecting a wide range of federal employees and agencies. Naturally, water and wastewater treatment operations are no exception.

  6. Investing In Wastewater Drives Energy Efficiency 2/2/2018

    In his State of the Union address on January 30th 2018, President Trump called for a $1.5 Trillion investment in infrastructure. If you’ve been around the wastewater industry for a while, you’ll know that infrastructure spending is often directed to roads and bridges first, transit needs second, and drinking water a distant third. But our industry has a pressing need for investment too.

  7. Miami-Dade May Join Fight Against State Water Quality Standards 2/1/2018

    Water quality standards introduced by Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) came under renewed scrutiny late last month as Miami-Dade’s government operations committee joined a lawsuit to challenge them.

  8. Groups Lobby To Preserve Supreme Court Ruling On WOTUS 1/26/2018

    After the Supreme Court cleared the way for an Obama-era environmental regulation to go into effect, Congress may become a hot spot for a major fight over water policy.

  9. Pruitt Describes EPA's 2018 Agenda: Scaling Back Regulations And Staff 1/24/2018

    In laying out the U.S. EPA’s agenda for 2018, Administrator Scott Pruitt indicated that the agency would focus on scaling back Obama-era clean water regulations while ramping up the fight against lead contamination in public drinking water.

  10. Massachusetts Raw Sewage Challenges Run Deep 1/19/2018

    Massachusetts faces a deep problem with raw sewage.