Cheryl MacKelvie

$80 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds Available The Bureau of Reclamation is making approximately $80 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law available for water conservation, water management and restoration projects that will result in significant benefits to ecosystem or watershed health. The Environmental Water Resource Projects selected in response to this funding opportunity [...]

RFA Annual Meeting Please join us on March 7, 2023 from 11am – 12pm for the Responsible Flushing Alliance’s second Annual Meeting for a chance to hear updates on progress made in 2022 and plans for 2023. CASA’s Jessica Gauger and Heidi Sanborn with the National Stewardship Action Council will share updates from the wastewater [...]

Happy New Year from CASA! We are as excited as ever to spend another year working together with you! From all of us here at CASA, we wish you a successful and very Happy New Year.   CASA Winter Conference: Join the Conversation Kick-off the new year by joining us at the Winter Conference in [...]

On Wednesday, January 4, the Legislature returned to Sacramento to officially kick off the 2023-24 Legislative Session.  Both the Senate and Assembly met and adopted resolutions establishing protocols and procedures for the two-year session, and some legislators introduced early bills. Key legislative deadlines are already on the horizon with the deadline to submit bill language [...]

In Memoriam We are deeply saddened to inform the CASA membership of the passing of Fairfield Mayor, Harry Price. “Mayor Price was just about to complete his fourth term in office but has served the public in one capacity or another for the majority of his life,” the City said in the statement. “Mayor Price [...]

Clean Water Summit Partners SSS WDR Webinar On January 11, 2023, the Clean Water Summit Partners will host a free Zoom webinar on the reissued statewide Sanitary Sewer System Waste Discharge Requirements Order that the State Water Resources Control Board adopted on December 6, 2022. The webinar will start at 9 AM and last for [...]

2022 In Review: Message to the Membership As 2022 draws to a close, it is a good time to reflect on our accomplishments and celebrate the successes of the past year. CASA is pleased to share a summary of our key activities and accomplishments, and we truly appreciate the support of our membership and the entire clean [...]

2022 In Review: Message to the Membership As 2022 draws to a close, it is a good time to reflect on our accomplishments and celebrate the successes of the past year. CASA is pleased to share a summary of our key activities and accomplishments, and we truly appreciate the support of our membership and the [...]

Looking Ahead: 2023 Legislative Session On Monday, December 5th the Legislature convened its organizing meeting for the upcoming 2023-24 legislative session. More than 40 Assembly Members-elect and Senators-elect were administered their oaths of office and officially sworn into their legislative terms. The two houses adopted resolutions to establish rules and procedures for the upcoming session [...]

EPA Releases Supplemental Guidance For PFAS Monitoring On December 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) released supplemental guidance to states for how to use the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to address PFAS pollution in wastewater. The purpose of this guidance is to provide information to permit writers on how to use existing authorities to reduce PFAS [...]