Cheryl MacKelvie

Workshop: Wastewater Resource Recovery - Challenges and Opportunities from a Danish and Californian Perspective At the moment, wastewater resource recovery facilities face a range of optimization challenges, increasing demands for resource recovery, and a new perspective to rethink old practices in general. On Tuesday, March 9, 2021, this workshop aims to provide an insight into the [...]

Virtual Winter Conference Recap Thank you to all the attendees, speakers, members, and staff who joined us in making this year's virtual 2021 Winter Conference a success! The two-day event was well attended with nearly 250 registrants and several preeminent speakers who shared insights on the future of work, the neuroscience behind communication in water, [...]

Senator Hertzberg Introduces SB 273 On Febuary 1, 2021, Senator Hertzberg introduced CASA sponsored legislation Senate Bill (SB) 273. Similar to SB 1052, which CASA sponsored last session, this bill will authorize wastewater agencies to voluntarily enter into agreements with stormwater management facilities in order to manage stormwater. We look forward to partnering with Senator [...]

Congressional Update: Reconciliation, Power Sharing Agreement, & Committee Assignments The Biden Administration and congressional Democrats have moved forward and approved the budgetary framework, known as Reconciliation, that will ultimately produce a federal spending relief package that may amount to the $1.9 trillion mark sought in the American Rescue Plan. Approval of the measure allows congressional committees [...]

CASA Awards of Excellence 2020 Thank you to all who submitted an application for the 2020 Awards of Excellence, the competition was as fierce as ever! We are excited to share the 2020 CASA Awards of Excellence recipients: Outstanding Capital Project East Bay Municipal Utility District Primary Sedimentation Tanks and Channel Rehabilitation – Phase 5 [...]

NACWA and AMWA Launch Affordable Water, Resilient Communities Campaign The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) and the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) launched a joint Affordable Water, Resilient Communities campaign to highlight the critical role of water utilities in their communities and the nation and the need for increased federal investment in water infrastructure. Timed to [...]

CASA Winter Conference: Registration Closes Soon!  Join us next week during CASA’s Annual Winter Conference for a special session on the recently released documentary, Brave Blue World featuring lead researcher and content creator, Aoife Kelleher. Aoife joined BlueTech Research as a Water Technology Research Analyst and has a diverse background in field, laboratory and data-based [...]

Governor Releases 2021-22 State Budget On Friday January 8, 2021, Governor Newsom unveiled his proposed 2021-2022 Budget. The $227 billion budget plan is focused on COVID relief. More than $14 billion has been allocated to support small businesses, support for families most affected by the pandemic, and the safe reopening of schools. Income tax revenues [...]

President-Elect Biden Unveils $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Package Plan President-Elect Joe Biden has unveiled his incoming Administration’s plan to deliver $1.9 trillion in funding to address the COVID-19 crisis that still rages across the country. Entitled the "American Rescue Plan," it is the first step in the overall two-step plan the Administration has to tackle [...]

FY 2020 WIFIA Selection Congratulations to the numerous CASA members who were selected to receive 2020 Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loans. The WIFIA program accelerates investment in our nation’s water infrastructure by providing long-term, low-cost supplemental loans for regionally and nationally significant projects. Over 30 California projects were selected including projects from [...]