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WBE Research Coordination Network (RCN) Annual Meeting The National Science Foundation RCN for Wastewater Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 and Emerging Public Health Threats, together with the Water Environment Federation, is hosting their annual meeting on August 2, 2023 from 9am – 11am. As COVID-19 loses urgency, research groups and public health agencies around the world are [...]

“Bingo”: USD Workers Recover Flushed Wedding Ring It’s a triple-crown win for Union Sanitary District (USD) Collection Services workers: They recently recovered a treasured ring thought to be lost in a sewer line – the District’s third ring rescued in recent years. Union City customer Bonhellita Ancona left the District a distraught voicemail noting she’d [...]

Water Board Releases Draft Direct Potable Reuse Regulations The California State Water Resources Control Board (Water Board) released an advanced copy of the highly anticipated Direct Potable Reuse (DPR) regulations. The 45-day comment period and Administrative Procedures Act formally began on July 21. The Water Board is planning to conduct a workshop on the regulations [...]

AB 759 (Grayson) Signed by the Governor We are pleased to report that CASA’s sponsored bill, AB 759 (Grayson) relating to sanitary district accounting procedures was signed by Governor Newsom on June 29. This bill will become effective January 1, 2024, and updates the Sanitary District Act of 1939 to modernize the statutory accounting practices that require [...]

CASA Conference Keynote: PPIC President Tani Cantil-Sakauye Wrap-up summer with your colleagues in San Diego at CASA’s Annual Conference, August 9-11, with a chance to hear from Tani Cantil-Sakauye, president and CEO of the Public Policy Institute of California and former Chief Justice of California. Registration is still open! Register for the conference. CASA is [...]

Join Your Peers at CASA’s Annual Conference Wrap-up summer with your colleagues in San Diego at CASA’s Annual Conference, August 9-11, 2023. Our program will feature speakers and panels that focus on how wastewater agencies are adapting to new challenges, including ways to attract and retain workers in the coming years, big changes in how [...]

Roseville Converts Organic Waste into Renewable Fuel In a significant milestone, the City of Roseville has embarked on a groundbreaking initiative to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and minimize landfill waste. This effort involves powering its trash and recycling fleet with renewable natural gas (RNG) derived from the digestion of organic waste. The regional Pleasant Grove [...]

AB 759 (Grayson) Heads to the Governor Good news: CASA’s sponsored legislation to modernize accounting procedures in the Sanitary Districts Act is headed to the Governor! The bill would allow sanitary districts to adopt a resolution to allow the issuance of warrants without Board president approval, so long as the check register is included in [...]

Spring 2023 Unified Agenda Published: Proposal Delays CERCLA PFAS Rulemaking Last week, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released the Spring 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The Agenda outlines short-term and long-term schedules for rulemaking efforts across the agency and also makes revisions to earlier rulemaking timetables that will govern its [...]

Results from the First-Ever State of One Water Field Assessment The US Water Alliance surveyed over 500 people to better understand the current state of the One Water field and find pathways for achieving a One Water future. The inaugural State of the One Water Field Survey reveals: A diverse array of One Water supporters [...]