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Help us Welcome Spencer Saks to the CASA Family! CASA is pleased to introduce the newest member of our team, Spencer Saks. Spencer has been hired as CASA’s Legislative and Regulatory Analyst and will be supporting the state legislative and regulatory advocacy programs. His first day was Monday and he’s ready to hit the ground running. Spencer [...]

AB 2247 Advances, State Legislative Committee to Meet Next Week CASA is pleased to share that our co-sponsored bill, AB 2247 (Bloom) was heard in the Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee last week and passed. The bill, which requires manufacturers to disclose PFAS in their products on a publicly accessible database, now advances to the Assembly [...]

CASA Joins Water Coalition Letter on PFAS, USEPA Announces Three Actions Last week, a coalition of water sector stakeholders, including CASA, sent a letter to the House Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works’ leadership urging Congress provide the water and wastewater sectors explicit [...]

CASA Member in the News Check out this interview on CapRadio featuring Christoph Dobson, General Manager at Regional San in Sacramento County discussing wastewater-based epidemiology!   Anaergia Commissions Renewable Natural Gas Facility in Italy Anaergia Inc. recently announced it officially commissioned its Easy Energia Ambiente facility in Pontinia, Italy. The state-of-the-art facility has the capacity [...]

EFAR Interview with CASA’s Greg Kester Greg Kester, CASA’s Director of Renewable Resource Programs, recently gave an interview to the European Federation for Agricultural Recycling (EFAR) on Biosolids Land Application in California. View the interview on LinkedIn or the transcript here: EFAR: What is CASA? G Kester: CASA (California Association of Sanitation Agencies) represents public [...]

CASA 2022 “Ask the Experts” Webinar Series Join us as we continue a series of CASA-led “Ask the Experts” webinars! This series closes out with three final webinars on public messaging, communications and career development, and air quality, climate change and energy! These virtual workshops are free and open to all CASA members. Check the CASA website and [...]

[All workshops are free and open to all CASA members] Partnering on PFAS Workshop Finding ways to identify sources of PFAS contamination and manage PFAS in our environment continues to be a hot topic for water and wastewater agencies in 2022. If you are struggling to keep up with all the latest developments on PFAS, [...]

Administration Releases Buy America Guidance to Agencies; EPA Guidance Forthcoming The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has released its guidance to federal agencies on how they shall implement the new and expanded Build America, Buy America (BABA) mandates that were enacted as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Under the new [...]

LACSD Achieves Carbon Neutrality Early this month, the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts, which manages wastewater and solid waste for over half the residents in Los Angeles County, announced that its operations result in a net reduction of greenhouse gases into the environment! Read more in the press release here.    OC San Lab Named First California [...]

WEF's New Guide to Information Technology and Cybersecurity Managing data and keeping it safe are crucial to maintaining effective and protected water and wastewater facilities. The recent release of WEF’s Information Technology for Water and Wastewater Utilities, MOP 33, 2nd Edition is an up-to-date guide for information technology (IT) systems, best practices, and applications relevant to utilities. [...]