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Welcome New Associate Members! CV Strategies   Bloom Energy   EPA Announces $250 Million WIFIA Loan Awarded to USD In mid-January, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $250 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to the Union Sanitary District. EPA’s WIFIA loan will help fund upgrades to the District’s aging [...]

LIHWAP Water Systems Informational Webinar On Tuesday, February 15 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm and Wednesday, February 16 from 10:00am to 11:00am, the California Department of Community Services & Development (CSD) will be hosting informational webinars regarding the disbursement of the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) funds. LIHWAP provides financial assistance to low-income Californians [...]

2022-23 State Budget On Monday, January 10th Governor Newsom introduced his 2022-23 State Budget proposal. Revenues are again surging resulting in a projected $20 billion revenue surplus. Prior revenue forecasts released by the independent Legislative Analyst’s office projected a $31 billion budget surplus in 2022-23, creating an approximate $10 billion discrepancy in available discretionary spending. Beginning in March [...]

Join us in the Nation’s Capital 2022 holds great possibilities and opportunities for our federal legislative priorities. That’s why we urge you to join us next month at our Washington D.C. Policy Forum February 28-March 1. The event will feature an excellent program with speakers that include Congressional staff, reporters, and national water associations providing their perspective [...]

Department of the Interior Begins to Examine Compliance with New Buy American Mandates The U.S. Department of the Interior (USDOI) recently completed its initial review to determine which Federal Financial Assistance Programs are considered "deficient" for purposes of complying with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s (IIJA) buy American mandates related to manufactured products. Included in its [...]

UC Berkeley Wastewater Monitoring Team Makes Data Available to the Public Since the start of the pandemic, the COVID-WEB team at UC Berkeley, led by Prof. Kara Nelson, has been working with public health officials and wastewater agencies to monitor how much SARS-CoV-2 is excreted by people in California communities. Individuals infected with COVID-19 – [...]

EPA Grants Award Process Webinar The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites all grant applicants and grant recipients to attend a Grants Award Process Webinar on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, from 2:00-3:30 pm ET. Hosted by EPA’s Office of Grants and Debarment, this high-level webinar will cover topics related to finding and applying for grants as well [...]

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. As we say goodbye to 2021 and forge ahead into 2022, it’s not yet clear when things will return to normal, or what the [...]

CASA Winter Conference Canceled We are sad to announce that due to the recent COVID surge associated with the omicron variant, and out of an abundance of caution for the safety of our members and staff, CASA has decided to cancel its upcoming Winter Conference scheduled for January 19-21 in Palm Springs. Every year we look forward to [...]