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PPIC Interview: How Permitting Slows Ecosystem Recovery and Climate Resilience Projects California’s complex permitting process can slow efforts to restore ecosystems at a time when healthy natural systems are needed more than ever. The Public Policy Institute of California spoke with Letitia Grenier of the San Francisco Estuary Institute about how to improve the process. [...]

Regional San Rebrands its Large Recycled Water Project Harvest Water Press Release_Final Draft UpdatedCongratulations to Regional San, which just completed a rebranding effort on a project now known as “Harvest Water”. “With our new branding in place, Regional San is well positioned to deliver simple, meaningful and credible messaging to local farmers and our program [...]

House Committee Advances WRDA 2020 The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure introduced the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (WRDA) (H.R. 7575). The bipartisan bill authorizes studies and construction of water resources development projects in consultation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), including the construction of all 34 pending USACE Chief's Reports [...]

CASA Partners with State Water Board on COVID-19 Survey The State Water Resources Control Board has released a survey related to the effects felt by local agencies as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. CASA worked collaboratively with the Water Board to develop this survey, which focuses on the financial impacts to local wastewater agencies. [...]

LIVE Interactive Features at CASA’s Virtual Annual Conference It can’t all be fun and games… but some of it should be! Join us during CASA’s first virtual Annual Conference on August 12-13, 2020 for a variety of live content, prerecorded presentations, and interactive features including lunchtime trivia and virtual roundtables. That’s right, the ever-popular roundtable [...]

Communications Expert Cassandra Walker Pye to Speak at CASA’s Virtual Annual Conference We are excited to announce that Cassandra Walker Pye will present at our first virtual Annual Conference “Meeting the Moment,” set for August 12-13, 2020. Cassandra is the Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for Lucas Public Affairs, and for 35 years she [...]

NACWA Releases Paper for Clean Water Utilities Considering Epidemiological Surveillance of Wastewater NACWA has released a new document that outlines various key considerations from agencies across the country already engaged in wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) surveillance for COVID-19. This document is a compilation of ideas and “lessons learned,” and serves as a resource for clean water utilities that [...]

Wipes Legislation Moves Forward! CASA Member Agencies Encouraged to Send Support Letters CASA’s sponsored legislation on wet wipe labeling, AB 1672, was amended Wednesday, July 1, 2020, and will likely be heard in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee on July 21st. Letters of support are due to the committee as soon as possible and should be submitted [...]

House Passes Major Infrastructure Bill (H.R. 2) On a partisan vote of 233 – 188, the House passed the Moving Forward Act, H.R. 2 on July 1.  H.R. 2 is an expansive investment package, delivering a total of $1.5 trillion in federal funding to support diverse infrastructure sectors across the U.S., including the wastewater sector. [...]