Guest Columns

The White House recently released its budget request for fiscal year 2027 (FY2027), which, similar to its FY2026 request, included more proposed cuts to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State Revolving Loan Funds (SRFs). According to an analysis in the Association of MetropolitanRead More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public input on its Clean Water Act Financial Capability Assessment (FCA) guidance. This non-regulatory guidance is an important resource that helps local water bills remain affordable as wastewater systems plan for needed infrastructure upgrades, including for theirRead More

Amid a critical time for current and future policy decisions affecting America’s water systems, experts are planning an exclusive discussion for members of the press on April 15 at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C. During Water Week 2026, this National Press Club pressRead More

Water Week will return to Washington, D.C., April 12-18, as hundreds of drinking and clean water utility leaders from across the country are expected to convene for a week of policy priorities, regulatory updates and Congressional office visits.   The week will provide several opportunities forRead More

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin visited the site of the Potomac Interceptor collapse on Feb. 25 for an in-person look at the repair process. The visit included a briefing on the latest plans, developments and timeline for full repair and environmental remediation.Read More

On Jan. 2, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed a proposed National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) and Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG) for perchlorate. The proposal stems from a history of attempted regulatory action on perchlorate and specifically came as a result ofRead More

The American Water Works Association’s (AWWA) Executive Director of Government Affairs Tracy Mehan testified Thursday before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Environment to stress the importance of the “polluter pays” approach in PFAS cleanup. The hearing was titled Examining the ImpactRead More

In November, a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House of Representatives introduced the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Amendments of 2025 aimed at broadening funding provided by WIFIA loan program at U.S. EPA. The amendments were introduced by U.S. Reps. Kim SchrierRead More

A coalition of national water sector leaders hosted an informational briefing on Dec. 10 for Congress to highlight the urgency of investing in America’s aging water infrastructure systems and the critical role of the Clean Water and Drinking Water state revolving funds (SRFs). Titled, “StrongRead More

By John Ryan The first part of this article concluded that the most likely cause of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan program’s dramatic decline from 2022 to 2024 was displacement by two other federally subsidized sources of U.S. water infrastructure finance,Read More