NACWA, EPA, local leaders celebrate success stories as Clean Water Act turns 50

Leading members of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) took part in a national news conference this month, drawing attention to the impact of 10 major rain and flood events in 2022 and examining how the aggregate effect of climate change and arising operational challenges in the water sector are exposing a federal funding gap for modernizing clean water infrastructure. Despite industry-wide accolades for President Joe Biden’s $55 billion commitment to clean water laid out in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, NACWA says the United States faces a water infrastructure funding gap of nearly $1 trillion (or $1,000 billion) over the next two decades.

Marking the 50^th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, this month, NACWA’s member utilities from Washington, D.C., Chicago, Seattle, Cleveland and others have been celebrating local victories, while expressing concern that the cost of providing clean and safe water continues to increase year over year, along with the household cost for accessing such water.