New AWWA document aims to better address affordability in rulemakings

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) has announced the availability of a new document entitled “Improving the Evaluation of Household-Level Affordability in SDWA Rulemaking: New Approaches,” to help facilitate discussion of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) analysis of household-level affordability when making regulatory decisions.

AWWA convened a panel of experts led by co-chairs John Graham and Cary Coglianese. Graham, a professor at the Indiana University, was administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at Office of Management and Budget under President George W. Bush. Coglianese is a law and political science professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also serves as the director of the Penn Program on Regulation.