Water sector briefs Congress, EPA on new affordability strategy

During meetings on Capitol Hill and at EPA in late August, the lead authors of the joint NACWA, American Water Works Association (AWWA) and Water Environment Federation (WEF) report, Developing a New Framework for Household Affordability and Financial Capability Assessment in the Water Sector, provided background on a proposed new approach to evaluate household affordability and utility financial capability to replace EPA’s current method that relies on median household income.