American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) And Drinking Water Infrastructure Opportunities By Dave Cox As the $1 trillion infrastructure bill passed by the Senate last month would authorize $55 billion in federal spending on water and wastewater infrastructure, contractors in the space are no doubt keeping a close eye on it. more

Millions Of Americans Struggle To Pay Their Water Bills: Here’s How A National Water Aid Program Could Work By Joseph Cook, Washington State University Running water and indoor plumbing are so central to modern life that most Americans take them from granted. But these services aren’t free, and millions struggle to afford them. more

EPA Finalizes Historic Action To Better Protect Children’s Health Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler was joined by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson, Flint, Mich. Mayor Sheldon Neeley, Springfield, Ill. Mayor Jim Langfelder, Wisconsin State Senator Robert Cowles, Pennsylvania State Senator Camera Bartolotta, and Jefferson County, Colo. Commissioner Libby Szabo to announce the first major update to the agency’s Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) in nearly 30 years. more

EPA Delivers Results On PFAS Action Plan  Agency delivers on the historic commitments made in the PFAS Action Plan to address these emerging chemicals of concern and protect public health. more

EPA Administrator Regan Announces Comprehensive National Strategy To Confront PFAS Pollution Today U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan announced the agency’s comprehensive Strategic Roadmap to confront PFAS contamination nationwide. more

Statement From AWWA CEO David LaFrance On Cyberattack In Florida The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Department in Florida reports that on Feb. 5 a hacker accessed the water treatment system in Oldsmar, Fla. AWWA Chief Executive Officer David LaFrance issued the below statement regarding the cyberattack. more

Congress discussing Energy-Water bill for fiscal 2022 Environmental lobbyists and most energy interest groups are focused on the climate and social spending package being negotiated in the Senate. more

"It took everything": Water Department worker recounts losing home after Dawson Springs tornado When the tornado from earlier this month hit the Dawson Springs area, the South Hopkins Water District Superintendent Jon Blalock went right to work, trying to restore water to those who had lost everything. But it turns out, he was a survivor too. more

New LCR Revisions Push Systems Into Uncharted Waters: School & Childcare Facility Testing Among all the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR) regarding testing, reporting, and reacting to lead levels in drinking water is an entirely new requirement for water testing at K-12 schools and licensed childcare centers in a utility’s service area.  more

Special Single-Issue Edition: The Power of An Association and UCMR5 The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) requires that EPA issues a list of unregulated contaminants once every five years to be monitored by public water systems (PWSs). more

Florida Resilient Coastlines Program Quarterly Resilience Forum Coordination is one of the most critical pieces of the Florida Resilient Coastlines Program. Among other activities, FRCP hosts a quarterly webinar forum that allows attendees from all over the state to hear what their counterparts are working on. Participants provide project updates, introduce new resources and, most importantly, engage with each other asking for advice and recommendations. more

SWRMD New notification for funding announcements that will alert the community to important announcements Moving forward, this will be the primary method for notifying communities and partners. To sign up directly by visiting www.MySuwanneeRiver.com/NotifyMe, scroll to Alerts and Notices, then select Cooperative Funding. 

Pollution in Fla. bodies of water tied to septic systems When it comes to pollution in the Indian River Lagoon, everyone has a boogeyman. more

Pipe damage causes wastewater spill in Palm Coast's L-Section | Palm Coast Observer City of Palm Coast crews discovered that a sewer line failure on Laramie Drive east of Lake Success Drive caused a wastewater spill on Tuesday, Jan. 4, after a possible sewer line break was reported to the city. more

In 2018, a judge ruled that lawmakers misused conservation land funds — a new judge tossed the case | WLRN A Tallahassee judge threw out a long-simmering dispute Monday over whether state legislators misspent billions of dollars in real estate taxes — funds that were overwhelmingly approved by voters, nearly a decade ago, to buy conservation land. more

Opinion: Sustainability and embracing the future of Florida | Florida Today Municipalities and counties should be embracing and incorporating sustainability to protect our land and our homes.  more

Orange County wastewater tests show record levels of coronavirus infections | WMFE Lab tests on sewage in Orange County show an unprecedented level of coronavirus infections this week as the highly contagious omicron variant continues to surge. more