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Effective Utility Management/A Primer for Water Sector Utilities: Association of Clean Water Administrators Issues New Publication

The Association of Clean Water Administrators (“ACWA”) announced the issuance of a document titled: Effective Utility Management – A Primer for Water Sector Utilities (“Primer”). ...more

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CA Supreme Court Decision Paves the Way for Water Rate Decoupling

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On July 8, 2024, the California Supreme Court issued its opinion in Golden State Water Company v. Public Utilities Commission. The petitioners, California Water Association, California-American Water Company, California Water...more

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State of the Water Industry: American Water Works Association Report (2024)

The American Water Works Association (“AWWA”) has released its annual report titled: State of the Water Industry (2024). (“Report”). The stated purpose of the Report is to provide insights into the challenges and...more

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Water Purchase Contract/Rate Increase: City of Magazine/South Logan County Public Water Facilities Board Seek to Enjoin...

Three Arkansas cities and two public water authorities filed a June 11th Complaint for Temporary and Permanent Injunction and for Declaratory Judgment (“Complaint”) against the City of Booneville, Arkansas objecting to a...more

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EPA’s New PFAS Regulations and What That Means

On April 10, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced a National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (the “Regulation”) which established legally enforceable levels called Maximum Contaminant Levels...more

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Incident Response Guide/Water and Wastewater Sector: FBI/EPA/CISA Announce Release

Three federal agencies announced the joint production and release of a document titled: Incident Response Guide – Water and Wastewater Sector (January 2024) (“Guide”)...more

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Water and Sewer System/Multi-Residential Unit Facility: Desha County, Arkansas, Circuit Court Complaint Challenging Water Use...

C.I.C. Arms, Inc. (“CIC”) filed on October 11th a Complaint in the Desha County, Arkansas, Circuit Court against the City of McGehee (“City”) and McGehee Water and Sewer System (“MWSS”) challenging the rate that is charged...more

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Hazardous Substance Enforcement: Washington D.C. Attorney General and Potomac Electric Power Company Enter into Amended Consent...

The Attorney General for the District of Columbia (“AG”) and Potomac Electric Power Company (“Pepco”) entered into a First Amendment to Consent Decree (“Amended Decree”) addressing alleged releases of hazardous substances....more

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Water Cybersecurity? EPA Mandates Regulations to Prevent Cyberattacks on Public Water Systems

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EPA Aims to Mitigate Risk of Cyberattack on Public Water Systems On March 3, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its Memorandum Addressing Public Water System (PWS) Cybersecurity in Sanitary Surveys or...more

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Draft Updates to the Colorado Water Plan

The Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) recently released a draft updated Colorado Water Plan to be finalized in early 2023 (Draft Plan). The Draft Plan continues to project a water supply gap resulting from hotter and...more

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EPA Announces Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule 5 Final Rule Webinars

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced two public meetings via webinar to cover a comprehensive overview of its most recent Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule ("UCMR"), UCMR 5. The two meetings will be...more

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Regulating Troubled or Failing Monopolies: Ordering One Public Utility to Acquire Another

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One of the traditional reasons for government intervention in the marketplace is market failure. A classic example of a market failure is a natural monopoly such as a public utility. Most economists agree that government...more

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To Sell or Not to Sell: Now a Common Question for Pennsylvania Townships

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused companies, individuals and municipalities to even more closely examine their budgets and services to determine how they can reduce compliance risks, operating expenses and future capital...more

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COVID-19/Impacts on Water Sector: American Water Works Association Survey

The American Water Works Association (“AWWA”) undertook a survey of member utilities and other sector organizations to gauge the impacts of COVID-19 on the water sector. AWWA states the survey was conducted online and...more

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COVID-19: Water Shutoff Moratorium for Homes and Critical Small Businesses

California Governor Restricts Water Supply Discontinuation for Non-Payment - In response to growing health and economic concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic, California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an Executive Order that...more

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Borough of Phoenixville – Partial Sale of Water System

On December 4, 2019, the Borough of Phoenixville, Chester County (“Borough”) closed on the sale of a portion of its water system to Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. (“Aqua”) for $3.46 million.  Importantly, the Borough will retain...more

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Public Water Systems/Safe Drinking Water Act: EPA Proposes Lead and Copper Rule

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) circulated a prepublication version of its proposed revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule (“LCR”). The LCR revisions are proposed pursuant to the authority of the...more

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Water Utility of the Future Today Award: Fayetteville, Arkansas Water Resource Recovery Facility Named as One of 43 Recipients

The national organization WateReuse (“WateReuse) issued a July 30th news release stating that 43 water utilities from around the United States have received the Utility of the Future Today award (“Award")....more

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EIB extends €82m loan to Lesotho Lowlands Water Development Project - The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed an €82 million, or 1.3 billion Lesotho Maloti, loan for the Lesotho Lowlands Water Development Project...more

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Troubled Waters of the UK's Labour Platform: Can Investment Protection and Arbitration be a Lifeline?

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Investors in the water industry in the UK are well advised to consider if their shareholding structure affords them appropriate investment treaty protection and access to investment arbitration in the event of possible...more

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[Webinar] Nossaman's 2019 Water Webinar Series - February 28th, 1:00pm PT

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Join Nossaman LLP on February 28, 2019 for the first presentation in Nossaman’s 2019 Water Webinar Series, "Preparedness, Relief, and Recovery: Regulatory Developments in Disaster Management for Water Providers." This...more

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Iowa Department of Revenue Formally Publishes Amended WET Tax Rules for Landlords

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As discussed in previous posts (see direct links below), Iowa’s new Water Excise Tax (WET) took effect on July 1, 2018. Since that time, the Iowa Department of Revenue (IDOR) has released two sets of proposed revised rules....more

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Iowa DOR Distributes Second Set of Revised Rules on WET

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As discussed in previous posts (see direct links below), Iowa’s new Water Excise Tax (WET) took effect on July 1, 2018. Since that time, the Iowa Department of Revenue (IDOR) issued an original set of proposed rules and,...more

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Iowa Department of Revenue Distributes Draft Version of Revised Proposed Rules on the Water Excise Tax Rules for Manufactured...

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As discussed in previous posts (see direct links below), Iowa’s new Water Excise Tax (WET) took effect on July 1, 2018. Shortly thereafter, the Iowa Department of Revenue (IDOR) issued its proposed rules for WET, only to be...more

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New Information RE: WET Itemization and Billing for Manufactured Housing Communities

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A few weeks ago, we provided various details on Iowa’s new Water Excise Tax (WET) that became effective on July 1, 2018. Herein, we have new information to provide based upon our most recent discussions with the Iowa...more

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