NACWA Testifies at Senate Hearing on Water Resources Utility of the Future

Dec. 2, 2014

Hearing addressed advances in, challenges of water sector

The Senate Environment and Public Works Water and Wildlife Subcommittee held a hearing to discuss the innovative advances being made in the clean water arena as well as the challenges faced by clean water agencies that are seeking to embrace the concept of the Water Resources Utility of the Future (UOTF). Four public agency leaders and members of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) testified about their experiences in taking a more holistic approach to clean water compliance as they transition from “sewerage agencies” to “resource recovery agencies.”Tom Sigmund, Executive Director of the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District in Green Bay, WI, will represent NACWA at the hearing. Also testifying are Harlan L. Kelly Jr., General Manager of San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, California; Andy Kricun, Executive Director of Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority, New Jersey; and Jerry Johnson, General Manager of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission in Maryland.

Source: NACWA