ACWA Members Urged to Contact Congressional Representatives to Extend NPDES Permit Term Lengths

ACWA is urging member agencies to contact their representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives in time for a March 21 floor vote to help build support for the bipartisan Garamendi-Graves amendment to H.R. 7023 (Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act).

ACWA distributed an Outreach Alert March 20 with additional information. The Outreach Alert is available under Member Notifications at www.acwa.com. Member login is required.

The Garamendi-Graves amendment would give the Environmental Protection Agency the discretion to extend the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit terms from five years to 10 years. NPDES permits are necessary for many water infrastructure projects, including water recycling projects.