Submitted on September 14, 2021
The Department of Energy has proposed to reverse the weakened showerhead standards adopted under the Trump Administration in December 2020 and return to the previous standards. As you may know, AWE challenged the 2020 rules in court, and we are...
Read More >>Submitted on September 9, 2021
AWE's Annual Member Meeting, to be held October 5 at the South Point Hotel in Las Vegas, will feature Andy Belanger, Director of Public Services for the Las Vegas Valley Water District and Southern Nevada Water Authority as a keynote...
Read More >>Submitted on August 27, 2021
On August 10, the U.S. Senate passed a bi-partisan infrastructure bill with $400M (over 5 years) in new funding for western states water efficiency through the Bureau of Reclamation’s Water Smart grant program. AWE’s lobbying in DC, including a sign-on...
Read More >>Submitted on August 17, 2021
The federal government declared a water shortage for Lake Mead and the Colorado River, meaning that individual states will have water allocations cut starting in January. This first-ever shortage declaration for the Colorado River comes after Lake Mead, the largest...
Read More >>Submitted on August 3, 2021
Today the Alliance for Water Efficiency (AWE) once again praised the Department of Energy (DOE) for proposing to undo Trump-era rules that slashed efficiency standards. The previous Administration’s DOE created separate “product classes” for dishwashers, clothes washers, and dryers that...
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