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Speaker Announced for AWE’s 2017 Annual Meeting & Reception in Las Vegas

Submitted on June 6, 2019

2017 marks AWE’s Tenth Anniversary! AWE is pleased to announce that at its annual member meeting and reception in Las Vegas on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 the featured speaker will be Karen Guz, 2012 AWE Water Star awardee and current Director of...

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U.S. House Subcommittee Rejects Proposed Elimination of the EPA WaterSense Program

Submitted on June 6, 2019

At the urging of the Alliance for Water Efficiency (AWE) and other industry partners, the U.S. House of Representatives' Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, which oversees funding for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has issued its Fiscal Year 2018 agency funding report rejecting the...

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Two Major U.S. Water-Efficiency Organizations to Form Partnership

Submitted on June 6, 2019

The California Water Efficiency Partnership (CalWEP)  and Alliance for Water Efficiency (AWE) announced that they are forming a new partnership, bringing together two of the country’s major organizations dedicated to improving and enhancing water efficiency in California and the United...

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Alliance for Water Efficiency Wins 2017 WaterSense® Excellence Award

Submitted on June 6, 2019

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized the Alliance for Water Efficiency (AWE) with a 2017 WaterSense Excellence Award for its major contributions to WaterSense and water efficiency in 2016. AWE received one of 20 WaterSense awards at the WaterSmart...

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AWE Seeks Signers to Letters of Support for S. 1464 and H.R. 448

Submitted on May 23, 2019

November 17, 2017 Update: A letter signed by 97 organizations has been sent to members of Congress. Energy efficiency rebates from energy utilities are exempt from federal tax, but not rebates from water utilities, whether they be rebates for drinking water...

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