Policy Change by Government Accounting Standards Board Allows Debt Financing - Water conservation and green infrastructure projects can finally once again be debt financed with water utility capex funds. This is a major new development that should help reduce the rate shock that has accompanied these programs, since lately they have been only financed with annual utility operating funds.
The California Water Efficiency Partnership (CalWEP) has announced the election of a new Board and Officers to lead the organization. CalWEP represents more than 200 water supplier and organization members statewide, working together to foster leadership, expertise and collaboration to advance water conservation and efficiency in California.
Nearly 150 water conservation professionals, water industry leaders and elected officials came together March 7 in Sacramento to mark the official launch and evolution of the California Water Efficiency Partnership (CalWEP).
Energy efficiency rebates from energy utilities are exempt from federal tax, but not rebates from water utilities, whether they be rebates for drinking water efficiency, wastewater, or storm water programs.
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 Innovations Conference in Las Vegas for helping Americans to save water, energy, and money.
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 States.
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 proposed elimination of the EPA's WaterSense® program.
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 Water Conservation for the San Antonio Water System (SAWS).
AWE is pleased to announce that it has begun negotiations with the California Water Efficiency Partnership with the goal to formalize a relationship between the two organizations.
The Alliance for Water Efficiency delivered a letter to EPA Administrator Pruitt today to urge continued funding for the successful EPA WaterSense® labeling program, recently proposed for elimination in the Trump Administration’s budget, and committed to defending the program.
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