Dec. 22, 2017 — This week, the House and Senate voted on and passed a final $1.5 trillion tax package, and President Trump signed it into law on Friday, Dec. 22, 2017

from WEF.org: No Democrats in either chamber voted for the bill. All present Republicans voted in support of the bill in the Senate, and only 12 House Republicans voted against the bill. Most of them were from New York, New Jersey and California districts that would be hit by new limits on deductions for state, … Read more

Federal Bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus Posts Report on Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure

from WEF.org Jan. 19, 2018 — Recently, the House Problem Solvers Caucus released a report titled “Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure” which includes suggestions to increase investment in water and wastewater systems. This includes increasing spending levels for both Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs) and funding the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act … Read more

Federal Senate EPW Committee Holds Follow Up Hearing on Water Infrastructure

from WEF.org: Jan. 19, 2018 — Following a January 10th hearing on “America’s Water Infrastructure Needs and Challenges,” the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) held a full committee follow up hearing entitled, “America’s Water Infrastructure Needs and Challenges: Federal Panel” this week. Like last week, this hearing focused mostly on a passing … Read more

January 2018 ~ Monthly Meeting

Greetings! Join us for our January 24th for our Annual MaDEP Update Meeting. Yvette and her crew will provide updates for 2018 from the DEP’s perspective. This is always an informative and well attended meeting. We look forward to see you there!

2017 Awards Summary

A huge round of applause for those receiving awards at the November monthly meeting. The Association would not be where it is today without the dedication provided by its active and associate members. Congratulations to Cathleen Miller from the Halifax Water Department for receiving the Michael Coyne award for her outstanding service assisting at the annual trade … Read more

Be a force for legislative good!

FROM MWWA: Below you will find a template letter that you can use to comment on the many water-related bills before the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. I would urge you to customize the letter and give examples on how you believe the proposed legislation will impact your utility. Please try to … Read more

Job Posting – Town of Somerset – Water/Sewer Superintendent

Town of Somerset – Water/Sewer Superintendent Position performs executive level work in directing operations for both a municipal water department and a municipal water pollution control department.  The work includes preparing and monitoring departmental budgets, planning, bidding and contract administration for capital improvements and other projects, overseeing departmental information technology systems, supervising personnel, collective bargaining, … Read more