Look for these AMSA Initiatives in 1999...
While 1998 was a pivotal year for AMSA legislative, regulatory and management initiatives and programs, in 1999 the Association will feature an even greater number of initiatives and programs designed to guide members into the next century in terms of successfully managing their organizations, meeting regulatory challenges and bringing about continued improvement to the nation's waters and environment.
Look for these AMSA initiatives, programs and publications in 1999:
Running Your Utility as a Business... Entrepreneurial Successes in the Wastewater Industry - AMSA's 1999 Winter Conference will serve as a forum to examine the application of both emerging and long-proven business practices used in the private sector that can be utilized by public utilities to boost their competitive edge.
Competitive Management Practices for Public Utilities: An AMSA/AMWA Resource Guide will provide, in both published, hard copy form and as a continuously updated online database, descriptive and quantitative information on best practices in the delivery of support services for public water and wastewater treatment utilities.
AMSA Index of Water/Wastewater Products and Services will provide wastewater utilities with a comprehensive, up-to-date, online database of products and services that can be easily accessed and allow for a comparison of product/service specifications from among vendors.
Thinking, Getting & Staying Competitive On-Site Workshops designed to provide managers and employees of public wastewater and water utilities with the knowledge and tools needed to institute competitive change within their organizations.
Urban Wet Weather Watershed Act of 1999 designed to spur congressional action on Clean Water Act reauthorization (CWA) and amend the statute to provide for an optional unified mechanism for management of urban wet weather flows. Specifically, the draft bill would require EPA to develop regulations that establish an optional unified permitting program to address the combined effects of all wet weather flows.
Evaluating TMDLs... Protecting the Rights of POTWs this concise outline identifies critical areas of the Total Maximum Daily Load and water quality based effluent limits programs that should be carefully examined and advocates the strongest legal, scientific and policy arguments available to POTWs to protect their rights under these programs.
The Cost of Clean... Meeting Water Quality Challenges in the New Millennium will detail the contributions made to water quality by investments in POTW infrastructure made during the past 25 years and assess future infrastructure needs estimates by examining both traditional water pollution control needs and emerging water control strategies related to combined sewer overflows, sanitary sewer overflows, stormwater and other wet weather related phenomena. The report is being developed in collaboration with the Water Environment Federation.
Unifying Urban Wet Weather Programs - 1999 Summer Conference a comprehensive look at the array of wet weather issues challenging policy makers and environmental practitioners.
1999 National Environmental Policy Forum major national policy forum that will be pivotal in achieving AMSA's legislative and regulatory goals and objectives.