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WWEMA Position on EPA Vessel General Permit
“Many of the colleagues we meet in our industry don’t fully appreciate the impact that governments could have on their products or operations, their bottom line… the very viability of their organization.”
The Water and Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Association (WWEMA) is a non-profit trade organization founded in 1908 to represent the interests of companies that manufacture products sold to the potable water and wastewater treatment industries. Its mission is to inform, educate and provide leadership on issues which affect the worldwide water and wastewater equipment industry.
WWEMA members supply the most sophisticated leading products and technology, offering solutions to every water-related environmental problem and need facing today's society.
Headquartered in the nation's capital, WWEMA resources are dedicated to accomplishing the following objectives:
- Provide programs and services that will increase business opportunities and enhance corporate effectiveness.
- Advance the lawful interests of the members on public policy issues that may affect their domestic and international business environment.
- Develop and strengthen working alliances with other organizations within the industry to further common objectives and protect the members' interests.
- Promote the image and capabilities of WWEMA and its manufacturers as a vital resource to the water and wastewater industry.
- Assure the financial integrity and viability of WWEMA.
The WWEMA Board of Directors adopted the following position papers written by WWEMA-member task forces.
Green Technologies
The green movement has created a unique opportunity for water and wastewater equipment suppliers to rebrand their products by featuring the green aspects of their technologies (click here to access).
Chemical / Facility and Water Security
By understanding the regulatory oversight and progress in both chemical/facility security and water security, the industry can best influence and prepare for future regulatory changes (click here to access; password protected).
Drinking Water Contaminants
There has been accelerated activity at EPA in the past year with regards to planning for new drinking water contaminant regulations, many of which will impact technologies of choice by utilities (click here to access; password protected).
Funding
Barriers and/or resistance to new technology and alternative project delivery methods can make it difficult to implement innovative and low life-cycle cost solutions (click here to access; password protected).
Nutrient Control
EPA’s nutrient strategies over the last 10 years have failed and a new approach must be taken to develop standards that are achievable, measurable, and fiscally reasonable (click here to access; password protected).
Regulatory Impact on POTWs
WWEMA needs to continue to monitor that any proposed regulations are based on sounds science and, more important, available technology with reasonable financial impacts (click here to access; password protected).
Sanitary Sewer Overflows
There definitely is great market potential for equipment suppliers in the municipal sector with technologies that can address the nation’s aging water infrastructure and sanitary sewer overflows (click here to access; password protected).
Water Reuse
There are no federal regulations or legislation directly addressing water reuse practice in the United States, just a patchwork of various state rules related to performance requirements (click here to access; password protected).
Water / Energy Nexus
If present practices remain unchanged, water and energy are on a collision course of supply and demand that has already proven to be unsustainable (click here to access; password protected).
Water and Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 17402
Washington, D.C. 20041
Tel: 703.444.1777 Fax: 703.444.1779
Email: info@wwema.org