Deadline Approaching! Apply for CASA’s Awards of Excellence Today!
Has your agency submitted an application for CASA’s Awards of Excellence yet? It’s not too late! Member agencies and associates are invited to submit an Award of Excellence application now through next Friday, April 29. If selected, you will be recognized and have the opportunity to share your special program or project with your clean water colleagues at our Annual Conference August 10-12 in Tahoe! We are proud to recognize members who go above and beyond to protect public health and the environment while providing essential public services. Winning the award illustrates your commitment as a leader to policy makers and residents within your community and across the state.
Please submit applications by email to awards@casaweb.org in any of these four categories:
Excellence in Innovation & Resiliency
Public Outreach/Education
Organizational Excellence
Outstanding Capital Project
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CASA Education Foundation Scholarship Applications
The CASA Education Foundation helps energize the future of the clean water sector by awarding scholarships to promising students on a path to serving the environmental community. Does your local college or university know about CASA’s financial aid to students interested in a career in water? The Foundation is accepting scholarship applications through May 15, 2022. For information on how to apply, who is eligible and the scholarship guidelines, visit the website.
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Welcome New Agency Member
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Education Foundation Now Accepts Credit Cards
The CASA Education Foundation now accepts credit cards! Take advantage of this new way to support the Foundation’s scholarship program. With help from agencies like yours, we can work together to offer critical scholarship aid and help remove financial barriers for students to turn their higher education into a fulfilling career in water. Your contribution represents an investment in the future of our sector, giving students the education and training necessary to enhance California’s clean water community. We thank you for your continuing support of this important organization. Credit card donations made be made here.
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CASA's Ask the Experts Webinar Series
[All workshops are free and open to all CASA members]
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Partnering on PFAS Workshop
Finding ways to identify sources of PFAS contamination and manage PFAS in our environment continues to be a hot topic for water and wastewater agencies in 2022. If you are struggling to keep up with all the latest developments on PFAS, we are here to help! Join us on Wednesday, April 27, at 10:00am to hear from experts at CDM Smith, which performed a deep dive on the PFAS data recently collected by the State Water Board, as well as representatives from the State Water Board on what comes next for PFAS regulation. Register Here.
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Step Up Your Career Development: Learning to Communicate with Intention
Wednesday, May 18, 11:00am to 12:00pm
Take your career to the next level with expert insights from Maggie Frye at CORE Consulting. Maggie has worked with CASA member agencies and spoken at CASA conferences about the value of mentorship. Now, learn about the types of proactive steps you can take to further develop your career in the clean water sector by communicating with intention. In this webinar, you will learn about communication as an intentional process, the benefits of intentional communication in creating shared meaning, and the importance of adapting based on audience and context.
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Administration Releases Buy America Guidance to Agencies; EPA Guidance Forthcoming
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has released its guidance to federal agencies on how they shall implement the new and expanded Build America, Buy America (BABA) mandates that were enacted as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Under the new BABA mandate, federal agencies must ensure that “none of the funds made available for a Federal financial assistance program for infrastructure, including each deficient program, may be obligated for a project unless all of the iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in the project are produced in the United States.” This means that the mandate applies to all federal assistance programs, not just programs funded under IIJA.
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LACSD Achieves Carbon Neutrality
Early this month, the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts, which manages wastewater and solid waste for over half the residents in Los Angeles County, announced that its operations result in a net reduction of greenhouse gases into the environment! Read more in the press release here.
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OC San Lab Named First California Public Laboratory to Receive Accreditation to Detect PFAS in Wastewater
The Orange County Sanitation District (OC San) is now the first municipal wastewater laboratory in the state of California accredited to test for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in wastewater and is one of 10 labs in California accredited to test for PFAS in wastewater (the other nine are commercial labs). Congratulations to OC San! For more information, please visit the OC San webpage.
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OC San’s Wastewater 101 Citizens Academy
Orange County Sanitation District (OC San) has created a Wastewater 101 - Citizens Academy to teach their community how they safely collect, treat, recycle and dispose of the wastewater generated by 2.6 million people in central and northwest Orange County. This Academy will break it all down in four workshops so attendees can walk away with a better understanding of what OC San does, how they do it, and why they do it.
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WEF's New Guide to Information Technology and Cybersecurity
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Final LIHWAP Guidelines
The Department of Community Services and Development (CSD) has released the Final Program Guidelines for the new Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP). LIHWAP will provide financial assistance to low-income Californians to help manage their residential water and wastewater utility costs. The Final LIHWAP Program Guidelines can be viewed on CSD’s Public Website.
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CASA 2022 “Ask the Experts” Webinar Series
Join us for a series of CASA-led “Ask the Experts” webinars! Every month from now until June 2022, we will be hosting a new webinar to facilitate conversation on the hot topics all clean water agencies are concerned with, including infrastructure funding, climate resiliency, public messaging, PFAS, communications and career development, and more! These virtual workshops are free and open to all CASA members. Check the CASA website and the Connects Newsletter as we will update them with additional details on each webinar as they are confirmed. We hope you will join us!
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NACWA Complimentary Webinar: Wastewater Surveillance
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ACT Expo
CASA is proud to endorse the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo on May 9-12, 2022, in Long Beach, CA. The advanced clean transportation sector continues to grow at a breakneck pace, rapidly rising to the occasion through ongoing innovation. Every year, ACT Expo attendees receive unmatched educational opportunities on the latest trends, policies, technologies, and opportunities in clean tech transportation. The 2022 agenda will enable attendees to:
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Please join the Bay Area Water/Wastewater Workforce Reliability (BAYWORK) on May 12, 2022, from 8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. at the Hilton Oakland Airport for an in-person discussion on how to ensure that our workforce is able to make effective use of new digital tools. Hear real-life case studies from water/wastewater utilities, initiate development of a digital readiness self-assessment tool, and listen in on a panel discussion with utility leaders and community college faculty on training qualified staff. You won’t want to miss it! Register Here.
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CASA represents more than 125 local public agencies engaged in the collection, treatment and recycling of Wastewater and biosolids to protect public health and the environment. Our mission is to provide trusted information and advocacy on behalf of California clean water agencies, and to be a leader in sustainability and utilization of renewable resources. |
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