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Coming Soon! National Practical Plumbing Handbook

Submitted on May 1, 2019

Coming soon an updated and redesigned the Practical Plumbing Handbook, an excellent resource on how to repair and perform preventative maintenance on the fixtures in your home.

WaterSense Proposed for Elimination Once Again

Submitted on March 19, 2019

President Trump has released his budget for FY2020, and it proposes to eliminate the WaterSense program – yet again.

Water Efficiency Watch - February 2019

Submitted on February 20, 2019

19-1 #79 WEW February 2019 - AWE Landscape Transformation Study released with major findings; WaterSense to review five major specifications; WaterSense pool cover Notice of Intent; Colorado River; AWE Colorado River State Scorecard; Melissa Elliott elected president of American Water Works Association; and much more.

New Study Demonstrates Water Conservation’s Pay Off for Ratepayers

Submitted on August 27, 2018

Are Los Angeles ratepayers better off by conserving water over the long term? That’s the question explored in a new study released by the California Water Efficiency Partnership and Alliance for Water Efficiency in partnership with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

Water Efficiency is a Good Business Proposition

Submitted on August 10, 2018

AWE's Mary Ann Dickinson Pens Op-Ed for Sacramento Business Journal. The following op-ed was published August 9, 2018 in the Sacramento Business Journal.

U.S. House Subcommittee Rejects Proposed Elimination of the EPA WaterSense Program

Submitted on July 19, 2017

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.

Senate Joins the House in Authorizing a WaterSense Program at EPA

Submitted on April 20, 2016

The U.S. Senate has joined the House in authorizing a WaterSense® program at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to identify products and services that conserve water and promote stormwater management.

AWE and SFPUC Win Imagine H2O Water Policy Challenge

Submitted on January 28, 2016

Imagine H2O™ today announced the results of its inaugural California Water Policy Challenge. The initiative, which seeks to advance the market for water innovation through forward-thinking policy, attracted over one hundred submissions from academia, the private sector, government entities and NGOs. Successful applicants presented Imagine H2O with actionable policy recommendations to drive adoption of water technologies by California's cities, farms and industries.

32 Congressional Reps Ask for Water Conservation Rebates to be Tax Exempt

Submitted on December 11, 2015

The Alliance for Water Efficiency has been working hard, along with a number of other organizations, to get an amendment to the tax code to make water conservation rebates exempt from federal income tax. On Friday, December 11, 2015, a letter signed by 32 Congressional Representatives asking for this amendment was sent to the IRS and the Department of the Treasury.

AWE Seeks Tax-Exempt Status for Water Conservation Rebates

Submitted on November 18, 2015

The Alliance for Water Efficiency is urging a change in federal tax law so that rebates and credits for water conservation and green infrastructure projects remain tax-free for recipients.

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