EWRI recommends members to serve on the national Advisory Committee on Water Information, and provides public policy input to governmental decision-makers through its involvement with the ASCE Energy, Environment and Water Policy Committee , which develops and maintains ASCE policies related to the areas of energy, environment and water.
Among the ASCE policies related to the areas of energy, environment and water are:
Dams, Flood Control and Levees
- Dam Repair and Rehabilitation (PS 470) was merged with PS280 - Dam Safety, Repair, Retrofit, and Rehabilitation
- Flood Plain Management (PS 421)
- Levee Certification (PS 529) was merged with PS 511 - National Levee Safety Program
- National Levee Safety Program (PS 511)
- Responsibility for Dam Safety (PS 280)
Energy
- Advanced Water Power Generation (PS 442)
- Electricity Generation and Transmission Infrastructure (PS 484)
- Energy Policy (PS 489)
- Hydraulic Fracturing (PS 539)
- Hydropower (PS 379) was merged with PS 442 - Sustainable Water Power Generation
- Nuclear Power (PS 490)
Environmental Issues
- Acid Rain (PS 285)
- Comprehensive Pollution Management (PS 362)
- Consultation on Environmental Regulations (PS 403)
- Endangered Species Act Reauthorization (PS 438)
- Greenhouse Gasses (PS 488)
- Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Program (PS 482)
- Impact of Climate Change (PS 360)
- Recycling of Electronic Wastes (PS 527)
- National Wetlands Policy (PS 378)
- Voluntary Environmental Auditing for Regulatory Compliance (PS 356) is covered by PS 360, PS 362, PS 403, PS 488
Hazardous and Solid Waste
- Hazardous Waste Reduction and Management (PS 331)
- High-Level Nuclear Waste Management (PS 491)
- Municipal Solid Waste Management (PS 516)
- Radioactive Waste Management (PS 262)
- Revitalization of Brownfields (PS 485)
- Superfund Reauthorization (PS 305)
International
- Building Engineering Capacity (PS 506)
- Millennium Development Goals (PS 517) - REVISED
- Relationships with International Engineering Organizations (PS 146)
Wastewater
- Clean Water Act Reauthorization (PS 420)
- Control of Combined Sewer Discharges (PS 395)
- Municipal Wastewater Biosolids (PS 429)
- Non-Point Source Water Quality (PS 461)
- Wastewater and Greywater Reuse (PS 332)
Water Resources Management
- Atmospheric Water Resources Management (PS 275)
- Beneficial Use of Dredged Materials (PS 513) was merged with PS 349 - Dredged Management for Erosion Control, Channel Maintenance and Coastal Protection
- Cost Sharing in Water Resources Infrastructure Programs (PS 302)
- Desalination (PS 407)
- Disinfection of Drinking Water (PS 462) was merged with PS 361 - Safe Drinking Water
- Emergency and Risk Management by Water Providers (PS 348)
- Groundwater Management (PS 243)
- Hydrologic Data Collection (PS 447)
- Implementation of Safe Drinking Water Regulations (PS 361)
- Peer Review of Water Resources Projects (PS 519)
- Planning and Management for Droughts (PS 408)
- Regional Sediment Management (PS 522)
- Storm Water Management (PS 441)
- Water Infrastructure and Facilities Construction Funding (PS 480)
- Water Conservation (PS 337)
- Watershed Management (PS 422)
- Weather Surveillance Technology (PS 409)