Issues & Advocacy

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) 
• Flood Plain Management (PS 421) 
• Levee Certification (PS 529)
• 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)
• 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)
• Transportation and General Conformity Under the Clean Air Act (PS 327)
• Voluntary Environmental Auditing for Regulatory Compliance (PS 356)

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)
• Cost Sharing in Water Resources Infrastructure Programs (PS 302)
• Desalination (PS 407)
• Disinfection of Drinking Water (PS 462)
• 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)