Federal Water Policy Results for Our Clients

Developed a strategy to help achieve federal grant funding for wastewater infrastructure that unlocked private redevelopment investment at a former Naval shipyard.

Vallejo Flood and Wastewater District

Developed a strategy to help achieve multi-year federal appropriations from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to advance the science and public acceptance of water recycling.

WateReuse Association

Developed a strategy to help achieve a WRDA authorization and federal appropriation for an alternative regional water supply conveyance project.

Regional city-county water system

Developed a strategy to help secure one of the first Environmental Infrastructure authorizations under the Water Resources Development Act, unlocking federal cost-share for a client's water and wastewater infrastructure.

Water and wastewater agency

Helped guide a clean water district’s Community Project Funding request for a Supercritical Water Oxidation pilot to treat PFAS in wastewater and biosolids.

Southern California clean water district

Helped guide an association in leading a national policy effort to extend the NPDES permit term from five to ten years, winning U.S. House passage as part of broader congressional permit-term reform.

State water association

Successfully engaged in a coalition of water agencies, environmental organizations, and state attorneys general to hold polluters accountable for cleanup costs for contamination to critical groundwater drinking supplies.

South Tahoe Public Utility District

Developed successful strategy to support enactment of a federal aquatic infrastructure program to fund cleanup of an abandoned mine site while resolving liability barriers.

Special district

Developed a strategy to help achieve a federal authorization and Army Corps partnership to design and build an innovative nutrient removal project for coastal water quality.

Water agency

Federal appropriations that recognized a U.S. Forest Service funding commitment for a landmark watershed and forest restoration partnership.

French Meadows Forest Restoration Project partnership

Built a bi-state appropriations strategy that secured federal funding, a dedicated line item, and new legislation for wildfire-resilient water infrastructure in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

Tahoe Water for Fire Suppression Partnership

Helped build a coalition and drove a federal “Do Not Flush” wipes labeling law from a proven state framework to national enactment.

California clean water association

Designed the policy path that secured a $100 million increase in federal cost-share for a combined flood protection and water conservation project.

Southern California water district

Resolution of a three-decade water dispute securing federal permitting actions that delivered a shared Sacramento River water supply.

East Bay and Sacramento County water agencies

Developed a strategy to help achieve federal funding across housing, senior and early-childhood facilities, public safety communications, and college-preparation programming for local government clients.

Local government clients

Developed a strategy to help achieve federal funding of a regional transit facility with solar power, rural transit bus replacement, and a highway safety improvement study.

Local government clients