NATION: Groups Renew Commitment to Effective Water ManagementWastewater trade groups and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, along with 13 water quality organizations, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for Decentralized Wastewater Management, renewing a commitment to improve national decentralized wastewater treatment system performance. Goals of the agreement include strengthening partnerships and improving practitioner competency, management practices, research and technology transfer, accountability, control and oversight through enhanced state, tribal, and local program implementation. Improving public awareness, education programs and information materials are viewed as ways to help local officials make better decisions, as is supporting the principles outlined in the EPA
