Over 1,300 Regulations are on

the WQA Regulatory Info Search

12 State Bills Call Out POU & POE Technologies as

Solutions

Met With Over 100 Federal Congressional

Office in Qrt.1 2018

Thank you to our members and member companies who

are actively participating in our political dialogue!

Kurt Gruett—Water-Right

Larry Gottlieb—ResinTech

DJ Shannahan—Sharp Water Culligan

Tom Harrington—DS Services of America

Bret Tangley—Sterling Water, Inc.

Mike Mecca—Performance Water Products

Don McGhee— Hydro Systems

*The winner of the raffle for a free

registration at the 2019 WQA Convention

& Exposition in Las Vegas is

Bret Tangley

Water Quality Association-Political Action Committee

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WQA-PAC is bipartisan and its mission is to assist federal candidates and elected

officials who support your business and our industry.

Thank you to our WQA fly-in volunteers for another great advocacy event in Washington, DC.

Row 1 (back row) L to R: DJ Shannahan, Mike Mitchell, Mark Brotman, David Wassilak Row 2: Don McGhee, David Loveday, Mike Mecca, John Keener Row 3: Richard Mest, Steve VerStrat, Kelly Thompson, Dan Rieland, Ted Jones

Row 4: RJ Easton, Kathleen Fultz, Ken Steitz, Pauli Undesser, Chris Wilker, Scott Parker, Josh Greene

2018 WQA DC Fly-In

Water Quality Association-Political Action Committee

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The Water Quality Association hosted the Second Annual Water Resources Congressional

Summit in Washington, DC on March 6th in partnership with the National Ground Water

Association and the Irrigation Association. Speakers at the Summit included, Lee Forsgren, US

EPA, Erin Stackley, National Association of Realtors, Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA),

Maya MacGuineas, Center for a Responsible Federal Budget, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH),

and Tim Petty, Department of Interior.

The following day, WQA members collectively visited more than fifty congressional offices and

saw a record participation from WQA membership.

While in DC, WQA presented the 2018 Champion Representative Award to Congressman Brian

Fitzpatrick and the 2018 Champion Senator Award to Senator Jeanne Shaheen. Both awardees

addressed the group during the Summit.

Senator Shaheen is the sponsor of the Safe Drinking Water Assistance Act, a bipartisan bill that would establish a national strategy to coordinate the federal response to emerging contaminants and provide assistance to states in responding to these toxins. Last year, she also successfully championed legislation securing the inclusion of language in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act directing the Secretary of Defense to conduct a nation-wide health study on the effects of exposure to PFOS/PFOA.

Last year, two water related amendments Rep. Fitzpatrick proposed were included in the House passed 2018 National Defense Authorization Act; One directing the Secretary of Defense to conduct a nation-wide health study on the effects of exposure to PFOS/PFOA at military installations; A second mandating a study on the progress that the Department of Defense has made in developing firefighting foam that does not contain PFOS/PFOA. Those provisions are now the law of the land.

WQA Champion of the Year Awards

• Represents New Hampshire in the

U.S. Senate

• Serves on four committees—

Appropriations, Armed Services,

Foreign Relations and Small Business

and Entrepreneurship as the Ranking

Member

• Recipient of the WQA Champion

Senator of 2018 Award

SENATOR JEANNE

SHAHEEN

• Represents Pennsylvania’s 8th district

• Serves on three committees—

Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs

and Small Business

• Recipient of the WQA Champion

Representative of 2018 Award

REPRESENTATIVE

BRIAN FITZPATRICK

Water Quality Association-Political Action Committee

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The Federal Election Commission (FEC) requires members of the Water Quality Association (WQA) to provide prior approval, in writing, before WQA

may communicate certain political information or solicit that member’s executive or administrative personnel and stockholders for WQA’s political

action committee (PAC). By completing this Prior Approval Form, you authorize WQA to communicate with you and the executive or administrative

personnel and stockholders of your company for WQA-PAC. Please note: Your company can give prior approval to only one trade association PAC per

calendar year. Neither WQA nor WQA-PAC will communicate with employees or stockholders of your company about WQA-PAC without this express

written consent.

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Raise Your Voice for the Future of the Water Treatment Industry

Yes! Count me in.

I want to join my colleagues in the fight for the future of the water treatment industry.

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Email: WQA-PAC@wqa.org

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