sector for both the water and energy ratepayers and consider broader societal and environmental benefits. CWA believes that a holistic framework for calculating cost-effectiveness, with sensitivity to local supply and cost factors, would better reflect the total benefits of water-energy nexus projects and would mitigate some of the current obstacles facing water utility implementation of these projects. 3.1.3. The Association of California Water Agencies and California Association of Sanitation Agencies (ACWA/CASA) The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) is a statewide association of 450 public water agencies that together supply over ninety percent of the water delivered in California for residential, agricultural, and industrial uses. The California Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA) is a statewide association of cities, counties, special districts, and joint powers agencies that provide wastewater collection, treatment, water recycling, and biosolids management services to more than ninety percent of the sewered population of California. ACWA and CASA support the comments submitted by CWA regarding the DRA petition. In particular, ACWA and CASA concur that the proposed rulemaking is consistent with the Commission’s existing energy efficiency policies and recent decisions addressing the water-energy nexus, and could help to address issues that the Commission has yet to resolve. Like CWA, ACWA and CASA are participating in the PCG and recommend that the PCG effort continue, and be incorporated into the rulemaking. ACWA and CASA applaud the IOUs efforts to expand their water-energy program initiatives and build partnerships with water and wastewater agencies. ACWA, CASA and their member agencies are participating in many of these initiatives and believe that it will be through these types of collaborative efforts
sector for both the water and energy ratepayers and consider broader societal and environmental benefits. CWA believes that a holistic framework for calculating cost-effectiveness, with sensitivity to local supply and cost factors, would better reflect the total benefits of water-energy nexus projects and would mitigate some of the current obstacles facing water utility implementation of these projects. 3.1.3. The Association of California Water Agencies and California Association of Sanitation Agencies (ACWA/CASA) The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) is a statewide association of 450 public water agencies that together supply over ninety percent of the water delivered in California for residential, agricultural, and industrial uses. The California Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA) is a statewide association of cities, counties, special districts, and joint powers agencies that provide wastewater collection, treatment, water recycling, and biosolids management services to more than ninety percent of the sewered population of California. ACWA and CASA support the comments submitted by CWA regarding the DRA petition. In particular, ACWA and CASA concur that the proposed rulemaking is consistent with the Commission’s existing energy efficiency policies and recent decisions addressing the water-energy nexus, and could help to address issues that the Commission has yet to resolve. Like CWA, ACWA and CASA are participating in the PCG and recommend that the PCG effort continue, and be incorporated into the rulemaking. ACWA and CASA applaud the IOUs efforts to expand their water-energy program initiatives and build partnerships with water and wastewater agencies. ACWA, CASA and their member agencies are participating in many of these initiatives and believe that it will be through these types of collaborative efforts
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