Last week EPA released its agency-wide FY 2014-2018 Strategic Plan and version two of its Water Technology Innovation Blueprint. The Strategic Plan is released annually and is developed in accordance with the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010. In announcing the plan, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said her agency is heeding the President’s call for action on climate change and will address the “complex array of environmental challenges we face by advancing a rigorous research and development agenda that informs and supports our policy and decision making with timely and innovative technology and sustainable solutions.”
Accordingly, the agency’s water technology innovation blueprint, “Promoting Technology and Innovation for Clean and Safe Water,” aims to identify new management approaches and techniques to support water sustainability. The report lists actions EPA will take to “support our common quest for water sustainability” related to advocating for technology innovation, creating the regulatory space for technology innovation and supporting the delivery of proven technologies.