How the Private Water Industry Is Teaming Up With ALEC

By Sarah Pavlus
ALEC has worked with the energy industry to create loophole-filled water protections and opposes federal oversight of fracking. 

May 4, 2012  |  An influential trade association representing companies that provide water services to one in four Americans says it will continue its membership with the American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative group that has worked with the energy industry to create loophole-filled water protections and opposes federal oversight of fracking.

 

The National Association of Water Companies represents the far-reaching privatized water utility industry that serves “nearly 73 million people every day,” according to the association’s website. NAWC represents more than 150 private water companies, each of whom pay an annual fee to the association. Its board of directors is drawn from the leadership of some of the country’s largest water companies.