AWWA COMMENT PERIOD ON AWWA G560, Stormwater Management for Water Utilities

AWWA COMMENT PERIOD ON AWWA G560, Stormwater Management for Water Utilities
September 25, 2026

AWWA solicits public comments on all proposed new AWWA Standards, and on all proposed revisions, reaffirmations, or withdrawals of existing AWWA Standards. The referenced standards project is being considered for approval and the publication of this notice begins the 45-day public comment period for AWWA and ANSI. An electronic public review copy of the proposed standard can be obtained for review during the comment period by emailing ETS Support (ETSsupport@awwa.org). Comments must be submitted in writing to the AWWA contact listed below no later than the last day of the comment period specified herein. Such comments shall be specific to the section(s) of the standard under review and include sufficient detail, so as to enable the reader to understand the commenter’s position, concerns and suggested alternative language, if appropriate.

AWWA Comment Period closes on November 9, 2026.

Send comments to:
Frank Kurtz, FKurtz@awwa.org
303.347.6221 phone

The review copy will be edited for publication and may also be revised as appropriate based on any comments received during the public comment period. Therefore, this copy is not suitable for continued utilization and is intended only for comment purposes.

Final publication of the standard may take several months. When it is available, a notice will be published in the official notice section of Journal – American Water Works Association. The standard becomes an effective AWWA standard on the first day of the month following such publication in Journal – American Water Works Association.

SCOPE
This standard outlines the essential elements for effective stormwater management, primarily for drinking water utilities but also for wastewater, stormwater, flood control, water reuse, and other water-related utilities. Optimal stormwater management is achieved within a One Water framework, as discussed in Section 4.2.

MAJOR REVISIONS
This second edition of ANSI/AWWA G560 represents an extensive update to the first edition, published in 2022. As such, the specific revisions, section by section, are too numerous to provide in a detailed listing. Broadly, the major revisions made to the standard in this edition include the following:

1. The standard provides a much more detailed discussion of One Water concepts and includes real-world examples for public water utilities.
2. Numerous photographs have been added to the standard to illustrate the expressed concepts and to facilitate reader understanding.
3. The standard provides a greater emphasis on utilizing stormwater as a resource, for example, for groundwater recharge and irrigation reuse.