Webinar | Supporting Decentralized Wastewater Systems: Funding and Technical Assistance
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Description: Residents in small and rural communities often rely on onsite wastewater treatment systems because the centralized system does not extend to their property. These residents own and are responsible for maintaining their onsite wastewater systems to protect water quality. But meeting these maintenance requirements can be a financial and technical burden on homeowners. To meet desired water quality outcomes, it can be valuable for wastewater systems and local governments to provide support to residents in maintaining their onsite systems. In this webinar, we will explore two innovative programs supporting onsite wastewater system owners in maintaining and repairing their systems, and discuss the methods communities have used to fund these programs.
Learning Objectives:
- Highlight the need to support homeowners with onsite and decentralized wastewater systems in small and rural communities.
- Explore methods of delivering support to private owners of onsite wastewater systems, and the strategies used to fund these efforts.
- Highlight funding, financing and technical assistance available to support clean water projects and programs in small communities.
Panelists:
- Evan Kane, Director, Onsite Water Protection, Wake County, NC
- Allan Clum, General Manager, or Guinn Wallover, Water Quality and Environmental Program Specialist, Mount Pleasant Waterworks, SC
- Emerson O’Donnell, Senior Program Manager, WaterNow Alliance(moderator, introductory remarks)
Certificate: This training has NOT been submitted for approval of continuing education credit. We will provide a certificate of attendance to eligible attendees, but cannot guarantee it will meet your PDH or CEU requirements.
Who Should Attend: This will be a virtual program for local decision makers, utility management and staff, and community leaders in Rural, Small (serving ≤10,000), and Tribal (RST) municipal wastewater systems working to invest in sustainable, equitable and climate resilient water solutions.
Partner:
Organizer
Program Associate at the Syracuse University Environmental Finance Center