by Shannon Pepper | Dec 2, 2022 | General Management & Finance, Risk and Resiliency to Climate Hazards
On September 18, 2022, Hurricane Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico. The Category 1 Hurricane, which hit five years after Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Irma devastated the island, caused flash floods and landslides and left hundreds of thousands of people without...
by Shannon Pepper | Dec 1, 2022 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Access to Water Funding Sources
With the holidays right around the corner, water and wastewater utilities are once again thinking to the new year and needed capital improvement projects on the horizon. Luckily there is an unprecedented amount of funding from the federal government to support...
by Shannon Pepper | Nov 30, 2022 | Asset Management, Energy Management, Wastewater
In this blog, we are talking with Sharon Nall of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) where she oversees the Planning, Protection and Assistance Section within the Wastewater Engineering Bureau. Our discussion focuses on the state’s Wastewater...
by Shannon Pepper | Nov 23, 2022 | Risk and Resiliency to Climate Hazards, Source Water Protection
Water from snow is a crucial resource for many communities. Unfortunately, climate change is causing snow resources to rapidly change. In this podcast from the Southwest Environmental Finance Center, we discuss why water from snow is so important, how it’s...
by Shannon Pepper | Nov 23, 2022 | Resilience
In this podcast from Wichita State University, we discuss why emergency response planning is necessary and the three areas of emergency response that your utility can being to brainstorm to jump start your emergency response planning efforts.