Small Systems with Big Financial Goals: Tools and Strategies for Accessing Funding

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...

Implementing Energy Efficiency Audit Findings Reduces Costs and Carbon Emissions and Provides Operational Efficiency and Sustainability

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...

Climate Resiliency: The Challenges of a Future With Less Snow

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...

Why Emergency Response Planning Is Necessary for Your Utility

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.

Community Aqueducts in Puerto Rico: Challenges to Managing Drinking Water Systems in the Caribbean (in Spanish)

by Shannon Pepper | Nov 22, 2022 | General Management & Finance

Español: En este podcast en español, escuche una conversación entre Isabel McCullough Valentin, estudiante de la SUNY Colegio de Ciencias Ambientales y Forestales y la Dra. Kaira Fuentes, Gerente del Programa del Caribe en el Centro de Financiamiento Ambientales de la...