Forever Chemicals: PFAS in Water and 3 Ways to Treat Them

by Shannon Pepper | Jan 27, 2023 | Access to Water Funding Sources, Treatment Processes

  In June of 2022, the EPA announced a huge pot of money available for Emerging Contaminants in small and disadvantaged communities — $5 billion, to be exact. The grants that are available to states through this fund are meant to address the health problem...

Helping Small Water Systems Access Funding: An Overview of How EFCN Technical Assistance Works

by Shannon Pepper | Jan 12, 2023 | Access to Water Funding Sources, Additional Support Organizations

Finding funding for your small water system can be tough. Luckily, technical assistance programs exist today to help connect utility operators and managers with the right teams to help you plan for the new and unexpected, understand local and federal requirements,...

EPA H20 Community Solutions Teams: Reinvesting in Aging Water Infrastructure, Prioritizing Disadvantaged Communities

by Shannon Pepper | Jan 5, 2023 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Access to Water Funding Sources

Both nationally and internationally, many assume that residents of the United States live with universal access to drinking water and sanitation. However, according to data from the American Community Survey and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 489,836 US...

Requests for Proposals (RFPs): When to Dive In and When to Pass on Grants

by Shannon Pepper | Dec 12, 2022 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Access to Water Funding Sources, Grant Writing

Many of us have been there. The Request for Proposals (RFP) drops and immediately the wheels start turning. Do we have a project that fits? If not, can we develop one? Can we do the work for the amount of money available? Do we have the time to write a proposal? The...

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...

Small Water Systems Governance and the Ability to Secure Funding – Part 2

by Shannon Pepper | Aug 17, 2022 | Access to Water Funding Sources, Compliance with Drinking Water Regulations, General Management & Finance, Water Justice

In part 1 of this podcast on small water system governance and the ability to secure funding, Southwest EFC Research Scientist Tucker Colvin interviews Dr. Ben Warner, Dr. joni palmer, and Univeristy of New Mexico PhD student Ria Mukerji. Join them as they discuss...