by Sami Stroud | May 29, 2026 | Access to Water/ Wastewater Funding Sources, Green Infrastructure, Stormwater
Figure 1: Green infrastructure at Central New Mexico Community College. Image Credit: Shannon Pepper, 2025 If you have ever tried searching for green infrastructure (GI) funding, you probably quickly discovered that it has many different names and titles. The benefits...
by Sami Stroud | Apr 17, 2026 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Access to Water Funding Sources, Access to Water/ Wastewater Funding Sources, Financial Management
Now that you have done some necessary capital improvement preparation at your system by completing your financial audits and general financial health check, doing a rate analysis and rate adjustment, developing or updating your Asset Management Plan, identifying your...
by Southwest EFC | Mar 2, 2026 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Access to Water/ Wastewater Funding Sources, Technical Assistance
This podcast outlines how to frame the funding challenges, how to understand the Funding Landscape, ways to identify funding sources for you utility, the best ways to stay organized, how to manage multiple funding sources, and how Technical Assistance can help. Hosted...
by Sami Stroud | Feb 10, 2026 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Access to Water Funding Sources, Access to Water/ Wastewater Funding Sources, Additional Support Organizations, Managerial & Financial Leadership, Small Water Systems
Staff at rural, small, and tribal (RST) water utilities often operate in remote, hard-to-reach areas, and face aging infrastructure with limited financial resources. These challenges threaten their core mission of providing safe, reliable, and affordable water...
by Sami Stroud | Feb 10, 2026 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Access to Water Funding Sources, Access to Water/ Wastewater Funding Sources, Additional Support Organizations, Managerial & Financial Leadership, Partnerships, Utility Management, Workforce Development
Photo: Lawren Lu The “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) series, a joint effort between Quantified Ventures (QV) and the Environmental Finance Center Network (EFCN), has completed its first year of sessions. AMA sessions are a mix of themed session and office hours...
by Sami Stroud | Feb 2, 2026 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Access to Water Funding Sources, Access to Water/ Wastewater Funding Sources, Additional Support Organizations, Financial Management, Groundwater, Managerial & Financial Leadership, Source Water Protection, Utility Management
Protecting your source water is one of the most important ways to protect public health. When it comes to the money, many utilities run into the same problem: there are a lot of funding programs out there, and it can be hard to know where to start and what you could...
