by Sami Stroud | Aug 21, 2025 | Asset Management, Small Water Systems, Utility Management
Image Source: Matt Ziegler, Southwest Environmental Finance Center Valves are critical control points in any water distribution system. Regular valve exercising keeps these critical components in working condition and ensures you can isolate areas quickly during...
by Sami Stroud | Jul 31, 2025 | Access to Water Funding Sources, Access to Water/ Wastewater Funding Sources, Asset Management, Infrastructure Renewal/ Replacement, Small Water Systems
Images courtesy of Mississippi State University and Ian Panelo. In recent years, infrastructure has become a popular topic across the engineering and public utility sectors, and for good reason. As our water distribution systems continue to age, a growing list of...
by Shannon Pepper | Jul 9, 2025 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Asset Management, Green Infrastructure, Stormwater
Imagine you’re an average citizen in the city or town you live in: You are walking down the road and see a streetside stormwater harvesting swale, also known as a chicane, that the city installed a couple years ago. There are some native plants doing okay in there,...
by AJ Barney | Mar 31, 2025 | Affordability, Asset Management, Capital Improvement Planning, Financial Management, Infrastructure Renewal/ Replacement, Managerial & Financial Leadership, Uncategorized
Deciding where, how, and when to allocate resources is a struggle that many systems face every day. However, there are a variety of strategies that can be used to tackle this dilemma. Capital improvement planning is a valuable tool that we recommend using to plan and...
by Shannon Pepper | Feb 20, 2024 | Asset Management
We want our assets doing their intended function as much as possible, but how do we make that happen? One way is the concept of reliability. Reliability helps us ensure we are doing the right maintenance activities to keep our assets in proper working order as much as...
by Shannon Pepper | Jul 31, 2023 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Access to Water Funding Sources, Additional Support Organizations, Asset Management
“Our water and sewer infrastructure is aging out.” “Deteriorating infrastructure with capacity that no longer meets demand.” “Looking for info to help change city water policy on deposit vs. connection fee for account holders.” So many needs. So little time. Such is...
