by Shannon Pepper | Nov 21, 2022 | Asset Management, General Management & Finance, Green Infrastructure
This podcast from the Southwest Environmental Finance Center discusses the new online Integrated Asset Management Framework, which blends green assets into the existing gray asset management framework. The framework is for water, wastewater, and stormwater systems of...
by Shannon Pepper | Oct 28, 2022 | General Management & Finance, Wastewater
Did you know there are three strategies that can help any wastewater utility improve its capacity? The US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) expresses the capacity of a utility in terms of technical, managerial, and financial—or TMF—capacities that work together...
by Shannon Pepper | Oct 10, 2022 | Communications and Outreach, General Management & Finance
Here in the digital age, approximately 7 out of 10 Americans use social media. We connect with our friends, co-workers, as well as businesses or services. If water and wastewater utilities dial in to this unique opportunity of having the digital world at their...
by Shannon Pepper | Sep 30, 2022 | General Management & Finance, Infrastructure Renewal/ Replacement, Managerial & Financial Leadership
Many rural communities across the country have long faced demographic challenges as the changing economy has continued to push residents towards jobs in urban and suburban centers. The remote work revolution and the reconsideration of living in rural areas ushered in...
by Shannon Pepper | Aug 26, 2022 | General Management & Finance, Water Justice
Many of us in the United States have come to expect clean running water and indoor plumping. While this convenience is often viewed as universal, over 2 million Americans today still do not share that luxury. Though analysis of water access inequity often focuses...
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...
