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 | Sep 28, 2022 | Communications and Outreach, Green Infrastructure, Source Water Protection, Stormwater
When I meet with any community to discuss water quality issues, especially a group that is reluctant to implement stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs), the first question I always ask is, “Do you know where your drinking water comes from?” It never ceases to...
by Jerry Gunasegaram | Jul 27, 2022 | Conservation, Energy Management, Green Infrastructure
Reducing energy costs is one of the few options available to water systems to decrease costs. Energy costs represent the largest controllable cost of providing water services and make up as much as 40 percent of operating costs. Not only that, experts project that...
by Jerry Gunasegaram | Jul 26, 2022 | General Management & Finance, Green Infrastructure, Infrastructure Renewal/ Replacement, Managerial & Financial Leadership
This webinar will help you move forward with a capital improvement plan for your utility. “Ask the Expert” webinars are a unique opportunity to ask questions and receive feedback from capital improvement planning professionals or listen to Q&A from...
by Shannon Pepper | Jul 11, 2022 | Green Infrastructure, Risk and Resiliency to Climate Hazards, Source Water Protection
This is the first of three episodes in an EFCN podcast series about green infrastructure. Susannah Drake, founding principal of DLAND studio in Brooklyn, NY (which has recently merged with Sasaki Associates), discusses why green infrastructure, though it is commonly...
