by Shannon Pepper | Jun 22, 2023 | Managerial & Financial Leadership, Partnerships, Water System Collaboration
This blog explains how regional development organizations (RDOs) can assist their local drinking water and wastewater systems in new ways. If you are part of a water or wastewater system, keep reading to learn how your area’s RDO can assist you with your system’s most...
by Shannon Pepper | Aug 8, 2022 | Funding Coordination, Partnerships, Resilience
Staff working at small water systems know that the key to stretching limited funding is to live out the motto ‘do less with more.’ Such systems typically will have staff who are individually tasked with portfolios as disparate as handling technical processes...
by Jerry Gunasegaram | Jul 27, 2022 | Affordability, Asset Management, Financial Management, Fiscal Planning & Rate Setting, Funding Coordination, General Management & Finance, Partnerships
Running a small system can be challenging. Along with meeting regulatory obligations and satisfying customer expectations, you may have issues with aging infrastructure, lack of personnel, and limited financial resources. Furthermore, small systems often cost more to...
by Jerry Gunasegaram | Jul 26, 2022 | Affordability, Financial Management, Partnerships
Small systems are finding it harder and harder to achieve the balance between meeting their obligations to provide safe and reliable water and the ever-growing costs to meet these obligations. Considering regionalization needs to be part of the discussion when it...
by Jerry Gunasegaram | Jul 26, 2022 | Partnerships, Workforce Development
Though running a small system can be challenging, partnership-building and workforce development strategies can help you identify collaboration opportunities to benefit your small system while also ensuring that you attract and retain a strong internal team. This...
