by Shannon Pepper | Oct 29, 2024 | Complying with Wastewater Regulations, Decentralized Wastewater Systems, Source Water Protection
Image credit: Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Project Background There are approximately 83,000 cesspools in the State of Hawaii, releasing an estimated 50 million gallons per day (mgd) of wastewater...
by Mark Ogrentz | Dec 19, 2023 | Compliance with Wastewater Regulations, General Management & Finance, News, Policy and Legislation, Pollution & Water Quality, Source Water Protection, Wastewater
The EPA published final recommended ambient water quality criteria to address nutrient pollution in lakes and reservoirs under Section 304(a) of the Clean Water Act in August 2021. These recommendations address water quality standards for Total Nitrogen and Total...
by Shannon Pepper | May 24, 2023 | Source Water Protection
Martha Graham, Source Water Protection Specialist at New Mexico Rural Water Association, discusses the importance of a source water protection assessment and plan with the EFCN team. We dive into source water protection for small water systems and water systems in New...
by Shannon Pepper | Dec 20, 2022 | Risk and Resiliency to Climate Hazards, Source Water Protection
Tune in for a discussion of how wildfires impact wastewater and drinking water systems. As climate change further exacerbates natural disasters, water and wastewater systems will be put at greater risk for service and infrastructure failure or malfunction. In this...
by Shannon Pepper | Dec 15, 2022 | Compliance with Drinking Water Regulations, Source Water Protection
This podcast describes what a sanitary survey is, its elements, and how conducting these surveys help protect the water supply from pollution sources.
by Shannon Pepper | Dec 9, 2022 | Green Infrastructure, Risk and Resiliency to Climate Hazards, Source Water Protection, Stormwater
Join us for the second podcast in a series exploring green infrastructure for small water, wastewater, and stormwater systems and utilities. Shannon Pepper, from the Southwest Environmental Finance Center, interviews Cameron Weber from Rio Grande Return, a nonprofit...
