by Sami Stroud | May 26, 2026 | Community Engagement, Funding Pipeline to Success
With limited staff, limited funding, and aging assets, small wastewater systems often face major infrastructure challenges. Projects such as lagoon upgrades, sewer line replacements, lift station repairs, treatment plant improvements, or infiltration and inflow (I/I)...
by Sami Stroud | May 15, 2026 | Asset Management
Source: SW EFC’s Integrated Asset Management Framework Introduction Asset management is a framework that provides water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities with tools and practices that can assist a system in operating, maintaining, and managing assets in a...
by Sami Stroud | Apr 29, 2026 | Communications and Outreach, Managerial & Financial Leadership, Utility Management
©GettyImages via Canva.com For many utility professionals, handling the day-to-day tasks of operations, maintenance, repair and administration in their daily work comes naturally with experience. However, there may come a time in the careers of operators,...
by Sami Stroud | Apr 22, 2026 | Decentralized Wastewater Systems, Wastewater
Plastic septic tank being installed. (Photo courtesy of the Mississippi Water Resources Research Institute) Septic tanks play a critical role in on-site wastewater treatment for homes that are not connected to municipal sewer systems. Two of the most common materials...
by Sami Stroud | Apr 17, 2026 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Access to Water Funding Sources, Access to Water/ Wastewater Funding Sources, Financial Management
Now that you have done some necessary capital improvement preparation at your system by completing your financial audits and general financial health check, doing a rate analysis and rate adjustment, developing or updating your Asset Management Plan, identifying your...
