by Shannon Pepper | Jan 12, 2023 | Access to Water Funding Sources, Additional Support Organizations
Finding funding for your small water system can be tough. Luckily, technical assistance programs exist today to help connect utility operators and managers with the right teams to help you plan for the new and unexpected, understand local and federal requirements,...
by Shannon Pepper | Jan 5, 2023 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Access to Water Funding Sources
Both nationally and internationally, many assume that residents of the United States live with universal access to drinking water and sanitation. However, according to data from the American Community Survey and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 489,836 US...
by Shannon Pepper | Jan 3, 2023 | Financial Management, Fiscal Planning & Rate Setting
Sound financial management can be one of the most difficult aspects of running a utility or system. This blog will break that process down into four basic parts, addressing wastewater system financial statements, budgets, rate setting, and affordability. ...
by Shannon Pepper | Dec 13, 2022 | Communications and Outreach, Conservation, Risk and Resiliency to Climate Hazards, Wastewater
If someone asked you to drink reclaimed wastewater, what would you say? What if they asked you to drink purified water? Clearly the latter sounds more appealing, but both these terms are often used to talk about the same thing: wastewater from homes and businesses...
by Shannon Pepper | Dec 12, 2022 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Access to Water Funding Sources, Grant Writing
Many of us have been there. The Request for Proposals (RFP) drops and immediately the wheels start turning. Do we have a project that fits? If not, can we develop one? Can we do the work for the amount of money available? Do we have the time to write a proposal? The...
