by Glenn Barnes | Oct 3, 2018 | Utility Management, Workforce Development
Some of our workshops for small drinking water systems cover the topic of workforce planning—how do we keep our best employees, and how do we find more great employees to bring on board? As part of the day, we ask all participants to share how they got into the water...
by Carol Rosenfeld | Sep 19, 2018 | Financial Management, Risk and Resiliency to Climate Hazards
What could make the difference between a utility making it through an event like Hurricane Florence with relatively few impacts, and one that has major, lasting problems? Imagine two utilities, just over the county line from one another, with the same assets that are...
by Matt Ziegler | Aug 7, 2018 | Water Operator Certification, Workforce Development
Are you interested in where our drinking water comes from, or how our cities and towns handle all of the wastewater that is generated by our modern society? Do you care about the health of your community and its future? Are you looking for a career that pays well with...
by UNCEFC | Aug 1, 2018 | Partnerships
Did you know there are over 250 publicly owned small water systems serving less than 1,000 connections in North Carolina? In the case of water and wastewater utilities, bigger can often mean better. Below we explore an aging system that stands to benefit significantly...
by UNCEFC | Jul 19, 2018 | Communications and Outreach, Utility Management
At a recent conference, we asked utility managers and operators to tell us about their everyday communication challenges. Again and again, we heard that communicating with customers about the value of the service their utility provides was difficult, because too...