by Shannon Pepper | May 8, 2024 | Communications and Outreach, Decentralized Wastewater Systems
In this episode Dawn Nall from the Southwest Environmental Finance Center interviews Sarah Diefendorf and Elaine McCarty from the EFC West, or soon to be Capacity Collaborative, on the impact unknowns have on septic systems and the communities they influence. Septic...
by Shannon Pepper | May 3, 2024 | Communications and Outreach, Treatment Processes, Wastewater, Wastewater Reuse & Reclamation
Interested in water reuse and reclamation? Learn from the ones who pioneered the process! Tucson Arizona’s Reclaimed Water System, which uses recycled wastewater for landscape irrigation, is celebrating their 40th anniversary this month. Join Southwest EFC...
by Shannon Pepper | Feb 20, 2024 | Asset Management
We want our assets doing their intended function as much as possible, but how do we make that happen? One way is the concept of reliability. Reliability helps us ensure we are doing the right maintenance activities to keep our assets in proper working order as much as...
by Shannon Pepper | Jan 2, 2024 | Wastewater
In this episode, we dive into collection systems. We discuss the basic components that make up collection systems and their objectives. Wastewater starts at your home, then travels to the wastewater treatment plant: we will discuss all the parts that get it there....
by Shannon Pepper | Oct 27, 2023 | Risk and Resiliency to Climate Hazards, Wastewater
Severe storms and flooding can cause problems for wastewater systems whenever they occur, but these events are happening more frequently and with more intensity due to climate change. The impacts of these events on wastewater systems are not limited to more frequent...