by Shannon Pepper | Dec 5, 2022 | Managerial & Financial Leadership, Resilience, Risk and Resiliency to Climate Hazards
Service delivery interruptions due to unforeseen events can be inconvenient or costly at best, and dangerous at worst. Luckily, there are many free tools and resources available to help you get started with basic steps towards a more resilient and prepared utility or...
by Ava Gude | May 17, 2022 | Water Operator Certification, Workforce Development
“No operators, no water.” – American Water Works Association Expanding access to water operator training materials is critical to the operations and maintenance of our small rural water systems. Many aspiring water operators, however, do not have access to...
by Katie Sankel | May 15, 2019 | Access to Water Funding Sources, Funding Coordination
The Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (EFC at UNC) has created several free resources that are relevant to water utilities in addressing the challenges and questions related to resilience and disaster recovery. These...
by Katie Sankel | May 15, 2019 | Water System Collaboration
In practice, the EFC has seen interlocal agreements ranging from one page to over 30 pages. Longer is not always better, but the considerations laid out in this guidance document are a good starting point for identifying the types of things that should be included...
