by Shannon Pepper | Apr 3, 2025 | Communications and Outreach, Decentralized Wastewater Systems
Image credit: Shutterstock More than one in five households in the U.S. depend on individual septic systems or small community cluster systems to treat their wastewater, with some states such as Vermont reporting that up to 55% of households use septic systems. Here...
by Shannon Pepper | Jun 13, 2024 | Communications and Outreach, Wastewater
In this episode, Dawn Nall from the Southwest Environmental Finance Center interviews Sarah Diefendorf and Elaine McCarty from the Capacity Collaborative on the importance of communicating in the wastewater industry. Sarah and Elaine reflect on their vast experience...
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 | Jul 21, 2022 | Communications and Outreach, Source Water Protection
Contaminants in a river might result in a simple fix: find the discharge, locate the leak, fix or replace the pipe. However, pollutants in the water can also be an indicator of a much more complex problem. For example, fecal coliform can come from many sources...
