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 20, 2022 | Risk and Resiliency to Climate Hazards, Source Water Protection
Tune in for a discussion of how wildfires impact wastewater and drinking water systems. As climate change further exacerbates natural disasters, water and wastewater systems will be put at greater risk for service and infrastructure failure or malfunction. In this...
by Shannon Pepper | Dec 16, 2022 | General Management & Finance, Managerial & Financial Leadership
This podcast discusses the Effective Utility Management framework as a tool to improve management capacity from the perspective of an operator moving into management.
by Shannon Pepper | Dec 16, 2022 | Policy and Legislation, Stormwater, Wastewater
This podcast provides an overview of the Clean Water Act, the main provisions, history, and environmental benefits.
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...
