by Andrea Kopaskie | Aug 24, 2017 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Access to Water Funding Sources
Attention all North Carolinian water and wastewater systems: the State Water Infrastructure Authority announced that $168.5 million in water and wastewater funding will be available this upcoming fall. In response to this announcement, the North Carolina Department of...
by Leslie Garren | May 31, 2017 | Workforce Development
Written by: Tonya Bronleewe & Leslie Kimble Tonya Bronleewe is a Project Manager at the Wichita State University Environmental Finance Center. Leslie Kimble is a Marketing Coordinator at the Wichita State University Environmental Finance Center. Have you ever read...
by Sarah Diefendorf | May 16, 2017 | Risk and Resiliency to Climate Hazards
There is quite a bit of talk about resiliency today and it seems as though there are numerous definitions and uses to fit just about any circumstance. There are schools of thought dedicated to data resilience, military resilience, and even psychological resilience....
by Dawn Nall | Mar 16, 2017 | Energy Management
For many water systems, the electric (or energy) bill is one of the largest expenses regularly incurred by the water utility. It is also one of the most controllable expenses a water utility will have. Most energy providers charge different rates for different types...
by Jeff Hughes | Jan 11, 2017 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Access to Water Funding Sources
What is WIFIA? WIFIA stands for the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, the name of the federal act that authorized an interesting new federally managed water and wastewater infrastructure funding mechanism. WIFIA includes both direct loans and a new...
