by UNCEFC | Dec 17, 2021 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Access to Water Funding Sources, Infrastructure Renewal/ Replacement
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) was signed into law on November 15, 2021. This legislation includes $50 billion for water/wastewater infrastructure, distributed over 5 years, and the allocations per state were released in early December. There are...
by Southwest EFC | Dec 14, 2021 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Access to Water Funding Sources, Source Water Protection
Nonpoint source pollution can be a complex and daunting problem. Unlike industrial and sewage plant pollution, Nonpoint source pollution (NPS) comes from many diffuse sources, making this issue difficult for many systems to address. As part of our Smart Management for...
by UNCEFC | Oct 5, 2021 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Access to Water Funding Sources
Passed in March of 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act designated $350 billion for State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. These funds go directly to states, tribal governments, and local municipalities, though small municipalities (also called Non-entitlement units or...
by Allison Perch | Nov 3, 2020 | Delinquency Rate / Disconnects
On October 5th, two House Democrats, Harley Rouda and Rashida Tlaib, submitted this letter to ask the director of the CDC to give a nation-wide moratorium on water disconnections due to non-payment through the state of emergency because of COVID-19. While this is at...
by UNCEFC | Oct 14, 2020 | Delinquency Rate / Disconnects, Rates
August has been a key transition month for local government utilities in North Carolina as EO 124/142 (which prohibited disconnections due to non-payment for residential utility accounts) has expired, payment plans are required to be in place, and Governor Cooper just...
