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“One Water” Approach for Improvement in Water Resource Management

“One Water” Approach for Improvement in Water Resource Management

by Jennifer Egan | Mar 24, 2020 | Utility Management

In most U.S. water systems, drinking, waste, and stormwater, are managed separately and each has its own costs to safely provide clean water for society. However, this traditional approach does not recognize the vital importance of freshwater as a finite resource with...
Utilities Have a New Financing Option to Protect Drinking Water Sources

Utilities Have a New Financing Option to Protect Drinking Water Sources

by Martha Sheils | Feb 20, 2020 | Access to Water Funding Sources, Financial Management

The principal mission of public water systems is to supply clean, safe drinking water to the public. Several very good economic studies exist that demonstrate that protection of the land surrounding drinking water sources is the most economical and most effective way...
Operating at a Deficit: Solutions to a Water and Wastewater Operator Shortage

Operating at a Deficit: Solutions to a Water and Wastewater Operator Shortage

by UNCEFC | Dec 12, 2019 | Utility Management, Workforce Development

Across the country, communities are dealing with a water and wastewater operator shortage within their treatment plants. This shortage – largely due to retirements occurring in an aging workforce – is leaving many municipalities in need of immediate replacements or...
Four Words that Forward-Thinking Utilities Should Rethink

Four Words that Forward-Thinking Utilities Should Rethink

by Leslie Garren | Nov 13, 2019 | Communications and Outreach, Rates, Utility Management

Each quarter, the Oxford English Dictionary adds new and revised words to the official dictionary. The latest update included more than 650 new words, senses, and subentries, including: “fake news,” “xoxo,” and “Jedi mind trick.” Out of the roughly 172,000 words in...
Metrics and Methods to Determine Principal Forgiveness Eligibility: Highlighting EPA Regions 9 and 10

Metrics and Methods to Determine Principal Forgiveness Eligibility: Highlighting EPA Regions 9 and 10

by Claudia Flores | Aug 1, 2019 | Affordability, Financial Management

In 2018, the Environmental Finance Center (EFC) published findings from a study that assessed the metrics and criteria used to determine principal forgiveness eligibility in the state revolving funds (SRFs) in EPA Region 4. To complete a more comprehensive analysis,...
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