by Brandy Espinola | Oct 23, 2017 | Risk and Resiliency to Climate Hazards
From emergency services to agriculture and food systems, to manufacturing industries, our critical infrastructure systems rely heavily on water. So much so that following a loss of water services, critical infrastructure can begin to degrade rapidly. According to the...
by Heather Himmelberger | Oct 19, 2017 | Financial Management
I thoroughly enjoy having my conventional thinking turned on its head, which is even more fun when it affects conventional wisdom in general. So here goes… What gap are we talking about here? We often think of the gap as the difference between the money we have and...
by Glenn Barnes | Oct 18, 2017 | Financial Management, Utility Management
My colleague Stacey Isaac Berahzer, a senior project director here at the Environmental Finance Center, made her podcast debut this week on The Water Values Podcast, a series specifically focused on drinking water finance and management. The Water...
by Heather Himmelberger | Oct 4, 2017 | Asset Management
When you think about your facility – be it water, wastewater, stormwater, or any other set of assets – are your assets managing you, are you managing your assets or are you practicing asset management? The distinctions between the latter two ideas may not seem all...
by Stacey Berahzer | Sep 18, 2017 | Risk and Resiliency to Climate Hazards
Millions of United States citizens continue to battle the effects of massive hurricanes this month. Many have lost electric and water service. As water and wastewater utilities struggle to get their systems up and running again, some are in a better position than...
