Lakeville, MA Workshop: Working Smarter to Save Money: Finance and Management...
Massachusetts Dept. of Environmental Protection, Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Southeast Regional Office 20 Riverside Drive, Lakeville, MA 02347 Date: 11/14/13 Time: 8:30 AM – 3:45 PM...
View ArticleLubbock, TX Managing Small Drinking Water Utilities in Times of Drought:...
South Plains Association of Governments, Board Room 1323 58th Street, Lubbock, TX 79412 Dates and Times: new date: February 25 – 26, 2014 Times: 02/25/2014: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM 02/26/2014: 8:30 AM –...
View ArticleWEBINAR: Water System Partnerships & Regionalization – Inter-system agreements
Location: Online – your computer! Cost: FREE! Date: 02/05/2014 Time: 2:30 – 3:30 pm EST / 11:30 – 12:30 PST Small water systems considered various methods of partnering with other water systems as a...
View ArticleWEBINAR: Water System Partnerships & Regionalization – System Mergers
Location: Online – your computer! Cost: FREE! Date: 02/12/2014 Time: 2:30 – 3:30 pm EST / 11:30 – 12:30 PST Small water systems should consider various methods of partnering with other water systems as...
View ArticleWEBINAR: Water System Partnerships & Regionalization – The Water Company Model
Location: Online – your computer! Cost: FREE! Date: 03/12/2014 Time: 2:30 – 3:30 pm EST / 11:30 – 12:30 PST Small drinking water systems have many options for partnership and regionalization. This...
View ArticleWEBINAR: Water System Partnerships & Regionalization – Water Supply
Location: Online – your computer! Cost: FREE! Date: 04/09/2014 Time: 1:30 – 2:30 pm EDT / 10:30 – 11:30 PDT Often small systems are reluctant to consider regionalization or collaborative approaches to...
View ArticleSioux Falls, SD Regional Cooperation – Asset Management
City of Sioux Falls, Public Works, Water Division 2100 North Minnesota Avenue, Sioux Falls, S.D. 57104 Date: 01/28/2014 Time: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM This workshop was part of our Regional Cooperation work...
View ArticleSioux Falls, SD Regional Cooperation – Asset Management
City of Sioux Falls, Public Works, Water Division 2100 North Minnesota Avenue, Sioux Falls, S.D. 57104 Date: 02/25/2014 Time: 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM This workshop was part of our Regional Cooperation work...
View ArticleMultiple Options for Small Drinking Water System Partnerships
Drinking water systems of all sizes can benefit from partnering with other water systems in many ways. Small drinking water systems in particular are most able to benefit from partnerships because of...
View ArticleCollaboration Opportunities for Small Drinking Water Systems
West Memphis Public Library 213 N. Avalon St., West Memphis, AR 72301 Date: 4/30/2014 Time: 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM Almost all systems face difficulties meeting regulatory compliance, providing excellent...
View ArticleFour Finance Facts About Flint
Written by: Jeff Hughes Jeff Hughes is the Director of the Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As this blog is being written, water and community managers...
View ArticleThree Strategies to Reduce Costs: Purchasing Partnerships for Water Systems
Written by: Lauren Joca Lauren Joca is a student intern at the UNC Environmental Finance Center pursing a Master’s degree in the School of Public Health and the Department of City and Regional...
View ArticleWater Utilities and Land Trusts: A Match Made in Heaven?
Written by: Ed Suslovic Ed Suslovic is a Program Associate at the New England Environmental Finance Center. There aren’t many organizations wondering what to do with all of their excess resources....
View ArticlePartnerships and Regionalization – A Real Life Situation
Written by: Tom Roberts, Community Assistance Manager, EFC at UNC Did you know there are over 250 publicly owned small water systems serving less than 1,000 connections in North Carolina? In the case...
View ArticleRDOs: Supporting Water Infrastructure and Improving Quality of Life
Written by Brett Schwartz, Associate Director, NADO Research Foundation This blog post is a condensed version of a more detailed article, available here. Every day, regional development organizations...
View ArticleStrengthening Utilities Through Consolidation: The Financial Impact
Written by: Erin Riggs and Jeff Hughes Click here to download the report A synthesis of the financial implications of consolidating water utilities based on the experience of eight communities. The US...
View ArticleWhat to Include in a Successful Interlocal Water and Wastewater Agreement
Written by: Erin Riggs Co-authored by: Liz Harvell Across North Carolina, population shifts, flooding and drought, changes in industry and manufacturing, and the continuous move toward a reduction in...
View ArticleRegionalization: Five Key Takeaways with Resources!
Written by Erin Riggs, Executive Director, EFC at University of North Carolina In the past few years, the EFC has been asked to evaluate the different financial impacts of regionalization, from simple...
View ArticleWastewater System Resilience: Tips to get started
South Cross Bayou Water Reclamation Facility (Florida). Image courtesy of joni m palmer. The Challenge Small communities that manage their own wastewater systems face significant barriers to building...
View ArticleGreen River Area Development District’s Hire to Operate (H2O) Program
This blog was originally posted at: https://www.nado.org/case-study-green-river-area-development-districts-hire-to-operate-h2o-program Water and wastewater systems across the country have faced...
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