Communities across the country are finding new channels for sustainable water solutions. See updates from the initiative, view upcoming opportunities to engage.
We’re working alongside communities to scale innovative water management strategies. Tap into the movement.
Communities across the country are grappling with the challenges of aging water infrastructure, regional management concerns, and a lack of funding to adequately address these integrated issues. As part of WaterNow Alliance’s mission to help water leaders solve their most pressing challenges, the team has launched the Tap into Resilience initiative to build water resilience at the community level and assist utilities nationwide with the adoption of localized water infrastructure.
WaterNow Alliance was recently successful in achieving new national policy guidance that unlocks large-scale capital funding for localized water solutions like efficiency programs and green infrastructure. Tap into Resilience brings new attention to this clarification and provides water leaders nationwide with the tools and inspiration to scale investment in sustainable, localized water infrastructure. Together we can responsibly combat growing stormwater, wastewater, and drinking water challenges. Jump in!
Our goals:
– Inspire water leaders to invest in and employ localized water solutions
– Spotlight the real-world benefits of localized strategies by elevating successful case studies from communities across the country
– Provide tangible resources to inform decision-makers, financiers, and ratepayers about decentralized water solutions and available capital funding for new infrastructure projects
Our communities need clean, affordable water and healthy, resilient ecosystems. Localized water solutions can help us get there, without breaking the bank. Join the movement and help lead the next chapter of water in the US.
Communities across the country are finding new channels for sustainable water solutions. See updates from the initiative, view upcoming opportunities to engage.
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By Peyton Siler Jones, Program Director of Sustainability, National League of Cities, in collaboration with Cynthia Koehler, Executive Director, WaterNow Alliance City leaders are essential decision makers in stewarding our…
[caption id="attachment_15326" align="alignnone" width="936"] Photo Credit: US Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation[/caption] Established in 2010, the Bureau of Reclamation’s WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow) Program…
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