Building Trust Between Water Utilities & Community Organizations
Trust between water utilities and community organizations is critical for successful decision making and investing that leads to safe, clean and sustainable water for all. In this video, meet two partnerships that have found success in Tucson, AZ, and New Orleans, LA. Their lessons and others featured in our Building Blocks of Trust report can help seed and inspire many more such relationships – including in your community!
Webinar: Building Capacity Through Partnerships
Meeting Water Challenges with Equitable Distributed Infrastructure
Watch WaterNow’s Meeting Water Challenges with Equitable Distributed Infrastructure virtual seminar. You can download the seminar slides here.
Expanding Frontline Communities’ Access to Federal Funding
Watch WaterNow's July 20, 2022, Expanding Frontline Communities' Access to Federal Funding virtual seminar. You can find the slides here.
Briefing: Implementing the BIL & Justice40
Member Briefing: EPA's Strategies for Ensuring Equitable Access to SRFs
Click the link below to download the slides from WaterNow's June 15, 2022, member briefing. You can watch the recording here.
Briefing: Implementing the BIL & Justice40
Watch WaterNow's June 15, 2022, Member Briefing: EPA's Strategies for Ensuring Equitable Access to SRFs webinar. You can find the slides here.
The Power of Debt
Conservation Finance Learning Lab: Part III: The Power of Debt: Borrowing Money to Save the World
Watch this webinar from the Conservation Finance Network and Highstead focused on the benefits and sources of debt alongside repayment pathways as ways to finance land conservation, and close funding gaps.
Co-Hosts: Tara Whalen, Manager of Conservation Finance Programs, Highstead; Leigh Whelpton, Executive Director, The Conservation Finance
Network Panelists: Kristin DeBoer, Executive Director, Kestrel Land Trust; Reggie Hall, Director, Conservation Loans, The Conservation Fund; Cam Tredennick, Principal, TTCT Land and Water
Webinar: Financing Innovation
Watch WaterNow's February 10, 2022, Financing Innovation: Colorado State Revolving Fund webinar. You can find the slides here.
Peer Call
Authentic & Equitable Relationships Between Community Organizations and Water Utilities
Trust between water utilities and community organizations is critical for successful decision making and investing that leads to safe, clean, and sustainable water for all. Watch River Network and WaterNow Alliance's peer call to learn how strong relationships between local water utilities and community organizations are built and maintained to work together for clean and safe water and healthy rivers. On the call you will hear what we learned from successful partnerships around the country while developing the Building Blocks of Trust: Creating Authentic and Equitable Relationships Between Community Organizations and Water Utilities report. We also dive into the best practices identified and showcase the case studies from workgroup members so you can apply them locally to create and bolster your relationships to help improve the health of waterways and communities.
Webinar: Nature-Based Infrastructure Solutions
Green and Nature-Based Infrastructure Solutions for New England
The AAAS Center for Scientific Evidence in Public Issues (AAAS EPI Center) hosted a webinar examining green and nature-based infrastructure solutions for the New England region. Developed in consultation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region 1, panelists from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), as well as the Trust for Public Lands explored various opportunities, processes, and access points available to communities for the equitable planning and implementation of green and nature-based infrastructure in New England.
Click the link below to watch the webinar.
