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.
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Webcast: WaterSMART EWRP Grants
Click below to watch WaterNow's October, 21,2021, WaterSMART EWRP Grants webinar. You can find WaterNow's full WaterSMART EWRP Grants toolkit section, which includes eligibility information, case studies and more here. You can also access the slides from the webinar here.
Webcast: Leveraging WaterSMART Grants
Click below to watch WaterNow's August, 18,2021, WaterSMART Grants webinar. You can find WaterNow's full WaterSMART Grants toolkit, which includes eligibility information, case studies and more here. You can also access the slides from the webinar here.
Introduction to TiR Toolkit
Webcast: Leveraging HUD Loans
Leveraging HUD Section 108 Loans for Innovative Water Infrastructure Investments
Click below to watch WaterNow's July 21, 2021, HUD Section 108 webinar. You can find WaterNow's full HUD Section 108 loans toolkit, which includes eligibility information, case studies and more here. You can also access the slides from the webinar here.
Webinar: Leveraging SRFs
Click the video below to watch WaterNow June 24, 2021, Leveraging State Revolving Funds for Innovative Water Infrastructure Investments webinar.
Mapping Inequality
Mapping Inequality: Environmental Justice and Systemic Racism
Watch EPA's March 4, 2021, webinar on The Mapping Inequality Project as part of EPA's speaker series on Environmental Justice and Systemic Racism.
Water Affordability in the United States
Presentation: Water Affordability in the United States
Presentation: Water Affordability in the United StatesIn this webinar hosted by the California Water Data Collaborative, Dr. Casey Wichman describes research on water affordability trends and practices in the United States, as well as the value of CaDC data and analysis tools for his active research projects. In this study, Dr. Casey Wichman and Diego Cardoso (Ph.D. candidate) document the extent of water affordability concerns in the US across income, geography, and race. Their estimates capture approximately 45% of the US population, and find that 1 in 7 households in the study are above EPA's affordability threshold. Dr. Wichman's presentation also offers policy tools for addressing water affordability concerns, including price models designed to keep rates affordable for lower income households and lump-sum rebates.
Watch a recording of the presentation below.
Dr. Casey Wichman (Assistant Professor, Georgia Tech, School of Economics) is an applied microeconomist working on issues at the intersection of environmental and public economics. His research focuses on how people interact with the natural and built environment, and what that behavior reveals about the value of environmental amenities.
The California Data Collaborative (CaDC) is a network of water professionals collaborating to create tools and applied research supporting planning and analysis. CaDC envisions a water industry inspired and empowered to make informed data-driven decisions responsive to tomorrow's water needs.
