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Announcing the Winners of WaterNow’s First Regional Project Accelerator
By Amy Weinfurter, Victoria Arling, and Georgia Beesemyer Drumroll please…. WaterNow is excited to announce our next round of Project Accelerator partners! Year after year, we are privileged to assist cities and water agencies in championing more sustainable,...
Stormwater Credits Explorer: Encouraging Participation in PWD Green Stormwater Infrastructure Retrofit Programs
By Zoe Cohen, Azavea and Caroline Koch, WaterNow Alliance The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) offers a number of incentives to encourage property owners to retrofit their property and install green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) to manage stormwater onsite. They...
New Report Recommends Financing and Policy Pathways for Full Scale Adoption of Localized Water Infrastructure
By Caroline Koch & Melissa Kelly It is no secret that in order to tackle its ongoing and future water challenges spanning drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater systems, the nation needs to significantly increase its investments in water infrastructure and...
Announcing WaterNow’s New Project Accelerator Winners
Drumroll please...WaterNow is excited to announce our next round of Project Accelerators! Every year we partner with cities and water agencies to champion sustainable, innovative water solutions. Today we announce two new Accelerator projects that we will begin...
Rachio: Making Sustainable Water Use Effortless and Personally Rewarding
At Rachio, whose mission is to "make sustainable water use effortless and personally rewarding", saving water has always been a major source of motivation and inspiration. With their smart sprinkler controllers and Rachio Thrive lawn care products, Rachio continues to...
The Smart Water Security Revolution – It’s Here: Exclusive 35% OFF Promo for Attendees of the Tap Into Resilience Virtual Summit
We are in the age of the Smart Water Revolution, which was kickstarted by a single product built in a garage and brought to market by a dynamic father-son duo. Gabe and Henry Halimi’s passion to help others prevent loss, one drip at a time, began a little over 10...
Fort Collins Utilities: A Four Decade Commitment to Cost-Effective Water Conservation
The City of Fort Collins is located in Colorado’s Northern Front Range 50 miles north of Denver. It rains an average of 16 inches per year with 237 sunny days. Like many Front Range Colorado communities, Fort Collins’ population is growing quickly. At the same time,...
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WaterNow Announces 1st Regional Accelerator in Colorado
By Cynthia Koehler and Amy Weinfurter WaterNow is excited to announce that applications for our Project Accelerator are now open. The Accelerator offers 250 hours of pro-bono technical assistance to water resource agencies to support innovative, sustainable and...