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WaterNow’s 2024 Emerging Leaders: Diverse, Dedicated, Driven Changemakers
This has been a big month for WaterNow's Emerging Leader Program! Together with our partners at the Water Center at Penn, we gathered in Philadelphia to extend our congratulations to the 2024 Emerging Leader Award recipients. From the Awards Ceremony to the Emerging...
WaterNow Alliance and Western Resource Advocates Support the Passing of Broomfield’s New Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance!
Photo of Broomfield's Xeriscape Demonstration Garden. Photo credit: City and County of Broomfield. On August 22, 2023, the Broomfield City Council unanimously adopted Ordinance No. 2215 which amends the Broomfield Municipal Code to be one of the strongest waterwise...
Fall 2023 WaterSMART Grants: WaterNow Alliance Offers Support to Colorado Communities
Photo Credit: Sam Dellaporta on Unsplash.com The Bureau of Reclamation’s WaterSMART Program provides financial assistance for the efficient use of water in the Western United States. Each year, Reclamation (USBR) allocates millions of dollars in grant funding through...
A New Project Launches in Southwest Pennsylvania!
WaterNow is excited to announce a new Accelerator Project in Southwest Pennsylvania! Through Project Accelerator, we partner with communities and water agencies to champion sustainable, innovative water solutions. As part of our developing regional work in Southwest...
WaterNow Announces Regional Accelerator in Southwest Pennsylvania
Calling Southwest Pennsylvania water utilities and communities: apply for WaterNow’s Regional Project Accelerator! We are excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the next round of Project Accelerator – focused specifically on Southwest...
New Report Highlights How to Finance Green Infrastructure Establishment Costs
By Caroline Koch, Water Policy Director, WaterNow & Stephanie Vo, Senior Water Policy Associate, EPIC The Environmental Policy Innovation Center and WaterNow Alliance’s new report, Navigating Green Infrastructure Maintenance with Capitalized Establishment Costs,...
Investing in Local Water Infrastructure for a Resilient, Livable Future
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 water resources. Ninety-five percent or more...
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2024 TWLA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Workshop in Atlanta
WaterNow Alliance and AWWA recently hosted the Transformative Water Leadership Academy (TWLA) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Workshop in Atlanta. The cohort, comprised of water utility professionals from across the United States and Canada, came together to...