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Announcing the 2024 Emerging Leader Award Winners!
WaterNow Alliance is thrilled to announce the exceptional winners of our fourth annual Emerging Leader Awards! These awards are dedicated to recognizing and empowering mid-level professionals from under-represented backgrounds in the water utility sector who showcase...
SFPUC’s New Grant Program Incentivizes Local Property Owners to Manage Stormwater Onsite
On February 19th, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) launched its new Green Infrastructure Grant Program. With a goal of reducing the amount of stormwater runoff entering SFPUC’s sewer system and improving system performance while also providing...
2019 WaterNow Impact and Leadership Award: Winners Announced
Carole Baker, President and CEO Texas Water Foundation The WaterNow Leadership Award recognizes and honors leaders of extraordinary vision who, throughout their careers, have had a major impact in advancing sustainable water management strategies, and protecting water...
Introducing Tap Into Resilience! – The Groundbreaking New Resource for Building a Water Resilient Future
Communities nationwide are facing a dizzying array of water challenges from drought, to failing infrastructure, to flooding, to water quality decline. Local water leaders – responsible for the vast majority of water infrastructure spending – are on the front lines...
Sustainability Spotlight: Communication is the Key to our Water Future
On March 27 – 28, 2019, 150 water leaders from across the nation will come together for Tap into Resilience: WaterNow’s 4th Annual Summit in Austin. This year's summit will emphasize the untapped potential for local and green infrastructure, innovative financing, and...
WaterNow’s Project Accelerator Round Three: Deadline: April 24
Since launching Project Accelerator in the fall of 2017, I have had the opportunity to work with four different cities and water utilities across the US on projects from incentivizing water efficient home construction to building out a water-efficient landscape...
San Antonio Water System: Scaling drought resilience with community-wide conservation
Over the last few decades, water supply in San Antonio had become increasing limited due to legislative restrictions on municipal aquifers, rapid population growth and an expanding economy, a period of prolonged drought, and a need to meet the requirements of the Endangered Species Act.
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WaterNow Announces Third Regional Accelerator in Colorado
We are excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the next round of Project Accelerator. This round will focus on Colorado communities, providing 250 hours of pro-bono assistance to support innovative projects in sustainable and equitable water...