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WaterNow Launches New Program to Help Colorado Communities Finance Sustainable Water Projects at Scale
As Colorado communities strive to implement sustainable and resilient water infrastructure projects, securing funding is often a top challenge. To support communities’ efforts to overcome this challenge, WaterNow Alliance is excited to announce our new Colorado State...
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.
2019 WaterNow Alliance Impact Award – Nominations Open!
Who is your water hero? Have you or someone you know shown great leadership to champion one or more sustainable water solutions at the community or regional level? Perhaps this water hero has worked to champion the adoption of water ordinances, direct engagement on...
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ICYMI — Colorado Communities Share Advice on Securing WaterSMART Funds
WaterNow Alliance hosted a Water Wednesday Webinar, “Unlocking WaterSMART Funding: Insights and Success Stories from Colorado Communities”, on May 29, 2024 focused on sharing feedback from Colorado communities who have successfully received funding from U.S. Bureau of...





