The WaterNow Alliance Blog

Councilmember Dick White has served on the Durango City Council since 2011, including two one-year rotations as Mayor. He has also served on the boards of numerous organizations including the Southwest Colorado Renewable Energy Society, Durango’s Utility Commission,...

Last week Governor Brown signed two companion bills to put California on the path to greater water use efficiency in light of climate change and the reality that water utilities are facing a “new normal.” These bills – SB 606 (Hertzberg) and AB 1668 (Friedman) – grew...

We're excited to welcome Caroline to the WaterNow Alliance Team as our new Water Policy Specialist. Caroline is an environmental attorney with broad experience representing non-profit organizations advocating for the protection of California's water and public trust...

From the Executive Director, Cynthia Koehler: Public water utilities, particularly larger ones, are expert in financing water infrastructure. To build treatment facilities, pump stations, pipelines or reservoirs, they float low-cost municipal bonds, which generate...

From the Executive Director, Cynthia Koehler: At WaterNow’s recent Summit in Salt Lake City, we asked our attendees whether they were familiar with the term “distributed infrastructure.” Some were and others were not, but a significant number said they wouldn’t refer...

From the Executive Director, Cynthia Koehler:   On May 7, 2018, a little-known accounting organization approved a technical implementation guide indicating that public utilities have the option of capitalizing certain costs, such as reimbursing customers for...