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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...
Earth Day 2018: Plastics are just part of the problem.
On April 22, 1970, a great movement of people mobilized to lift environmental issues onto the world stage. The first Earth Day is often cited as the birth of the modern-day environmental movement - the Environmental Protection Agency, the Clean Water Act, and the...
WaterNow’s Project Accelerator – Round Two.
Deadline: June 15th
Does your water agency have a project that could use a shot of adrenaline? If you have a sustainable water project that is struggling to get started, or has hit a roadblock where some outside expertise can make a difference, consider applying to WaterNow's Project...
2018 WaterNow Impact Award: Winners Announced
Congratulations to Commissioner Vietor & Moulton Niguel Board of Directors “One Water” integrated water management involves rethinking traditional approaches to water, matching the right water source for the right use to build local resilience and supply security....
5 Things to be Excited about at WaterNow’s Annual Summit: Accelerating Innovation
We’re just two weeks away from the 3rd Annual WaterNow Alliance Summit in Salt Lake City. I’m so excited to be joined by WaterNow members, public officials, partner organizations and thought leaders from across the nation as we converge at the University of Utah to...
Spotlight: From Water Tech in Tel Aviv to Water Sustainability in the West – A Conversation with the Newest WaterNow Alliance Team Member
Brief Bio: Sarah recently joined the WaterNow Alliance team as the Communications & Outreach Manager. Sarah has a background in community management, strategic partnerships, project management, and communication. Her prior work includes research and development,...
Sci-Fi or New Reality? Why Cape Town’s Day Zero is More Likely Than it Seems
“Day Zero” is the day the City of Cape Town will turn off all residential water taps. The city’s roughly 4 million residents will wait in line at guarded community water taps to collect their daily water rations. Without substantial increases in precipitation and...
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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,...