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WaterNow’s New Colorado Project Accelerator Communities
We’re excited to introduce our next Colorado Project Accelerator partner communities! Through Project Accelerator, WaterNow supports local governments and water agencies in implementing innovative and community-oriented water management projects. Today, we welcome...
Supporting Safe Sanitation on World Toilet Day
November 19th marks this year's World Toilet Day, a United Nations designation designed to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis. Worldwide, 3.5 billion people live without safely managed sanitation, including over 1 million households in the United...
Announcing WaterNow’s Newest Project Accelerator Participants
WaterNow is excited to announce the newest Project Accelerator participants! Through Project Accelerator, we partner with communities and water agencies to champion sustainable, innovative water solutions. Today we announce three new Accelerator projects that we will...
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...
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...
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 Announces Third Round of Colorado Regional Accelerator Projects
Through Project Accelerator, WaterNow partners with communities and water agencies to implement affordable, climate resilient, and equitable water solutions. Building upon the successes of two prior Colorado Regional Accelerators, this latest application cycle...
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Water Utilities and Community Groups Are Partnering to Host Community Water Academies & Build Trust
After a competitive application round with many promising proposals, WaterNow Alliance and River Network are excited to announce the selection of four utility community-group partnerships to co-host a Community Water Academy in: Aurora, Colorado Frisco, Texas...