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Announcing Three New Project Accelerator Selections
WaterNow is excited to announce the winners of our Spring 2025 Project Accelerator application cycle! Project Accelerator provides 250 hours of pro bono support to communities and utilities to jumpstart innovative water management projects. The Accelerator focuses on...
WaterSMART Grant Application Support & Help Desk
Established in 2010, the Bureau of Reclamation’s WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow) Program provides federal leadership and financial assistance for the efficient use of water in the Western United States. Each year, Reclamation allocates...
Project Accelerator comes to Southwest Pennsylvania
WaterNow is excited to announce a new Accelerator Project in Southwest Pennsylvania! Through Project Accelerator, we partner with communities and water agencies to champion sustainable, innovative water solutions. As part of our developing regional work in Southwest...
Water Center at Penn and WaterNow: We Think This Is The Beginning Of A Beautiful Friendship…
By Cynthia Koehler, Executive Director, WaterNow Alliance & Howard Neukrug, Executive Director, Water Center at Penn We had been bumping into one another for years at conferences and meetings before one of our funders pulled together a group that they saw as...
Nominate an Outstanding Water Service Leader for an Emerging Leader Award!
WaterNow is excited to announce that nominations for the third annual Emerging Leader Awards are now open! The Emerging Leader Award is dedicated to celebrating and advancing mid-level professionals from under-represented backgrounds in the water utility space who are...
Now Open: Applications for the Colorado Regional Project Accelerator!
We are excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the next round of Project Accelerator—focused specifically on Colorado communities! Offering 250 hours of pro-bono assistance to support innovative projects in sustainable and equitable water...
Announcing WaterNow’s New Project Accelerator Winners
Through Project Accelerator, WaterNow partners with communities and water agencies to champion sustainable, innovative water solutions. Today we are excited to announce three new Accelerator projects that we will begin working with this fall. City of Charlottesville,...
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Fighting Fire with Funding: WaterNow’s New Wildfire Resilience Financing Dashboard
For many Colorado communities, wildfire resilience begins with healthy upstream watersheds. Nature-based strategies – like forest thinning, stream restoration, and erosion control – can make all the difference, but making a strong business case and securing long-term...