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Reclaiming Our Water: A Partnership
October 18, 2018How the Use of Reclaimed Water Can Help Conserve Millions of Gallons of Water Every Year. Post by Ryan Rinehart Ryan is a fellow in the 2018 Leaders in Environment … Read More about Reclaiming Our Water: A Partnership
Drinking Water & Wastewater, General InformationThe Nation’s Workforce Related to Water
October 3, 2018Some of our workshops for small drinking water systems cover the topic of workforce planning—how do we keep our best employees, and how do we find more great employees to … Read More about The Nation’s Workforce Related to Water
Drinking Water & Wastewater, Smart Management for Small Water SystemsFinancing Nutrient Management in North Carolina
September 27, 2018The EFC Enters Third Year of Considering Financing Strategies for Nutrient Management in the Jordan Lake Watershed. In 2016, the North Carolina legislature commissioned a six-year nutrient management study to … Read More about Financing Nutrient Management in North Carolina
Watersheds, Wetlands & StormwaterFinancial Resiliency and Future Plans
September 19, 2018What could make the difference between a utility making it through an event like Hurricane Florence with relatively few impacts, and one that has major, lasting problems? Imagine two utilities, … Read More about Financial Resiliency and Future Plans
Drinking Water & Wastewater, General InformationGrowing Economies and Shrinking Coastlines: Financing Wider Beaches
September 7, 2018As of 2014, NOAA estimated that about 40 percent of the US population lives in a county on the coast and these coastal counties are responsible for 56 million jobs. … Read More about Growing Economies and Shrinking Coastlines: Financing Wider Beaches
General Information, Watersheds, Wetlands & StormwaterThe Internet of Things and the Water World
August 24, 2018Post Authored by Elizabeth Kendrick Our previous post brought you Dr. Christine Boyle, founder and CEO of Valor Water Analytics (Valor), which works with utilities worldwide to introduce technologies that … Read More about The Internet of Things and the Water World
Drinking Water & WastewaterApparent Water Loss, Optimized Vision, and Entrepreneurship: Q&A with Valor Founder and CEO Dr. Christine Boyle
August 10, 2018Earlier this year, Valor Water Analytics (Valor) was acquired by Xylem Inc., a $13B water technology company that services utility and commercial clients across 150 countries. While this is big … Read More about Apparent Water Loss, Optimized Vision, and Entrepreneurship: Q&A with Valor Founder and CEO Dr. Christine Boyle
Drinking Water & WastewaterPartnerships and Regionalization—A Real Life Situation
August 1, 2018Did you know there are over 250 publicly owned small water systems serving less than 1,000 connections in North Carolina? In the case of water and wastewater utilities, bigger can … Read More about Partnerships and Regionalization—A Real Life Situation
Drinking Water & Wastewater, General Information, Smart Management for Small Water Systems