FUNDING RESOURCES

• What Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Means For Rivers

  This past week President Biden unveiled his American Jobs Plan, proposing a nearly $2.3 trillion investment in our national infrastructure. Does this bold plan do enough for rivers?

• $500 Million Now Available For Pre-Disaster Mitigation Projects

  Climate change and the need for mitigation efforts for disaster control have resulted in more federal funding available for public entities throughout the U.S.

• WWEMA Window: Conflict — Sounds Bad, But Is It Really Good?

  Conflict is all around us. Even the most well-run organizations will encounter conflict in their daily operations, and sometimes, healthy conflict is a sign that things are running well. The natural result of competing interests and limited resources, conflict can be an opportunity to refine and improve processes, outcomes, and relationships across an organization. When managed poorly, it can also be a serious hindrance to getting things done and deplete employee morale. In our personal and professional lives, people often go to great lengths to avoid conflict and the sometimes unsettling feelings it evokes, but is that really the wisest choice?

• Now Is The Time To Rethink America's Infrastructure And Grow The Economy

  Like many parts of the economy, the engineering sector has been negatively affected by the COVID-induced downturn. Based on the federal government’s own numbers, the engineering and design sector’s revenue declined by 7 percent in 2020, and the ACEC Research Institute's newly released 2021-2025 Engineering Industry Forecast projects another 4 percent decline in 2021 before recovery begins to kick in during the second half of the year. The industry will grow modestly (3 percent annually) from 2022-2024, primarily due to pandemic-related stimulus spending, but then will tail off slightly in 2025.

• Water Is Life — And American Infrastructure Must Be Modern

  What the recent water- and wastewater-related disasters in the U.S. should teach us

• Help For Small Water Systems Might Be Closer Than You Thought

  Due to limits in personnel or resources, small community water systems often have a tough time funding and implementing needed upgrades. A recent webinar on Leveraging Regional Development Organizations to Support Small Water Systems, hosted by the Environmental Finance Center Network (EFCN), shows how collaboration can make a difference by integrating water-system concerns into a broader approach to overall community concerns.

• Major Water Infrastructure Projects Available Throughout The U.S.

  Billions of dollars are spent each year to renew, replace, expand, or upgrade water systems. The need to do more, and spend more, increases each year. That’s because the country’s aging water infrastructure has been neglected for too long.

• The Hidden Workforce Transition Underway

  As water system owners contemplate retirement, they should also ponder the fate of their businesses and the options available for the transition of assets.

• 2021 Prime For Water Infrastructure Contracting Opportunities

  Industry leaders throughout America are sounding alarms about the dire state of water infrastructure in the U.S. A new report warns that too many public officials are ignoring repercussions that can be anticipated because of under-investing in drinking water resources and wastewater systems each year.

• InfoAsset Planner Helps The Largest US Water And Wastewater Utility Save 10% A Year

  Large utilities need to maintain high levels of service when it comes to water and wastewater systems. If they do not they risk failures, fines, and costly reactive maintenance. This specific organization was looking to find a solution that could improve decision support models and monitoring data integrity.