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Water Infrastructure: Information on Selected Midsize and Large Cities with Declining Populations

Thursday, October 20th, 2016

Figure 1: Location of U.S. Cities with 2010 Populations of 50,000 and Greater That Experienced a Decline in Population from 1980 to 2010

Many midsize and large cities throughout the United States, including the Midwest and Northeast, have lost a substantial percentage of their population. These cities face the challenge of a corresponding decline in utility revenues from a loss of ratepayers, which makes it difficult to address their water infrastructure needs. Overall, water and wastewater utilities across the United States face substantial costs to maintain, upgrade, or replace aging and deteriorating infrastructure—approximately $655 billion for water and wastewater utilities over the next 20 years according to EPA’s most recent estimates.

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Tags: EPA, GAO, HUD, United States Government Accountability Office, Water Infrastructure
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Drinking Water, Equity, Infra Views, National, Wastewater

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September 15: Imagine A Day Without Water

Wednesday, September 14th, 2016

Imagine: No water to drink, or even to make coffee with. No water to shower, flush the toilet, or do laundry. Hospitals would close without water. Firefighters couldn’t put out fires and farmers couldn’t water their crops.

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Tags: US Water Alliance, Value of Water Coalition
Posted in Drinking Water, National, Show Us Your Infra, Wastewater, Water Treatment

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Richard Dolesh, Vice President of Conservation & Parks, National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA)

Thursday, September 8th, 2016

“The idea of green infrastructure in parks is beautifully suited to the whole notion of community engagement and empowerment…Citizens often feel they don’t have a voice in how their government works and the projects that they commit to and how money is spent, but in the notion of putting green infrastructure stormwater management in parks, it opens up a whole new realm of how and what citizens can do to influence the outcomes of how stormwater is managed.”

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Tags: National Recreation and Park Association, NRPA, Rich Dolesh, Richard J. Dolesh
Posted in Equity, Funding, Green, Guests on The Infra Blog, Public Parks & Recreation, Sustainability, The Infra Blog, Wastewater

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New Mexico: Water Project Dollars Slow to Spend

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016

Local ICIP Requests—Five Years (2017-2022)

Water, along with adequate roads and a skilled workforce, set the bar for economic growth. A deficiency in any of these three key factors lowers the state’s ability to attract, retain, and grow businesses and jobs for advancing citizen welfare. By itself, investment in water infrastructure would add 36 thousand jobs each year for 20 years in New Mexico, according to the National Association of Water Companies. But funding is in decline to support such an aggressive investment plan.

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Tags: LFC, New Mexico, New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee, NM, NMED
Posted in Drinking Water, Funding, Infra Views, Local, Policy, Wastewater, Water Treatment

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Green Infrastructure Improves Communities

Wednesday, July 27th, 2016

Through the Great Urban Parks Campaign, NRPA and APA are working to demonstrate the benefits of green infrastructure in urban communities. Using parks for green infrastructure is a creative and cost-effective alternative to gray infrastructure that allows nature to filter pollutants from rain water, reduce storm water issues and give communities access to more green space.

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Tags: Great Urban Parks Campaign, Green Infrastructure, Green Space, National Recreation and Park Association, NRPA, Video, YouTube
Posted in Environment, Public Parks & Recreation, Show Us Your Infra, Sustainability, Urban Planning, Wastewater

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Atlanta, GA: Making a Visible Difference in the Proctor Creek Watershed Through Information and Data

Monday, June 27th, 2016

Description: EPA is working to bring focused attention and coordinated action in more than 50 environmentally overburdened, underserved, and economically distressed communities. This involves listening to community leaders and residents to understand their needs and then working with local, state and other federal partners to leverage our collective resources in support of local goals. In […]

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Tags: Atlanta, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, GA, Georgia, Making a Visible Difference, Proctor Creek, stormwater, U..S. Environmental Protection Agency, US EPA, Water
Posted in Drinking Water, Equity, Funding, Local, Public Parks & Recreation, Show Us Your Infra, Sustainability, Urban Planning, Wastewater, Water Treatment

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2016 Strategic Directions: Water Industry Report

Friday, June 24th, 2016

Table 1 Rate the importance of each of the following challenges to the water/wastewater/stormwater industry.

BLACK & VEATCH INSIGHTS GROUP
Many, if not all issues considered most important to the water industry in 2016 appear linked to funding and cost concerns – the cost of addressing outdated systems at a time when traditional revenue streams are drying up and the political cost of pitching rate cases or alternative financing strategies to skeptical stakeholders…Or, the cost of water as it’s widely perceived by the public, whose understanding of the resources needed to treat and deliver a safe supply may compete with the industry’s ever-growing – and deferred – maintenance bill.

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Tags: Black & Veatch, Black & Veatch Insights Group, Strategic Directions Reports, Water, Water Industry
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Guest on The Infra Blog: Howard Neukrug, Senior Fellow, US Water Alliance

Thursday, June 9th, 2016

Howard Neukrug, Senior Fellow, US Water Alliance, on The Infra Blog

Howard Neukrug is a Senior Fellow at the US Water Alliance. In this capacity he provides strategic guidance on key Alliance initiatives, serves as an official spokesperson for the organization, and leads the development of publications and initiatives to advance a sustainable water future for all.

“We need to get ahead of this in terms of infrastructure—whether it’s water or telecom, streets, bridges, highways, airports—and move forward. What’s more important to the future of our country and our children than the infrastructure that we leave them? The fact that the infrastructure that has been left to us was remarkable and strong, and has served us well as a nation and helped us in our growth. And at some point this investment is going to have to be increased into the future…We’re going to have to find more money, and when we find the money it will never be enough to do everything that we want to do.”

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Tags: Howard Neukrug, One Water Summit, US Water Alliance, Water Infrastructure
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Drinking Water, Funding, Guests on The Infra Blog, National, Policy, The Infra Blog, Wastewater, Water Treatment

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Congressman Earl Blumenauer, U.S. Representative for Oregon’s 3rd District

Wednesday, June 8th, 2016

Congressman Earl Blumenauer on The Infra Blog

A lifelong resident of Portland, Oregon, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-3) has devoted his entire career to public service. Elected to the US House of Representatives in 1996, Mr. Blumenauer has created a unique role as Congress’ chief spokesperson for Livable Communities: places where people are safe, healthy and economically secure.

“It’s not particularly headline grabbing unless there’s a system failure, but it is past time that we force this issue in every community. There is no substitute for engaging people in a very specific analysis of what happens in their own backyard and what the benefits are for getting this right.”

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Tags: 3rd Congressional District, Bicycling, Bike Lanes, Congressman Blumenauer, Cycling, Earl Blumenauer, OR, Oregon, Portland, Water, Water Infrastructure
Posted in Biking, Drinking Water, Guests on The Infra Blog, Local, National, Policy, Public Parks & Recreation, Public Transportation, Sustainability, The Infra Blog, Transit, Urban Planning, Wastewater, Water Treatment

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Water Efficiency Management Strategies for Airports

Tuesday, June 7th, 2016

Exhibit 1. Types of facilities and end uses.

AIRPORT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM
As major consumers of water, airports have an obligation to be responsible environmental stewards in the community by increasing the efficiency of their water use and decreasing the amount of energy they spend to heat and pump that water. These changes can lower airports’ costs, improving the financial as well as the environmental sustainability of their operations.

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Tags: ACRP, AIRPORT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM, airports, National Academies, Transportation Research Board, TRB, TRB of NA
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Archive for the ‘Wastewater’ Category

Water Infrastructure: Information on Selected Midsize and Large Cities with Declining Populations

September 15: Imagine A Day Without Water

Guest on The Infra Blog: Richard Dolesh, Vice President of Conservation & Parks, National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA)

New Mexico: Water Project Dollars Slow to Spend

Green Infrastructure Improves Communities

Atlanta, GA: Making a Visible Difference in the Proctor Creek Watershed Through Information and Data

2016 Strategic Directions: Water Industry Report

Guest on The Infra Blog: Howard Neukrug, Senior Fellow, US Water Alliance

Guest on The Infra Blog: Congressman Earl Blumenauer, U.S. Representative for Oregon’s 3rd District

Water Efficiency Management Strategies for Airports

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