Utilities

According to the EPA, effectively managing all aspects of operations is critical for all utilities, regardless of size or location, in order to ensure their long-term sustainability and to keep the communities they serve strong, safe, and sustainable. Resources available in this sub-theme include performance indicators for utilities, country-wide utility reviews, and water utility conference reports, among other resources that support sustainable utility management.

Utilities Resources

Video: Managing Integrated Water Services with SolutionMUS

Publication date:
May 1, 2015
Winrock International
Ensuring sustainable water service delivery requires effective management. SolutionMUS accomplishes this by ensuring that four key building are in place: structures for governance, sustainable financing, a functioning supply chain and post-construction support. The SolutionMUS approach to...Read more

Climate Resilience Evaluation Tool (CREAT)

Publication date:
January 1, 1970
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA has developed CREAT, a software tool to assist drinking water and wastewater utility owners and operators in understanding potential climate change threats and in assessing the related risks at their individual utilities. CREAT provides users with access to the most recent national assessment...Read more

Climate Resilience Evaluation Tool (CREAT) Fact Sheet

Publication date:
January 1, 1970
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT), developed under EPA’s Climate Ready Water Utilities initiative, assists drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater utility owners and operators in assessing risks to utility assets and operations. This fact sheet outlines its features...Read more

Water Loss Control Efficiency in the Water Utility Sector

Alliance for Water Efficiency
With water resources increasingly stressed due to climate change and growing populations, water utilities must become water-efficient throughout the entire supply process. By employing improved methods of water auditing and loss control, water utilities have potential to reduce the large volumes of...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

Financing Sustainable Water

Publication date:
January 1, 2012
Alliance for Water Efficiency
Financing Sustainable Water is an initiative of the Alliance for Water Efficiency. It was created to provide practical information to guide utilities from development through implementation of rate structures that balance revenue management, resource efficiency and fiscal sustainability. It brings...Read more

Drilling Fundamentals for Hydrogeologists

National Groundwater Association
This one-day course is designed to acquaint - or reacquaint - you with various drilling methods, well design , concepts, design calculations, troubleshooting techniques. In addition to the nuts and bolts, health and safety considerations will be addressed, as well as building rapport with other...Read more

Combined Remedies: Time to Close this Site

National Groundwater Association
Presently there exists a myriad of in situ treatment technologies available for deployment by remediation professionals in the restoration of groundwater and soil. These technologies include physical, chemical, and biological approaches. In recent years, there has been a shift to integrate or...Read more

Making Groundwater Sustainable

National Groundwater Association
?This NGWA-sponsored workshop will examine how to develop and use groundwater in a sustainable manner to meet the nation’s pressing needs for food and energy while maintaining a healthy environment.Read more

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