Navigating the Vicissitudes of Change
This is the time of year when we take stock of progress and look ahead at obstacles and opportunities that impact our ability to meet our mission of...
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Postcards From the Field – April 2025
I am pleased to have been invited to participate in spring policy forums in Philadelphia and D.C. in the last couple of weeks and to share with you...
Saguaro Sagacity – 5 Postcards from One Water
Contributing Authors: Robb Lukes (City of Vancouver, BC), Brandy Siedlaczek (City of Southfield, MI), Andy Szatko (City of Omaha, NE), Alfred...
EPA’s OSG Program: A Good Way to Implement GSI Equitably
The word cloud above reflects the responses of 182 municipalities participating in an 8/30/2023 WaterNow webinar to the question, “What are the most...
Scaling GSI by Capitalizing Vegetation Establishment Costs
The results of our 2022 State of Public Sector GSI report were crystal clear about these two things: (1) At 10 percent, expenditures on GSI pale in...
Attending “RISC:” The Takeaways
On June 7, I was fortunate to attend the in-person meeting of Resilient Infrastructure for Sustainable Communities (RISC) at the Museum of Modern...
Making GI Maintenance More Affordable with the GI Exchange Collaborative Grant Program
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago partners with municipalities within its service area (generally, Cook County,...
Buffalo Sewer Authority Closes on Largest EIB in the Country, to Expand Green Infrastructure through Rain Check Buffalo 2.0 Program
In late June, the Buffalo Sewer Authority closed on the largest Environmental Impact Bond (EIB) in the country to date, at $54 million. This...