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Sustainable Water Infrastructure

  • Sustainable practices support water infrastructure and create sustainable communities.

    Learn how to effectively manage your utility

  • EPA and Industry Partners Release Effectively Managed Utilities Primer and Roadmap

    Learn the latest management approaches to chart a course for ensuring your utility operations are truly sustainable.

Water Workforce Case Studies—Making Water a Career of Choice

Across the nation, organizations are implementing innovative programs to attract and retain individuals into a rewarding career in water. See two excellent Case Studies describing work led by the Grand Rapids Community College and the American Water Works Association (AWWA) to address this major challenge facing the water sector.

  • Clean Water Technology Center

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    Explore the Searchable Clearinghouse of Wastewater Technology (SCOWT). Access research, reports, and resources on innovative technologies. Learn about EPA's COVID-19 public health response.

    Explore SCOWT and technology resources
  • Augmented Alternative Analysis - Planning for Sustainable Water Infrastructure

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    Learn about water infrastructure sustainability. Find guides, webcasts, and resources for planning and decision-making on a path to sustainable water infrastructure.

    Find planning and decision-making tools
  • Effective Water Utility Management Practices

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    Learn effective utility management practices for large, medium, small, and rural systems. Find the primer for water and wastewater utilities and tools for moving toward system sustainability and operational resiliency.

    Learn effective management practices
  • Water Infrastructure Sector Workforce

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    Find resources to enhance your current workforce and to attract and train new recruits to develop a highly skilled workforce.

    Develop a skilled workforce
  • USMCA Tijuana River Watershed

    Tijuana River Watershed

    Learn about watershed protection efforts in the Tijuana River Watershed.

    Learn about Tijuana River Watershed initiatives
  • EPA Community Grants

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    Find resources for recipients of EPA Community Grants for water infrastructure.

    Find resources for EPA Community Grants

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Contact Us About Sustainable Water Infrastructure to ask a question, provide feedback, or report a problem.
Last updated on November 18, 2024
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