Sustainable Infrastructure (SI)

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EPA Region 5 recognizes that increased costs to provide clean drinking water and properly treated waste water is a growing concern shared by states and municipalities. An analysis performed in 2002 estimates that at the national level, the gap between the costs of operating water and wastewater infrastructure systems, and the funds available for that purpose could exceed $500 billion by 2020. Region 5 supports local, regional and national efforts to raise awareness of infrastructure needs and to support best practices.
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Upcoming Workshops

Innovative Energy Management Workshop (PDF) (2pp, 279KB), sponsored by EPA’s Office of Water and Region 5, will take place on October 29, 2008 at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Learn how to manage wastewater and water utility’s energy use to reduce costs, to prioritize your energy improvements, and to set measurable energy goals, as well as how to develop and maintain an energy management program. The one day workshop will provide interactive instruction on management systems approaches to reduce energy use and opportunities to learn from experienced utility representatives. Using these new ideas, tools and technical support; you can take control and implement an effective energy management program.
Register through Purdue's Continuing Education and Conferences website.

For more information about the Innovative Energy Management Workshop, please contact:

Marilou Martin (Martin.Marilou@EPA.gov)
EPA Region 5
(312) 353-9660

Julie Henning (Henning.Julie@EPA.gov)
EPA Region 5
(312) 886-4882

Green Infrasturcture for CSO Control Workshop is a follow-up to the 2007 workshop held in Northern Kentucky. This workshop will showcase different communities planning and engineering methods used for green infrastructure controls and for combining green and grey infrastructure control measures. There is no charge for this conference.

EPA Introduction to Asset Management Workshop is to be held on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 through Wednesday, Septenber 10, 2008 in Madison, Wisconsin. This workshop focuses on practical advanced saving techniques centered on long-term effectiveness, service sustainability, and effective environmental management for water and wastewater public sector managers.

Advanced Asset Management Workshop (PDF) (3pp, 106KB) is to be held in Cincinnati on August 20-21, 2008. It is cosponsored by EPA's Office of Water and Office of Research and Development.

Proceedings from Sustainable Infrastructure Forum
St. Louis, MO - November 13 & 14, 2007

You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, available as a free download, to view some of the files on this page. See EPA's PDF page to learn more about PDF, and for a link to the free Acrobat Reader.

Executive Summary and Memorandum (PDF) (3pp, 125KB)
Summary Report (PDF) (8pp, 120KB)
Detail Report (PDF) (47pp, 600KB)

The following attachments are components of the above Detail Report:

SI Forum Brochure (PDF) (2pp, 496KB)
SI Forum Agenda (PDF) (6pp, 117KB)
SI Forum Summary of Track Topic Discussions (PDF) (28p, 151KB)
SI Forum Follow-up Matrix (PDF) (10pp, 86KB)
Region 5 Summary of Key Messages and Follow-up Activities (PDF) (2pp, 65KB)
SI Forum Speaker and Moderator Biographies (PDF) (12pp, 195KB)
SI Forum Attendees List (PDF) (4pp, 69KB)
SI Forum Acknowledgements (PDF) (1pp, 38KB)

For more information on Sustainable Infrastructure in Region 5, please contact:
Joan Karnauskas (karnauskas.joan@epa.gov)
U.S. EPA
Region 5 Water Division
77 West Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604
(312) 886-6090