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Water System Partnerships: Regionalization Solutions for Drinking Water and Wastewater

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Training Video

Water system partnerships are an effective cross-program tool for increasing technical, managerial, and financial (TMF) capacity. This webinar provides an introduction to TMF capacity, the broad spectrum of water system partnerships, and how partnerships can improve TMF
Capacity and increase compliance. Wastewater case studies will be discussed to illustrate the use of partnerships in this sector.

Date of Recording: August 31, 2022 (1-2:30 pm Eastern)

Presenters

  • Sarah Buck is based in Maine and has been with the Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP) for over three years and part of the RCAP family since 2013. Prior to joining RCAP’s national office in 2019 she worked for two of the six RCAP regional affiliates, RCAP Solutions in the Northeast and RCAC in the West, where she was a member of the Regionalization, Community Leadership, Agua4All and Median Household Income teams. As the Chief Programs Officer, Sarah oversees RCAP's environmental community (water, wastewater, solid waste) and economic development (fund development and grants management). She is a member of the senior leadership team and has more than 11 years of experience working for water-focused nonprofits. 
  • Carla Hagerman works for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as the National Partnerships Coordinator with the Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water based in Washington, DC. She provides tools, resources, and educational materials to primacy agencies, technical assistance providers, utilities, and communities in support of water system partnerships activities. She is part of the Sustainable Systems Team, which houses the Capacity Development, Operator Certification, Workforce and Partnerships programs. Carla’s efforts utilize water system partnerships to address the unique challenges of small systems and act as a mechanism to help achieve long term sustainability through technical, managerial, and financial capacity. Carla has an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University and graduate degree in environmental technology from New York Institute of Technology.

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  • Water System Partnerships: Regionalization Solutions for Drinking Water and Wastewater Presentation (pdf) (2.48 MB)

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