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Episode Synopsis
Top Takeaways:The top three issues concerning state revolving funds.Data and its role in shaping policy around affordability and equity. Communication and how it can be a tool to ensure no one is left behind in infrastructure planning.Ways that the state revolving fund conversation is initiating change in other areas of the water sector. Resources for small to mid size communities to get assistance for funding. Resources:Katy Hansen, [email protected] Thomas, [email protected] For residents and community groups to discuss and take action on water, climate, and infrastructure: The Water Equity and Climate Resilience Caucus co-convened by PolicyLink and the Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy.Anthropocene Alliance For advocates and water utilities that want to know more about SRF programs SRF Advocates Forum co-convened by the Alliance for the Great Lakes, EPIC, PolicyLink, and the River Network. Resource pages from River Network, including the Equitable Water Infrastructure Toolkit and State Revolving Fund ResourcesSouthwest Environmental Finance Center's SRF switchboardFor towns, cities, water utilities, and others interested in applying for SRF, reach out to technical assistance providers:EPIC's Funding NavigatorRCAPThe Drinking Water SRF report is here. Sign up for the SRF Forum here.Meet Katy and Tee!Dr. Katy Hansen works to improve equity in local public service provision. As a Senior Advisor for Water at EPIC, she focuses on the allocation of federal financial assistance for water infrastructure. Prior to EPIC, Katy worked at the Environmental Finance Center at UNC-Chapel Hill, Association for Water and Rural Development in South Africa, and Arava Institute for Environmental Studies in the Middle East. She led projects to digitize over 500 maps of
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