Environmental Finance Center Network
The Environmental Finance Center Network (EFCN) is a university-based organization originally created by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EFCN works with states, tribes, local governments, and the private sector to promote sustainable environmental solutions through innovative training and assistance focused on actionable results.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 94
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Wastewater Operations Optimization
This episode provides examples in operations optimization including sewer cleaning and televising and data integrity and visualization.
The Integrated Asset Management Framework
This podcast discusses the new online Integrated Asset Management Framework which blends green assets into the existing gray asset management framework. The framework is for water, wastewater, and st…
Small Water System Governance and the Ability to Secure Funding - Part 2
Part 2 of this podcast on small water system governance and the ability to secure funding discusses environmental justice, BIL money, and strategies and recommendations for government officials and w…
Small Water System Governance and the Ability to Secure Funding - Part 1
Part 1 of this podcast on small water system governance and the ability to secure funding discusses whose responsibility is it to provide safe drinking water to residents, the role of violations, and…
Wastewater Infrastructure Costs: More Than Just Construction
Oftentimes, when we think about wastewater infrastructure costs we only think about the costs incurred during the construction phase. In this podcast episode, Dawn Nall, research engineer for the Env…
Water Resilience for Small Communities
This podcast provides processes and tools to communities who are interested in planning for resiliency in their wastewater system.
Navigating the USDA Funding Process
This podcast helps utilities understand how to obtain and manage project funding through USDA Rural Development funding programs.
Navigating the SRF Funding Process
This podcast helps utilities understand how to obtain and manage project funding through their State Revolving Fund program.
The Case for Rural and Small-Scale Green Infrastructure: A Conversation with Susannah Drake
This is the first of three episodes in an EFCN podcast series about green infrastructure. Susannah Drake, founding principal of DLANDstudio in Brooklyn, NY (which has recently merged with Sasaki Asso…
The Infrastructure Financing Process for Wastewater Systems
This podcast covers financing options available to wastewater systems and provides a thorough discussion about the process that utilities will engage in when financing infrastructure projects.
The EPA’s WaterSense Program: Free Conservation Resources for Small Water Utilities
Join us for a discussion of how small (and large) water systems can leverage the EPA’s free WaterSense Promotional Partner program to encourage water conservation and efficiency in their communities.…
Establishing and Applying Levels of Service
This podcast makes the connection between customer service levels, asset prioritization, and operation & maintenance activities.
The Case for Asset Management
This podcast discusses the benefits of asset management for improving utility capacity.