In this episode James Markham from the Southwest Environmental Finance Center, Michael Gilmore, Rural / Frontier Equity Ombud in the Infrastructure Planning Division of the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration, and Karen Pereira, Assistant Field Manager at RCAC have a roundtable discussion about preparing to request funding for utility capital projects. They discuss the kinds of funding that are available, timelines, and the actions utilities, particularly small ones, need to take to get a piece of the funding pie.Additional Resources:<ul><li><a href="https://efcnetwork.org/what-funding-is-available-for-water-and-wastewater-infrastructure-projects/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">EFCN Blog | What Funding Is Available for Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Projects?</a></li><li><a href="https://efcnetwork.org/resources/funding-tables/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">EFCN | Funding Tables</a></li></ul>

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Growing a Career in Wastewater

Need Doesn't Get You Funded, Readiness Does. A Roundtable Discussion on What Small Water and Wastewater Utilities Need in Place Before They Ask for Money