Media Type: Blog Posts
Chuck Gilman
Delivering an Increasing Project Workload with Limited Resources
Supplementing your city or county workforce with outside staff dedicated to completing specific programs can offer a workable, scalable and affordable solution for managing an increasing project workload. We can show you how.
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City of Celina Earns iSWM Gold
Freese and Nichols worked with the City of Celina to help it earn the highest level of certification currently awarded by the NCTCOG.
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Jessica Brown
New Law Sets Early 2022 Deadline for All Texas Water Utilities
Learn more about Texas’ new requirement that water utilities develop plans to keep their services operating during an extended power outage.
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Ashley Poe
Flood Awareness: Public Resources
To better plan and prepare for flooding events, it is important to be aware of available resources. Our stormwater group […]
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Krista Melnar
Flood Awareness: The Power of Water
May marks Flood Awareness Month in Oklahoma, and May 24-28 marks Flood Awareness Week in Texas. Earlier this year, Georgia recognized […]
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Craig Wells
Sea Level Impact Projection Studies: What They Are and What They Aren’t
A new Florida law will require public entities to conduct Sea Level Impact Projection (SLIP) studies ahead of coastal building projects that use state funding. Here are some key guidelines for planning such projects.
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Craig Wells
How Investments in Climate Resiliency Can Pay Off Later
It’s estimated that for every $1 spent on pre-disaster mitigation or hardening measures, a utility can save $4 to $36 in post-event recovery and replacement costs.
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Craig Wells
How to Assess Your Infrastructure To Be Climate Resilient
For water and wastewater utilities along the coasts, it’s not a matter of whether storm surge will impact infrastructure but when. Now is the time to assess facilities’ ability to withstand storms.
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Jordan Skipwith
Climate and Drought Outlook for the United States
Temperatures and precipitation will be above normal for much of the United States during March 2021, according to the NOAA Climate Prediction Center.
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Jordan Skipwith
Current Drought Conditions in the United States
Drought conditions have slightly declined across the United States this past month. Here are details for states across the Southwest and Southeast.
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Jennifer Wasinger
Public Entities in Oklahoma Urged to Report Storm Damage to Help Access Recovery Funding
Additionally, local governments have access to low-interest loans from Oklahoma State Revolving Funds to pay for the restoration of vital water and wastewater infrastructure,
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Mark Evans
FEMA to Introduce New Revolving Loan Program with STORM Act
This program, for which Congress has appropriated $100 million for each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, is modeled after the highly successful Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds.
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