Blog Tag Archives: Budgeting & Funding
To Audit or Not to Audit Treatment Plants?
Posted by Ed Pietroski on Thursday, January 23, 2020
THAT is a good question.An article, "New Hampshire Operators Drive Energy Costs Down With Audits and Incentives" in Treatment Plant Operator (TPO) magazine featuring Sharon Nall, PE, of the New...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Wastewater | Energy Planning & Management | Environmental | Budgeting & Funding | Engineering
Pennsylvania Municipal Bid Base Amounts 2020
Posted by Bryon Killian on Friday, December 20, 2019
Each year the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry announces new public project cost thresholds required for public bids. The thresholds for 2020 have increased again this year.In 2020, the...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Wastewater | Municipal Engineering | Budgeting & Funding
AWWA Free Online Water Training
Posted by Natalie O'Connor on Thursday, September 26, 2019
Technical, financial, and managerial training is available to help small public water systems maintain compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act – best of all it’s FREE! The American...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Budgeting & Funding | Regulations
How Much is Your Leaky Water Infrastructure Really Costing You?
Posted by Rob Horvat on Monday, July 15, 2019
Reduce non-revenue water in your distribution system by 50%!Eliminate an entire shift at your plant!Cut $2,000 a month from your energy bills!Reduce WTP output by 500,000 gpd!If any of your proposed...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Budgeting & Funding | Engineering
PRWA March Madness 2019
Posted by Entech Engineering on Friday, March 8, 2019
We had so much fun last year with our Tournament of Talks at the Pennsylvania Rural Water Association’s Annual Conference (PRWA, we're doing it again!Along with all the basketball madness...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Wastewater | Municipal Engineering | Budgeting & Funding | Engineering | Regulations
Don’t Let the New PADEP Water System Fees Bust Your Budget
Posted by Curt Tran on Monday, November 5, 2018
On August 18, 2018 new Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) fees went into effect for public water suppliers in PA. This comes as no surprise, as we’d heard these...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Budgeting & Funding | Regulations
Pennsylvania Municipal Bid Base Amounts 2018
Posted by Bryon Killian on Friday, January 19, 2018
Each year the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry announces new public project cost thresholds required for public bids. The threshold for 2018 have increased after staying stagnant from...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Wastewater | Municipal Engineering | Stormwater | Budgeting & Funding | Regulations
Pennsylvania Municipal Bid Base Amounts 2017
Posted by Bryon Killian on Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Each year the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry announces new public project cost thresholds required for public bids. The threshold for 2017 have increased after staying stagnant from...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Wastewater | Municipal Engineering | Budgeting & Funding | Regulations
Pennsylvania's Act 129 Lighting Rebate Summary Guide
Posted by Chris Darosh on Thursday, September 22, 2016
monthly savings and rebates!?! sounds too good to be true…Before we get too far into the nitty-gritty details on how to recoup some of the dollars you’re investing in energy-efficient...
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Categories: Buildings & Campus
Tagged: Electrical | Energy Planning & Management | Budgeting & Funding | Facility Planning & Management | Lighting
Avoiding ESCO/GESA Contract Pitfalls
Posted by Bryan Haag on Monday, June 20, 2016
So, you’ve decided that a performance/energy service contract or Guaranteed Energy Savings Agreement (GESA) is the best way to fund your facility or utility project…great! They are a...
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Categories: Buildings & Campus
Tagged: Energy Planning & Management | Budgeting & Funding | Facility Planning & Management | Engineering