Localized Water Infrastructure with Melissa Kelly and Caroline Koch

Melissa Kelly, Staff Director and Attorney for the Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, and Caroline Koch, Water Policy Director for WaterNow Alliance, provide an enlightening discussion on localized water infrastructure. Plus, Reese Tisdale joins us for another Bluefield on Tap segment.

In this session, you’ll learn about:

• Melissa’s work with the Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources (CLEANR)
• Caroline’s work with the WaterNow Alliance
• What we mean by localized water infrastructure
• Discrete examples of localized water infrastructure projects in multiple geographies in the U.S.:
  • Turf replacement in Nevada
  • Green infrastructure project in Wisconsin
  • Source water protection project in Arkansas
• The One Water nature of localized water infrastructure projects
• How to provide incentives to undertake localized water infrastructure projects
• How localized water infrastructure projects supplement rather than replace centralized systems
• How localized water infrastructure projects support workforce development at favorable wages
• What barriers prevent broader implementation of localized water infrastructure projects
• How to overcome the barriers to greater deployment of localized water infrastructure

Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:

• Kelly’s LinkedIn profile
• Caroline’s LinkedIn profile
• CLEANR’s website
• WaterNow Alliance’s website
• Link to download the Tap into Resilience: Pathways for Localized Water Infrastructure report

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