Model Approaches

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A number of Water Is Life, and Infrastructure Makes It Happen™ communities have found new and innovative ways to meet their infrastructure needs.  Below are a sampling of creative approaches.  Let these briefs stimulate ideas for your own community.

• Charleston, South Carolina (PDF)
• Delphos, Ohio (PDF)
• Hillsboro, Oregon (PDF)
• New Orleans, Louisiana (PDF)
• San Francisco, California (PDF)

Here are some of the other communities putting the Water Is Life, and Infrastructure Makes It Happen™ education program to work for them:

• Little Rock Wastewater Utility, Little Rock, AR
• Pima County Wastewater Management Dept., Tucson, AZ
• City of San Jose, CA
• San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, CA
• Leucadia Wastewater District, Carlsbad, CA
• City of Rifle, CO
• City of Westhaven, CT
• Water Pollution Control Authority, Stamford CT
• Columbus Water Works, GA
• Fulton County Dept of Public Works, Tucker, GA
• Illinois American Waterworks, Woodridge, IL
• Town of Orono, ME
• City of Ann Arbor, MI
• City of Fernley, NV
• Town of Tonawanda, NY
• Town of Orangetown, NY
• Metropolitan Sewer District, Cincinnati, OH
• Summit County Dept. of Env. Services, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
• City of Tulsa, OK
• Rogue Valley Sewer Services, Central Point, OR
• City of Westminster, PA
• Hallsdale-Powell Utility District, Knoxville, TN
• City of Corpus Christi Wastewater Dept., Corpus Christi, TX
• River Road Wastewater, Wichita Falls, TX