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Funding Insights & Rural Water System Challenges with CRWA Grant Manager | CRWA SERIES | EP 6
Rick Autobee, Grants Manager at Colorado Rural Water Association, on circuit riders, operator training, asset management and funding for rural water.
In this episode of Engineers for Communities, host Nathan Yang talks with Rick Autobee, Grants Manager at the Colorado Rural Water Association (CRWA). They cover how CRWA supports rural water systems through technical help, operator certification, grant programs and asset management.
Autobee also explains how CRWA manages several grants at once and supports underserved and tribal communities.
Guest
Rick Autobee, Grants Manager, Colorado Rural Water Association.
In this episode
- CRWA's circuit riders, who give technical help to small water systems across Colorado.
- How CRWA works with programs from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the USDA and the State of Colorado.
- Test and Fix Water for Kids, the state program that tests drinking water for lead in schools and child care, with CRWA as its technical assistance provider.
- Why knowing your infrastructure assets matters when you apply for state revolving funds and grants.
- CRWA's apprenticeship program, which trains new operators as experienced workers retire.
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