Water Values Podcast

Community Based Utility Consolidation with US Water Alliance’s Emily Simonson


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Emily Simonson, the Director of Strategic Partnerships of the US Water Alliance, shares findings, insights and strategies distilled from the US Water Alliance’s recent report entitled Catalyzing Community-Driven Utility Consolidations and Partnerships. Plus, Reese Tisdale joins us for another Bluefield on Tap segment discussing The Digital Water Revolution.

In this session, you’ll learn about:

  • Emily’s background and how she gravitated to the water sector
  • Why the US Water Alliance chose to tackle the issue of fragmentation and consolidation in the water utility sector
  • The recent report by the US Water Alliance on community based consolidations
  • Why utility consolidations are so difficult
  • Why consolidation opportunity for utilities are incredibly customizable
  • How the US Water Alliance assembled the team of experts and stakeholders to address the consolidation issues
  • What some of the roadblocks to consolidation are
  • Strategies to overcome the roadblocks
  • Some of the policy tools that can be deployed to achieve consolidation goals
  • How political will-building for consolidation can be fostered in “Step Zero”
  • Why the US Water Alliance is working toward a rate calculator to help forecast what rates might be as a result of consolidation
  • How the US Water Alliance is continuing the momentum from the report
  • Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:

    • Emily’s LinkedIn profile
    • US Water Alliance’s website
    • US Water Alliance’s Report: Catalyzing Community-Driven Utility Consolidations and Partnerships
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