2018 SRF WORKSHOP

More than 340 water professionals convened in Albuquerque, New Mexico on November 5 - 6 for the 2018 CIFA SRF Workshop. The event had the second highest attendance in the history of the Workshop. Check out the program. 

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Plenary Sessions: 

• Clean Water State Revolving Fund, Andrew Sawyers, EPA Office of Wastwater

• Entering the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund's Third Decade, Peter Grevatt, EPA Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water

• Transforming Water Infrastructure with Data Science, Al Cho, Xylem

• A New Mexico Perspective, Butch Tongate, New Mexico Environment Department

• Monitoring Water Distribution System Resilience, Kate Kilse, Sandia National Laboratories

• PISCES Awards Ceremony

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Sessions: SRF 101

• Nuts and Bolts

• What Gets Funded

• Basics of Financing

• Basics of Wastewater Infrastructure

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Sessions: Case Studies

• Successful Strategies for Funding Innovative Projects

• Using Drinking Water State Revolving Funds to Achieve Compliance 

• Using SRFs to Tackle Emerging Issues

• Challenges and Rewards of Being a Matchmaker

• Role of SRFs in Disaster Recovery

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Sessions: Communications and Coalitions

• Developing Targeted Marketing Campaigns for the SRFs

• Communicating Better with Borrowers

• Building Partnerships for Success

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Sessions: Tools and Resources

• A Focus on Environmental Finance Centers

• Best Practices for Davis Bacon

• Developing the Next Generation Water Workforce

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Session: Policy

• The Latest on WIFIA

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Sessions: Finance

• Leveraged Pooled Loan Revolving Fund Programs

• Keeping SRF Programs Competitive 

• Investor Perspectives

• Options in a New Interest Rate Environment

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2018 Federal Policy Conference

Keynotes​ and Plenary Sessions

• Clean Water SRF - Andrew Sawyers

• The DWSRF Looks Forward - Peter Grevatt

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Sessions

• Building Partnerships to Finance Sustainable Rural Water and Wastewater Infrastructure

• Measuring Affordability - Andrew Sawyers

• Municipal Bond Developments - Michael L Post

• Tax Cuts and Jobs Act What Now

• The Baton is Passed - Ward McCarthy