Under the umbrella of Resilient Infrastructure for Sustainable Communities (RISC), CIS, supported by The Delta Institute, led the writing of a report that assessed the viability of using a community-based partnership (CBP) to scale-up green stormwater infrastructure...
In 2023, the National Wildlife Federation – Healing Our Waters Coalition (HOW) hired CIS to identify environmental justice (EJ) principles and goals to be included in the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Action Plan.Project Scope Research and Analyses GLRI...
The US Water Alliance, a prominent national nonprofit, has contracted CIS to assist on projects related to wastewater, stormwater, and drinking water infrastructure engineering, financial, and grants management support.Project Scope Research & Analyses...
Affordability of water and wastewater (“water”) utility bills is a growing concern for many Americans, with water rates rising faster than the cost of most other goods and services. This is adding pressure to households already struggling to pay bills, forcing them to...
Started in 2020, funded by the Great Lakes Protection Fund (GLPF) and founded by the CEO of CIS, the Resilient Infrastructure for Sustainable Communities (RISC) project was created to establish a resilience and finance leadership Cluster of municipal resilience...
Under the umbrella of Resilient Infrastructure for Sustainable Communities (RISC), CIS, supported by the Delta Institute and the Insurance Information Institute, led the writing of a report that assessed the viability of using a community-based partnership (CBP) in a...
Alterations to Great Lakes land cover, changes in hydrologic patterns in the region, and outdated hydrologic systems have exacerbated the water quality impairments in the Great Lakes. As many of the changes occurring across the Great Lakes basin are driven by human...
American Forests is a leading nonprofit with a mission to create healthy and resilient forests, from cities to wilderness, that “deliver essential benefits for climate, people, water and wildlife." CIS staff have worked on a team led by American Forests to assist with...
In January 2019, Resilient Infrastructure for Sustainable Communities (RISC) engaged a team that included CIS to assist the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) by developing a business plan to assess the viability and relevance of using a community-based...
Increasingly, state and local agencies across the United States are using community-based partnerships (CBPs) to overcome the challenges of implementing, financing, and maintaining green infrastructure to achieve water quality goals.Project Scope Research and Analyses...
Community-based partnerships (CBPs) are an innovative form of alternative procurement and delivery in which a government agency and private entity partner seek to improve both water quality and quality of life for a community through green stormwater infrastructure...
The Stormwater Authority of the City of Chester (SAC) was founded in January 2016 “to regulate discharges to the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) to protect the City of Chester and Delaware County’s water bodies and groundwater and to safeguard the public...
