Policy Papers & Studies

Community Facilities Technical Assistance: Helping Rural Leaders Provide Basic Community Services in Small-town America [1]
A policy paper written by Ari Neumann, Director of Policy Development and Applied Research in the RCAP national office

Affordability and Capacity Issues of Small Water and Wastewater Systems: A Case for Regionalization of Small Systems [2]

For more information and real-life examples of the regionalization of small systems, check out Summer 2009's

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[4]U.S. Infrastructure Finance Needs for Water and Wastewater [4]

A paper published by Mark Pearson of Community Resource Group, Southern RCAP

Tapping Untapped Potential: The Role of Technical Assistance Providers in Building Financing, Implementation, and Management Capacity for Water Services [5] (PDF; 444 KB)
A paper published in 2004 by Stephen Gasteyer, Director of Water and Community Programs for RCAP

Produced outside RCAP:

[6]Assessing the Environmental and Capacity Development Outcomes of Small Water System Board and Management Training [6]
By Stephen Gasteyer and Keith Taylor, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.
This is a final report of a project that assessed the outcomes of community water system board and management training (BMT) in enhancing community technical, financial, and managerial capacity and in achieving or protecting environmental quality and public health. One member of the research team, Stephen Gasteyer, is the former Director of Community Development for RCAP and author of Still Living Without the Basics in the 21st Century [7].