Straight From the TAP – Deborah Patton
February 27, 2020 | Blog, General RCAP News
Deborah Patton was a Rural Development Specialist with RCAP's partner, Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC), based out of Arizona with more than ten years of experience with RCAP. Prior to joining RCAP, Deborah acquired her Master’s Degree in Environmental Biology, served as an assistant…
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Rural Matters Winter 2020
February 26, 2020 | General RCAP News, Rural Matters, Wastewater
See below for the Winter 2020 issue of Rural Matters! This issue is focused on wastewater assistance provided across the RCAP network, looking at best practice from wastewater operators, a wastewater system collaboration success story, plant safety tips and more.
read moreThe Rural Opportunity Map
February 19, 2020 | Resources
The Rural Opportunity Map was created by the Center on Rural Innovation and the team at Rural Innovation Strategies, Inc. The Rural Opportunity Map was born out of the need for a new framework to understand opportunities in small town…
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Bipartisan Group of Senators Announces New Wastewater Assistance Legislation
February 13, 2020 | General RCAP News
The “Decentralized Wastewater Grant Act of 2019” will prioritize funding to households and communities without access to function wastewater systems Washington, DC — On Tuesday, February 11 on the Senate floor a group of bipartisan Senators including Sens. Booker (D-NJ),…
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Using GIS to Monitor the Impact of Illegal Dumping on Water Resources in Puerto Rico
February 4, 2020 | Blog
Edwin Vázquez-Asencio, MBA, Sustainable Materials Management Specialist, RCAP Solutions Illegal dumping sites riddle the island of Puerto Rico. Many sites where people have illegally disposed of, or "dumped," waste remain unidentified because of their remote nature. Often, these sites are…
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