RCAP Announces Partnership with Chris Long Foundation Focused on Providing Clean Water to US Communities
December 4, 2019 | General RCAP News
Washington, DC — The Chris Long Foundation is expanding the mission of its Waterboys initiative through the formation of a new domestic water program called “Hometown H2o,” foundation head Chris Long announced today. “Hometown H2o” will focus on providing clean…
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Straight From The TAP – Stephanie Ross
December 2, 2019 | Blog, General RCAP News
Stephanie Ross is a Technical Assistance Provider with Midwest Assistance Program, RCAP's midwestern partner. Based out of Missouri, Stephanie has been with MAP since January of 2009. Before joining MAP, Stephanie was an Office Manager at Platte County Public Works…
read moreRCAP Releases Identity Rebuild RFP
December 2, 2019 | General RCAP News
Project Overview The Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP) is a network of nonprofit organizations working to ensure rural and small communities throughout the United States have increased capacity to drive access to safe drinking water, sanitary wastewater, community development and…
read moreRural Matters Summer 2019
November 27, 2019 | General RCAP News
Check out the Rural Matters Summer 2019 issue! Rural Matters Summer 2019
read more November 19, 2019 | Drinking Water, Wastewater
New Report Reveals More Than 2 Million Americans Living Without Access to Running Water and Sanitation Services Report by DigDeep and US Water Alliance Unveils America’s Hidden Water Crisis November 19, 2019 – Washington, DC – Two national non-profit groups,…
read more Rural Consortium to Unveil First “Agua4All” Water Bottle Filling Station for Knox City-O’Brien Students Nov. 12
November 12, 2019 | General RCAP News
Knox City, Texas — The Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP), Communities Unlimited, Inc., the southern RCAP, and CoBank, will unveil the first of several new water bottle filling stations being installed in Knox City-O’Brien District schools as part of the…
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Wastewater vs. Floodwater
November 5, 2019 | Blog, General RCAP News, Wastewater
Derrick Lubbe, Technical Assistance Provider, Midwest Assistance Program Editor’s Note: The United States Midwest and South experienced unprecedented and prolonged flooding in 2019. According to data compiled by the New York Times, at least 11 states had applied for federal…
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Straight From the TAP – Michael Novac
November 4, 2019 | Blog, General RCAP News
Michael Novac is a Senior Rural Development Specialist with RCAP's partner, Great Lakes Community Action Partnership (GLCAP). Based out of Indiana, Michael has been part of the RCAP network for 18 years. Michael started his career in the water/wastewater industry…
read more Maintenance of Grinder Pumps in Decentralized Wastewater Applications
October 11, 2019 | Blog, Wastewater
By: Roger Drews, Communities Unlimited Grinder pumps and their use in decentralized wastewater applications are very prevalent in the United States. Individual sewer treatment systems’ (septic tanks) capabilities are expanded with pump systems that apply treated water to lawns, instead…
read more How to Leverage Regional Collaboration for your Community
September 9, 2019 | Blog, General RCAP News, Regionalization
By Laura Landes and Sarah Buck With several mounting pressures that impact small water and wastewater systems’ sustainability, the Rural Community Assistance Partnership is committed to finding approaches for systems to continue to provide quality service to their communities – one of which is helping…
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