It’s the final episode of Season 5! To wrap up this great season, we have the second installment of our conversation with Glenn Barnes, the director of Water Finance Assistance — a consulting agency that provides finance-focused training and technical assistance to water systems. This episode focuses on the role of technical assistance providers in performing water audits and how to develop useful recommendations for water systems’ stakeholders.
Thank you for listening with us this season, and we will be back again with Season 6 before you know it!
Topics Discussed
- Glenn’s most memorable experience helping a community with a water audit
- How to effectively communicate the results of a water audit to system stakeholders
- Strategies to transform a water audit into actionable changes at a utility
- Importance of data visualization
- Where water audits fit in the process of asset management
- Take home messages as to why both asset management and water audits are integral to utility operations
- Glenn on LinkedIn | Email
- Connect with Water Finance Assistance
“Any time you go and work with a utility, they’re going to think that the problem is the leaks. They’re going to think their pipe is leaking, and it’s almost always far more complicated than that.”
Glenn Barnes
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About the Guest
Glenn Barnes is the director of Water Finance Assistance. He has worked for more than 15 years on improving public health by bettering water utility finance and management. Some of his areas of expertise include water/sewer rates, financial health, asset management, workforce planning, system partnerships, and water conservation. Prior to Water Finance Assistance, Glenn worked in various capacities at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Environmental Finance Center for over a decade. He has also worked as a capacity building specialist at the Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP).
Glenn holds a BA in English and a Masters of Public Administration, both from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.