NCLB Blueprint

Blueprint for Affordable, Equitable and Sustainable Water and Wastewater Services

Proponents of the NCLB initiative are committed to:

  • Identifying opportunities for voluntary regionalization, consolidation, cooperatives and shared services, particularly for the benefit of lower income, lower resourced, communities.
  • Sharing case studies and best practices that would help facilitate replication of successful regionalization, consolidation, cooperatives and shared services.
  • Identifying, and enhancing, funding opportunities for implementation of regionalization and consolidation.
  • Ensuring that consolidation or partnerships, whether public-public or public-private, are accomplished in a transparent and equitable manner, including regulatory protections and technical guidance for less resourced communities and safe harbors for utilities taking in non-compliant systems.
NCLB Executive Summary
NCLB White Paper