Download or read book Water related Utilities for Small Communities in Rural Alaska written by Bertold Puchtler and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report on the "Alaska Village Demonstration Projects" designed to demonstrate methods to improve sanitary conditions in native villages of Alaska.
Download or read book Water related Utilities for Small Communities in Rural Alaska written by Bertold Puchtler and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sustainable Utilities in Rural Alaska written by Stephen Colt and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reliable and affordable utility services remain out of reach for thousands of Alaskans. Between $1.5 billion and $2 billion of public investment is potentially at risk due to the inadequate operations, maintenance, and management of electric, water, sewer, bulk fuel, and solid waste utilities in many small rural Alaska communities. This report provides a foundation of facts and ideas that can be used to move toward sustainable utilities in these places.
Download or read book Plain English Guide to Alaska Drinking Water and Wastewater Regulations written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to help operators and managers of small rural Alaska water and wastewater utilities to understand and comply with State and Federal regulations.
Download or read book A New Affordability Indicator for Rural Alaskan Water Utilities written by Barbara A. L. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) administers funding for the construction of new water utilities in rural parts of the state. Funding allocation is partially based on whether the recipient community can cover the annual operation, maintenance, repair, equipment and capital replacement costs of the utility. Currently, the DEC deems a project affordable if the annual costs account for 5% or less of the community's median household income (MHI). In rural Alaska MHI is an inaccurate affordability indicator. This is partially because MHI fails to reflect the cost burden experienced by below median income households, it is a static snapshot of income, it does not account for living costs, nor does it account for the demographic composition of a community or the distribution of income. An alternative indicator was developed. The new indicator is composed of a Residential Indicator (RI) and a Financial Capability Index (FCI). RI is obtained by dividing the community’s annual user fee by each income quintile value. FCI is composed of socioeconomic indicators chosen for their ability to detail the situation in rural Alaska. The FCI value is obtained by calculating the average of score assigned to the indicators based on pre-established thresholds. The new indicator was found to be more accurate than the MHI indicator. The new indicator was retroactively applied to Akiachak and found to more accurately assess affordability. The new indicator was also used to assess the current situation in communities with water utilities. The MHI indicator was found to have underestimated the price burden of user fees in numerous communities, and to have overestimated the burden in one community.
Download or read book Section 360d Water Systems for Rural and Native Villages in Alaska Us Rural Utilities Service Regulation Rus 2018 Edition written by The Law Library and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-12-13 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Law Library presents the complete text of the Section 360D Water Systems for Rural and Native Villages in Alaska (US Rural Utilities Service Regulation) (RUS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an Agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is modifying its existing regulations to establish a separate regulation for making grants to rural or Native Alaskan Villages under the Rural Alaska Village Grant (RAVG) Program. The existing RAVG regulation will be relocated to its own section and modified to conform with streamlined processes established through a Memorandum of Understanding among USDA, RUS; The United States Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service (IHS); The State of Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC); and the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC). The grants will be provided directly to a rural or Native Alaskan Village or jointly with either DEC or ANTHC for the development and construction of water and wastewater systems to improve the health and sanitation conditions in those Villages through removal of dire sanitation conditions. This ebook contains: - The complete text of the Section 360D Water Systems for Rural and Native Villages in Alaska (US Rural Utilities Service Regulation) (RUS) (2018 Edition) - A dynamic table of content linking to each section - A table of contents in introduction presenting a general overview of the structure
Download or read book Water Supply and Waste Dispoal in Rural Alaska Villages written by Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Plain English Guide to Alaska Drinking Water and Wastewater Regulations written by Alaska. Rural Utility Business Advisor Program and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sustainable Energy Solutions for Rural Alaska written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The state of Alaska recognizes the challenges these rural communities face and provides financial support via the Power Cost Equalization (PCE) program. The PCE subsidizes the electricity prices paid by customers of these high-cost utilities. The PCE program is designed to spread the benefits of Alaska's natural resources more evenly throughout the state. Yet even with this subsidy, electricity is still much more expensive for these rural customers. And beyond the PCE, other forms of assistance to rural utilities are becoming scarce given the state's current fiscal environment. Nearly 90 percent of Alaska's unrestricted budget funds in recent years have been tied to oil royalties--a sector experiencing significant declines in production and oil prices. Consequently, as Alaska looks to tighten budgets, the challenge of lowering rural utility costs, while encouraging self-sufficiency, has become more urgent. This study examines reliability, capital and strategic planning, management, workforce development, governance, financial performance and system efficiency in the various communities visited by the research team. Using those attributes, a tier system was developed to categorize rural Alaska utilities into Leading and Innovating Systems (Tier I), Advanced Diesel Systems (Tier II), Basic Systems (Tier III), and Underperforming Systems (Tier IV). The tier approach is not meant to label specific utilities, but rather to provide a general set of benchmarks and guideposts for improvement.
Download or read book Water Quality in Rural Alaska written by Nunam Kitlutsisti (Organization) and published by . This book was released on 1978* with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Protecting Family Drinking Water in Rural Alaska written by Shawna R. Laderach and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The objective of this study was to investigate and make recommendations for improved in-home water management in an underserved rural Alaskan community without piped water. The main focus of the study is point-of-use disinfection. A model was developed based on experiments to predict the chlorine decay over time and the necessary chlorine dosage for waters used in the pilot community so that sufficient chlorine residual would remain during storage. TOC concentration, initial chlorination level, reduced iron and temperature were major factors impacting the chlorine consumption. Safe free chlorine levels of between 0.2 mg/L and 4.0 mg/L could be achieved in a reasonable time and maintained for typical storage times, while avoiding unpleasant taste. A taste test in the community showed that levels of 1 mg/L or less could not be distinguished by most people and were acceptable for drinking. Storage and hand washing are likely major components of preventing microbial contamination. It was determined that closed containers do not slow the loss of disinfectant from evaporation. Thorough hand washing for at least one minute using soap and running water is recommended, since this was the most effective method to remove coliform bacteria from hands"--Leaf iii.
Download or read book Alaska Water Assessment written by Alaska Water Study Committee and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Updated Plain English Guide to Alaska Drinking Water and Wastewater Regulations written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Overcoming Socioeconomic Factors which Influence Water Supply and Sanitation Projects in Alaskan Rural Communities written by Carol M. Campbell and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Regional Electric Utilities in Rural Alaska written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Water Quality in Rural Alaska written by Nunam Kitlutsisti and published by . This book was released on with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Understanding Institutional and Social Factors Relating to the Provisioning of Water and Sanitation Services in Rural Alaska written by Mercedes Fátima Ochante Cáceres and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global community acknowledges the essential nature of potable water and proper sanitation to the realization of human rights. Since 1959 federal, state and tribal efforts have focused on the goal of equitably providing these services to Alaska Native villages. However, demographic and geographical realities along with limited resources pose formidable challenges to achieving this lofty goal. This thesis explores the challenges to providing safe drinking water in remote Interior Alaska villages and their impact on self-reliance from the perspectives of knowledgeable village residents. Findings from a grounded theory analysis reveal that despite competence and concerted efforts to meet community needs, social and institutional dimensions pose difficulties to sustainable water services. Such challenges include community perceptions about treated water, communication barriers, unharnessed local expertise and opportunities to develop local capacity, complicated needs assessment and resource acquisition processes, mismatched policies and technology vis-a-vis the realities of village living, and resident out migration.
