We know that aging infrastructure and funding are top concerns for the water and wastewater industry (see Top 10 Issues Facing the Water Industry). Therefore, it was with good reason that a new report from the Brookings Institution about “new approaches to infrastructure finance” caught my eye as I poured through online news stories earlier this week.The report suggests that in today’s economic climate, where budget restraints will force a decrease in discretionary spending by the federal government, state and local municipalities must examine more unconventional means to funding, including ballot measures.Now, what’s interesting is that voters seem to support
