Blog Tag Archives: Budgeting & Funding
PennTec 2026: Celebrate 100 Years of PWEA & Party Like It’s 1926 with Us!
Posted by Entech Engineering on Monday, June 1, 2026
As PWEA (Pennsylvania Water Environment Association) celebrates 100 years of advancing Pennsylvania’s water and wastewater industry at this year’s PennTec Conference in Hershey, PA, we...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Wastewater | Budgeting & Funding
Is It Time To Build Now? 2026 Update: What Construction Cost Data Is Telling Us
Posted by Bryon Killian on Monday, May 4, 2026
How is the CCI calculated?Two hundred hours of common labor at the 20-city average common-labor wage rates, plus 25 cwt of standard structural-steel shapes at the mill price prior to 1996 and the...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure | Entech, Engineering, & Beyond
Tagged: Potable Water | Wastewater | Municipal Engineering | Stormwater | Budgeting & Funding | Engineering
PRWA Conference 2026 Presentations From the Ranch
Posted by Entech Engineering on Thursday, March 5, 2026
We’ve got great water and wastewater presentations on tap for the 2026 Pennsylvania Rural Water Association's (PRWA's) Annual Conference! Of course, you'll also want to stop by "The Entech...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Wastewater | Budgeting & Funding | Regulations | Revised Lead & Copper Rule (RLCR)
Understanding PA-DCED Grant Funding Opportunities Webinar
Posted by Tori Morgan on Thursday, February 5, 2026
This webinar has concludedUnfortunately, no recording is available, but if you have questions regarding DCED funding applications or programs, contact me.contact ToriSecuring PA Department of...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Wastewater | Municipal Engineering | Stormwater | GIS Mapping | Budgeting & Funding
Pennsylvania Municipal Bid Base Amounts 2026
Posted by Bryon Killian on Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Each year the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry announces new public project cost thresholds required for public bids. The thresholds for 2026 have increased again this year.In 2026, the...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Wastewater | Municipal Engineering | Stormwater | Budgeting & Funding | Project Management | Regulations
Turning Data into Dollars with a Rate Study. How Water & Sewer Utilities Can Build Financial Stability and Community Trust
Posted by Tori Morgan on Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Across Pennsylvania, local water and sewer utilities are facing familiar challenges: rising costs, aging infrastructure, regulatory pressure, and increasing expectations for transparency. The...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Wastewater | Budgeting & Funding
It’s Time to Get Serious About Service Line Inventories
Posted by Stacy Silva on Tuesday, August 26, 2025
The countdown for initial service line inventories (SLIs) has reached zero, and that deadline has passed us. But the clock is still ticking for Pennsylvania water systems. By 2037, every system must...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Municipal Engineering | Environmental | Budgeting & Funding | Regulations | Revised Lead & Copper Rule (RLCR)
2025 PA Municipal Bid Base Threshold Amounts
Posted by Bryon Killian on Thursday, January 2, 2025
Looking for this year's amounts?click hereEach year the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry announces new public project cost thresholds required for public bids. The thresholds for 2025...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Wastewater | Municipal Engineering | Stormwater | Budgeting & Funding | Regulations
2024 PA Municipal Bid Base Amounts
Posted by Bryon Killian on Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Each year the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry announces new public project cost thresholds required for public bids. The thresholds for 2024 have increased again this year.Looking for...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Wastewater | Municipal Engineering | Stormwater | Budgeting & Funding | Regulations
8 Tips to Obtain Grants & Loans
Posted by Natalie O'Connor on Friday, August 25, 2023
Note: Entech Funny Money is not quite as good as the real stuff.Right now, there's a lot of money out there – grants, low-interest loans, Entech Funny Money – to fund projects that ...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Wastewater | Municipal Engineering | Stormwater | Budgeting & Funding