News

Recently, we learned our colleague and dear friend Thomas Pape passed away after a long illness. It is a tragic loss to the national water conservation community. A graduate of Buckminster Fuller's Planning and Design program at Southern Illinois University, Tom spent his entire career promoting and supporting energy and water efficiency, where he was a well-known and passionate advocate at the federal, state, and local levels. As a water and energy efficiency technical expert, he made many important contributions to efficient resource use.

AWE is excited to announce Kelly Connolly Palmer as the new Director of Communications and Membership. She will oversee the organization’s strategic communications efforts and direct the membership programming.

The Alliance for Water Efficiency (AWE) seeks a dynamic individual to serve in the newly created position of Director of Communications & Policy. The Director will work closely with the President and CEO to manage AWE’s communication and digital strategies as well as AWE’s policy and advocacy agenda.

The "Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act," includes $90 million a year for 5 years for water efficiency and water loss programs.