Envision Featured in Latest Issue of AWWA Journal

ISI contributed to the latest issue of the AWWA Journal. In the article “Collaborative Planning Supports Sustainable Water Infrastructure,” Conrad McCallum and Jaxson Ninete provide examples of how project teams have looked to Envision to support their goals for collaboration and stakeholder engagement, go beyond the functional requirements of infrastructure projects, and publicly recognize the sustainability and resilience outcomes being achieved by the owner and project team.

Because water utilities are responsible for protecting public resources, they often prefer proven approaches over untested programs. Utilities must balance reliable, affordable water services with environmental protection, regulatory requirements, resilience, and long-term community needs—a long list of challenges for which they often seek established approaches.

The Envision Sustainable Infrastructure Framework helps utilities and project teams address these challenges through 64 sustainability and resilience credits covering environmental, economic, and social considerations. Each credit provides criteria and questions to help teams identify practical opportunities to improve project outcomes. Envision’s guidance for creating sustainable infrastructure—environmentally, economically, and socially—has received positive responses from project teams over the past several years. This feedback is shared in ISI’s project awards directory, where project descriptions and testimonials illustrate how Envision has benefited a wide range of teams and infrastructure projects.

Drawing on projects like the Northwest Water Reclamation Project, the Treasure Island Water Resource Recovery Facility, the Bee Ridge Water Reclamation Facility Expansion Project, the Eastern Regional Infrastructure Project, and the Guichon Creek Restoration Project, the statements reveal clear patterns, highlighting how the framework can support stronger collaboration and help sustainability-focused teams achieve improved project outcomes.