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Utilities director outlines EPA-endorsed 'Effective Utilities Management' initiative and timeline

Topeka City Governing Body · March 18, 2026
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Summary

Sylvia Davis presented an in-house EUM (Effective Utilities Management) program endorsed by the EPA: staff completed internal self-assessments, will run workshops, identify 2–3 priority attributes to improve, and develop dashboards and scorecards for public reporting.

Sylvia Davis, Topeka’s utilities director, presented the department’s Effective Utilities Management (EUM) initiative to the governing body on March 17, outlining a multi-step, in-house program to assess and improve water, stormwater and wastewater operations.

Davis said EUM is an industry framework endorsed by the EPA and developed with organizations such as the American Water…

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