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Strengthening Utilities Through Consolidation: The Financial Impact

Strengthening Utilities Through Consolidation: The Financial Impact

by Jeff Hughes | Mar 6, 2019 | Financial Management, Partnerships

A synthesis of the financial implications of consolidating water utilities based on the experience of eight communities. The US Water Alliance and the UNC Environmental Finance Center are committed to advancing fact-based, common-ground solutions to our nation’s most...
This Week in Water Affordability News (and Perspectives)

This Week in Water Affordability News (and Perspectives)

by Jeff Hughes | Oct 31, 2018 | Affordability

Interested in the challenge of protecting public and environmental health without losing sight of the burden those goals may place on some segments of our society? The affordability challenge sits at the intersection of efforts to assure adequate investment in...
WIFIA! EPA’s New Billion Dollar Water and Wastewater Loan Program Hits the Street

WIFIA! EPA’s New Billion Dollar Water and Wastewater Loan Program Hits the Street

by Jeff Hughes | Jan 11, 2017 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Access to Water Funding Sources

What is WIFIA? WIFIA stands for the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, the name of the federal act that authorized an interesting new federally managed water and wastewater infrastructure funding mechanism. WIFIA includes both direct loans and a new...
Four Finance Facts About Flint

Four Finance Facts About Flint

by Jeff Hughes | Jan 28, 2016 | Asset Management, Financial Management

As this blog is being written, water and community managers from across the country are talking about the water crisis that is occurring in Flint, Michigan. The City made a decision several years ago to discontinue buying Lake Huron water from Detroit in favor of an...
Five Dangerous Financial Myths for Small Water Systems

Five Dangerous Financial Myths for Small Water Systems

by Jeff Hughes | Jul 23, 2015 | Financial Management

Small water systems serving 10,000 people or less comprise more than 94% of our nation’s public water systems. They are a large and diverse group and are managed by a wide variety of actors. These include local and tribal governments to mobile home park owners,...
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