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Challenges and Innovations: Current and Future States of Water & the Affordability Crisis

Challenges and Innovations: Current and Future States of Water & the Affordability Crisis

by Stacey Berahzer | May 13, 2019 | Affordability

Note: This is the first in a series of Xylem formerly Valor Water Analytics blog posts exploring the water affordability crisis, customer nonpayment, and technology that can enable utilities to deliver water more equitably and sustainably to all customers.  It was...
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...
Can Households Afford Water and Wastewater Bills When Faced with Unexpected Expenses?

Can Households Afford Water and Wastewater Bills When Faced with Unexpected Expenses?

by Glenn Barnes | Jun 28, 2018 | Affordability, Financial Management, Rates

At the Environmental Finance Center, we think a lot about the affordability of environmental services such as drinking water and wastewater. When developing utilities we have to consider not only the cost of the system but also the affordability not water and...
The Gray Area in Funding Affordability Programs

The Gray Area in Funding Affordability Programs

by Erin Riggs | Sep 6, 2017 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Access to Water Funding Sources, Affordability, Financial Management

Why Water or Wastewater Utilities in Many States May Be Apprehensive to Fund Affordability Programs with Rate Revenue One of the reports recently completed at the Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel provides an analysis of the...

Won’t you pay my Bill? | Pathways to Getting Some Customers to Help Pay for the Bills of Others

by Stacey Berahzer | Aug 8, 2017 | Affordability, Financial Management, Rates

“Won’t you pay my bill?” is a question that the water utility asks of the customers who do not pay their water, wastewater, and even stormwater bills. But low-income customers are, essentially, asking the same question: will you—higher-income customers—help pay the...
Using Utility-Level Data to Study the Affordability of Water Rates

Using Utility-Level Data to Study the Affordability of Water Rates

by Daniel Irvin | Jun 19, 2017 | Affordability, Financial Management, Rates

The affordability of water and wastewater rates is an issue attracting more attention than ever. In particular, “A Burgeoning Crisis? A Nationwide Assessment of the Geography of Water Affordability in United States”—a recent paper from Michigan State University— has...
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