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What’s Trending? A Look Into North Carolina Household Water Bills and the Income to Pay

What’s Trending? A Look Into North Carolina Household Water Bills and the Income to Pay

by Austin Thompson | May 15, 2019 | Affordability, Financial Management, Rates

The 2019 North Carolina Water and Wastewater Rates Dashboard was deployed just over a month ago, marking another year in a long partnership between the Environmental Finance Center at UNC-Chapel Hill, the North Carolina League of Municipalities, and the North Carolina...
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...
The Perils of Comparing Water Rates

The Perils of Comparing Water Rates

by Glenn Barnes | Feb 13, 2019 | Financial Management, Rates

The Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill conducts surveys of water and sewer rates in many states across the country and turns those results into rates dashboards. In recent years, at least three news outlets in...
How Important was Water Pricing in Achieving Conservation Goals During the California Drought?

How Important was Water Pricing in Achieving Conservation Goals During the California Drought?

by Liz Harvell | Jan 15, 2019 | Financial Management, Rates, Risk and Resiliency to Climate Hazards

California’s severe drought and statewide conservation mandate provided an opportunity to analyze the effects of pricing strategies as a tool to curb water use. In 2015, the State Water Resources Control Board was charged with implementing a reduction of 25 percent on...
Financial Resiliency and Future Plans

Financial Resiliency and Future Plans

by Carol Rosenfeld | Sep 19, 2018 | Financial Management, Risk and Resiliency to Climate Hazards

What could make the difference between a utility making it through an event like Hurricane Florence with relatively few impacts, and one that has major, lasting problems? Imagine two utilities, just over the county line from one another, with the same assets that are...
Metrics to Determine Principal Forgiveness Eligibility: Highlighting EPA Region 4

Metrics to Determine Principal Forgiveness Eligibility: Highlighting EPA Region 4

by Claudia Flores | Jul 5, 2018 | Access to Water Funding Sources, Financial Management

  The State Revolving Fund (SRF) programs have become a well-known financing option for many water and wastewater infrastructure projects across the country. This is mainly due to the longevity of the clean water (CWSRF) and drinking water (DWSRF) programs and...
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