by Sami Stroud | Dec 17, 2025 | Financial Management, Fiscal Planning & Rate Setting, General Management & Finance, Managerial & Financial Leadership, Rates
If you are running a small water or wastewater system, evaluating your rate structure on an annual basis is a best practice. By reviewing its financial goals, rate structure, and budget each year, a system’s leadership can better assess if a utility’s needs are being...
by James Markham | Oct 3, 2025 | Asset Management, Capital Improvement Planning, Financial Management, Fiscal Planning & Rate Setting, General Management & Finance, Uncategorized, Utility Management
Aging pipes, outdated meter reading systems, and strained budgets are putting more pressure than ever on our nation’s water utilities. In this episode, host Anthony Craven sits down with Eric Williams, Senior Project Manager with the Mississippi Water Resources...
by Sami Stroud | Jul 8, 2025 | Financial Management, Fiscal Planning & Rate Setting, General Management & Finance, Risk and Resiliency to Climate Hazards, Small Water Systems
Risk management is essential for small water systems to ensure the continued delivery of safe and reliable water to their communities. These systems often operate with limited resources, making them especially vulnerable to unexpected events such as equipment...
by Shannon Pepper | Aug 1, 2024 | Financial Management, Fiscal Planning & Rate Setting, General Management & Finance, Managerial & Financial Leadership
Clean water is an integral part of a thriving community and environment. Without updated water and wastewater treatment systems, human and environmental safety is challenged. Financing new infrastructure projects can often be a roadblock for small communities. This...
by Shannon Pepper | Apr 19, 2023 | Fiscal Planning & Rate Setting, Wastewater
This podcast explains different service rate structures, methods and resources used to set service rates, and the challenges small systems face in setting rates.
by Shannon Pepper | Jan 3, 2023 | Financial Management, Fiscal Planning & Rate Setting
Sound financial management can be one of the most difficult aspects of running a utility or system. This blog will break that process down into four basic parts, addressing wastewater system financial statements, budgets, rate setting, and affordability. ...
