by Sami Stroud | Feb 7, 2026 | Financial Management, Managerial & Financial Leadership, Utility Management, Workforce Development
Read the previous blog, Financial Health Check for Your Water and Wastewater Utilities, to learn about some of the ways to gauge your water or wastewater system’s financial health. If a wastewater or drinking water utility has concerns about its financial well-being,...
by Sami Stroud | Feb 3, 2026 | Additional Support Organizations, Managerial & Financial Leadership, Utility Management, Workforce Development
Image created with Canva AI, courtesy of Brian Bohnsack. If you’re like millions of Americans, you may have set a New Year’s resolution to get fit and lose that “extra 20 pounds.” But have you set a resolution for your water utility?How fit is your utility, really? Is...
by Sami Stroud | Feb 2, 2026 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Access to Water Funding Sources, Access to Water/ Wastewater Funding Sources, Additional Support Organizations, Financial Management, Groundwater, Managerial & Financial Leadership, Source Water Protection, Utility Management
Protecting your source water is one of the most important ways to protect public health. When it comes to the money, many utilities run into the same problem: there are a lot of funding programs out there, and it can be hard to know where to start and what you could...
by Sami Stroud | Jan 27, 2026 | Asset Management, Financial Management, Infrastructure Renewal/ Replacement, Managerial & Financial Leadership, Utility Management
What is Asset Management? What is the number one reason why utilities exist? It is to serve their customers. What is the number one reason they should take on asset management? To better serve their customers. Whether or not a utility undertakes asset management, it...
by Sami Stroud | Jan 5, 2026 | Financial Management, Fiscal Planning & Rate Setting, General Management & Finance, Managerial & Financial Leadership, Rates
Read the previous blog, Rate Analysis for Your Water or Wastewater Utility, to learn more about what components of your rate structure should be reviewed annually by your system. If you are running a small water or wastewater system, annually reviewing your rate...
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 financial needs are being...
