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...
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...
by Brandy Espinola | Jan 28, 2019 | Risk and Resiliency to Climate Hazards
Written by: Brandy Espinola Brandy Espinola is the Resilience and Sustainability Program Manager for the Environmental Finance Center at the University of Maryland. Aging infrastructure, terrorist attacks, and climate change, oh my! As utility operators, these are...
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...
by Brett Schwartz | Dec 5, 2018 | Additional Support Organizations, Partnerships
This blog post is a condensed version of a more detailed article, available here. Every day, regional development organizations (RDOs) are working to improve the lives of residents in communities across the country. Known locally as councils of governments, regional...
