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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...
Why Water Utilities Should Conduct Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments

Why Water Utilities Should Conduct Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments

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...
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...
RDOs: Supporting Water Infrastructure and Improving Quality of Life

RDOs: Supporting Water Infrastructure and Improving Quality of Life

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...
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...
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