Water Pricing and Encouraging Conservation Goals During the California Drought

by Katie Sankel | Mar 27, 2019 | Fiscal Planning & Rate Setting

Explore the relationship between water pricing and encouraging conservation goals to help develop long-term resilience in a drought. Water pricing and residential water use data for hundreds of water agencies in California during the State-mandated conservation period...

Results of the 2017-2018 North Carolina Water and Wastewater Utility Management Survey

by Katie Sankel | Mar 26, 2019 | Fiscal Planning & Rate Setting

Between November 2017 and March 2018, the North Carolina League of Municipalities (NCLM) and the Environmental Finance Center (EFC) at the University of North Carolina’s School of Government conducted a statewide survey of the drinking water and wastewater utility...

Affordability and Principal Forgiveness in the State Revolving Fund Programs of the Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 States

by Katie Sankel | Mar 26, 2019 | Access to Water Funding Sources, Funding Coordination

The State Revolving Fund programs were created to help water and wastewater systems finance projects to protect public health and abide to other federal regulations. Each state, to an extent, designs their own criteria and process to distribute funds to applicants in...

Water and Wastewater Finance Debt Analysis

by Katie Sankel | Feb 22, 2019 | General Management & Finance

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Video: Full Cost Pricing of Water

by Katie Sankel | Feb 22, 2019 | Fiscal Planning & Rate Setting

Are you determining the correct full cost pricing of water in your system? Ideally, water rates reflect the full cost of providing water service today and into the future. That includes covering the full suite of operating and maintenance costs such as salaries,...