by Garrett Basnight | Jun 16, 2022 | Affordability, Fiscal Planning & Rate Setting
Affordability of residential rates is a comparative concept, the place where income and expenditures cross. A common metric used to assess affordability is the proportion of the Median Household Income of the community that would be spent on a year’s worth of “average...
by Ava Gude | May 17, 2022 | Water Operator Certification, Workforce Development
“No operators, no water.” – American Water Works Association Expanding access to water operator training materials is critical to the operations and maintenance of our small rural water systems. Many aspiring water operators, however, do not have access to...
by Stephen Lapp | Sep 28, 2020 | Resilience
The EFC has compiled a MS Office Excel spreadsheet table of federal and NC resiliency funding sources.
by Allison Perch | Feb 27, 2020 | Asset Management
The Southwest Environmental Finance Center has partnered with EPA to create a repository of documentation and tools related to Asset Management. Whether you are new to the Asset Management process or just need a refresher on a specific topic, the resource you are...
by Francine | May 3, 2019 | General Management & Finance, Managerial & Financial Leadership, Water System Collaboration
In practice, the EFCs have seen interlocal water and wastewater agreements ranging from one page to over 30 pages. Longer is not always better, but the considerations laid out in this guidance document are a good starting point for identifying the types of things that...