by Sami Stroud | Apr 15, 2026 | Financial Management, Fiscal Planning & Rate Setting, General Management & Finance, Managerial & Financial Leadership, Rates, Utility Management
A Quick Review of the Series So Far: A budget involves forecasting revenues and expenses for the coming year and helps to ensure appropriate spending levels on the utility’s highest priority concerns. The budget provides a variety of benefits to everyone in the...
by Sami Stroud | Apr 14, 2026 | Financial Management, Fiscal Planning & Rate Setting, General Management & Finance, Managerial & Financial Leadership, Rates, Utility Management
A Quick Review of the Series So Far A budget involves forecasting revenues and expenses for the coming year and helps to ensure appropriate spending levels on the utility’s highest priority concerns. The budget provides a variety of benefits to everyone in the utility...
by Sami Stroud | Apr 11, 2026 | Financial Management, Fiscal Planning & Rate Setting, General Management & Finance, Managerial & Financial Leadership, Rates, Utility Management
What’s a Budget and Why Do I Need One? A budget is a necessary component of properly managing any water system (drinking water, wastewater, or stormwater) and involves forecasting revenues and expenses for the coming year. The budget also helps to ensure appropriate...
by Sami Stroud | Mar 3, 2026 | Communications and Outreach, Community Engagement, Decentralized Wastewater Systems, Wastewater
Above 1. Image under license from VectorMine/Shutterstock.com For many small and rural communities, moving from private septic systems to public sewer is one of the biggest infrastructure changes residents will ever experience. The environmental and public health...
by Sami Stroud | Mar 2, 2026 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Access to Water Funding Sources, Financial Management
Image generated by ChatGPT, courtesy of Sarah Diefendorf. Read Part 1 of Getting Your Financial House in Order here. The importance of good financial practices to support SRF applications – and funding requests in general – cannot be understated. In Part...
