by Dawn Nall | Jul 10, 2018 | Asset Management, Data Management, Utility Management
The benefits of preventive maintenance are well established. Now you must decide what to do and when to do it. Luckily, there is a tool to help you answer those questions. The electronic preventative maintenance logs provided by the EPA gives you a step by step...
by Glenn Barnes | Jun 28, 2018 | Affordability, Financial Management, Rates
At the Environmental Finance Center, we think a lot about the affordability of environmental services such as drinking water and wastewater. When developing utilities we have to consider not only the cost of the system but also the affordability not water and...
by Ed Suslovic | Mar 29, 2018 | Additional Support Organizations, Partnerships
There aren’t many organizations wondering what to do with all of their excess resources. “Gee, we just don’t know how to spend all of this extra money or where to assign all of these employees that just don’t have enough to do” is not a sentiment commonly heard in...
by Michele Pugh | Dec 13, 2017 | Asset Management
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but, did you know a picture could save you 1,000 hours, or even $1,000? Knowing what your critical assets are, and where they are located, can save you time and money when responding to problems. WHAT ARE CONSIDERED...
by UNCEFC | Nov 9, 2017 | Board/Elected Official Engagement, Communications and Outreach
For many small towns, websites are the main avenue of communication with residents. At the Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, we use town websites to find contact information, water rates, and link towns around the...
