by Christian Lutz | Apr 17, 2020 | Financial Management
Local governments have an increased public health responsibility to ensure that people have access to clean water during the COVID-19 pandemic. During this time, many utilities are refraining from shutting off customers’ water, despite unpaid bills. In more than a...
by Leslie Garren | Apr 14, 2020 | Communications and Outreach, Utility Management
Thanks to the work of water operators, utility staff and water quality regulators across the country, communities in the United States rarely have to worry about their drinking water; a service that is, without a doubt, critical and essential. The reality of this...
by Allison Perch | Mar 30, 2020 | Financial Management
Water and wastewater utilities are adapting to the rapidly changing conditions imposed across the country and the world by the COVID-19 pandemic. With stay-at-home orders, closures of schools, restaurants, and other businesses, and major disruptions to the workforce...
by Jennifer Egan | Mar 24, 2020 | Utility Management
In most U.S. water systems, drinking, waste, and stormwater, are managed separately and each has its own costs to safely provide clean water for society. However, this traditional approach does not recognize the vital importance of freshwater as a finite resource with...
by Martha Sheils | Feb 20, 2020 | Access to Water Funding Sources, Financial Management
The principal mission of public water systems is to supply clean, safe drinking water to the public. Several very good economic studies exist that demonstrate that protection of the land surrounding drinking water sources is the most economical and most effective way...