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WIFIA! EPA’s New Billion Dollar Water and Wastewater Loan Program Hits the Street

WIFIA! EPA’s New Billion Dollar Water and Wastewater Loan Program Hits the Street

by Jeff Hughes | Jan 11, 2017 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Access to Water Funding Sources

What is WIFIA? WIFIA stands for the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, the name of the federal act that authorized an interesting new federally managed water and wastewater infrastructure funding mechanism. WIFIA includes both direct loans and a new...
I’ve Got the Rate Case Blues: How to Maintain Financial Health While Mounting Fewer Rate Cases

I’ve Got the Rate Case Blues: How to Maintain Financial Health While Mounting Fewer Rate Cases

by UNCEFC | Nov 30, 2016 | Financial Management, Rates

For water and sewer utilities regulated by a state’s public utilities commission (PUC), mounting a rate case can be an expensive proposition. In fact, for some particularly small utilities, mounting a rate case can be more expensive than operating the utility for many...
Public vs. Private: A National Overview of Water Systems

Public vs. Private: A National Overview of Water Systems

by Andrea Kopaskie | Oct 19, 2016 | Utility Management

The dynamic between public and private systems has always been interesting, especially in the case of water and wastewater systems. Public water systems are usually non-profit entities managed by local or state governments, for which rates are set by a governing...
Fun Facts about Water System Rate Structures

Fun Facts about Water System Rate Structures

by UNCEFC | Oct 12, 2016 | Financial Management, Rates

The Environmental Finance Center currently produces statewide water and wastewater rates dashboards for 12 states across the US. We collect a lot of data on water system finance and management to build these dashboards, and those data can tell interesting stories...
Four Factors that Allow One Utility to Provide Financial Assistance to People Who Don’t Even Have a Water Account

Four Factors that Allow One Utility to Provide Financial Assistance to People Who Don’t Even Have a Water Account

by Stacey Berahzer | Sep 15, 2016 | Affordability

When setting rates, most water and wastewater utilities are concerned (at least to some extent) about whether their customers can afford the resulting bills. Many utilities are also wondering how they can assist the poorest segments of their customer base with the...
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