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Toxic Water: Our Responsibility

Toxic Water: Our Responsibility

by Heather Himmelberger | Jan 26, 2017 | Compliance with Drinking Water Regulations, Infrastructure Renewal/ Replacement, Source Water Protection

“4 million Americans could be drinking toxic water and would never know” headlined USA Today on December 15th, 2016.  There is no question that lead in drinking water is a major concern and that making drinking water safe for everyone should be a paramount concern. ...
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...
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