by Sami Stroud | Feb 11, 2026 | Financial Management, Managerial & Financial Leadership, Utility Management, Workforce Development
The past few years have been water’s moment. Nationally, we’ve had a greater recognition of the importance of water: an understanding that water really is life, and we need to invest in it. More money than ever poured into various funding programs to allow water and...
by Sami Stroud | Feb 10, 2026 | Financial Management, Managerial & Financial Leadership, Utility Management, Workforce Development
Similar to the roughly quarter of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, many water and wastewater systems operate without a safety net, using virtually all of its monthly revenue obtained from customer rates and fees to pay for that month’s expenses. If an emergency...
by Sami Stroud | Feb 7, 2026 | Financial Management, Managerial & Financial Leadership, Utility Management, Workforce Development
Read the previous blog, Financial Health Check for Your Water and Wastewater Utilities, to learn about some of the ways to gauge your water or wastewater system’s financial health. If a wastewater or drinking water utility has concerns about its financial well-being,...