Post by Omid Barr, Project Director and Evan Kirk, Acting Senior Project Director at the UNC EFC Sea level rise and heavier rain fall events driven by climate change are causing more frequent and severe flooding events. More than ever, communities … Read more

  Recent EFC tools have a new look and feel. Historically, the Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina (EFC) built spreadsheet tools. EFC tools are designed to help utilities organize and analyze financial data to make sustainable … Read more

The Old EFC Affordability Tool Seven years ago, the Environmental Finance Center at the UNC School of Government (EFC) debuted its Excel-based water and wastewater rates assessment tool. The tool guided utilities to assess the relative affordability of water and … Read more

  The Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program was created over 20 years ago through amendments to the Clean Water Act. The CWSRF provides low interest loans to local government units for water quality-related projects. Each year, a portion … Read more