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Exploring Public Fire Protection Charges in Wisconsin
March 7, 2018In addition to Rates Dashboards, the Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill regularly publishes tables of water rates and rate structures of various states. … Read More about Exploring Public Fire Protection Charges in Wisconsin
Drinking Water & WastewaterFour Federal Water Infrastructure Funding Programs to Watch
February 28, 2018The White House’s Legislative Outline for Rebuilding Infrastructure in America, which was released early this year, outlines the President’s proposed steps to encourage increased state, local, and private investment in … Read More about Four Federal Water Infrastructure Funding Programs to Watch
Drinking Water & Wastewater, General Information, Smart Management for Small Water SystemsWhat’s on our Environmental Finance Reading List
February 22, 2018Can’t get enough of environmental finance blog posts and articles? Check out our list of blogs and newsletters that we’re following along as well. Ranging from local government finance strategies … Read More about What’s on our Environmental Finance Reading List
Drinking Water & Wastewater, General InformationClean Water Access Challenges in the United States
February 13, 2018Water and sanitation access challenges are often thought of in the extremes—lack of a clean water source in a village or community or lack of indoor plumbing in homes. But … Read More about Clean Water Access Challenges in the United States
Drinking Water & Wastewater, General Information, Smart Management for Small Water SystemsScraps to Savings: Composting in Communities
January 31, 2018Could mandatory composting be implemented in a municipality, and if so, what could this mean for communities? To answer this, we can look to San Francisco, the first U.S. city … Read More about Scraps to Savings: Composting in Communities
General Information, Waste ManagementHidden in Plain Sight
January 16, 2018Guest post by Brian Dabson Mobile homes are a vital but generally unloved part of North Carolina’s affordable housing stock. They come to public attention in times of extreme weather, … Read More about Hidden in Plain Sight
Energy, General InformationLocal Government Financial Resilience and Preparation Before a Natural Disaster
January 9, 2018The 2017 U.S. Atlantic hurricane season is officially the most expensive ever, amounting to $202.6 billion in damages across the Atlantic basin. This record-breaking hurricane season brought some of the … Read More about Local Government Financial Resilience and Preparation Before a Natural Disaster
Drinking Water & Wastewater, General Information, Watersheds, Wetlands & StormwaterHow Communities Can Save Money on National Flood Insurance
December 7, 2017Throughout 2017, there has been discussion in Congress surrounding the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which is set to expire tomorrow, Dec. 8. The program was established in 1968 as … Read More about How Communities Can Save Money on National Flood Insurance
General Information, Watersheds, Wetlands & Stormwater