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How do North Carolina commercial rates compare to residential rates?
December 15, 2021The Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina (UNC EFC) is hard at work on the 2022 North Carolina water and wastewater rates dashboard. We look forward to … Read More about How do North Carolina commercial rates compare to residential rates?
Drinking Water & Wastewater, Financial BenchmarkingOutside Rates: Why Are They Higher?
December 9, 2021Water and sewer utilities have a responsibility to develop a system to serve all customers within their jurisdictional boundaries, but outside customers live outside that political jurisdiction. There is … Read More about Outside Rates: Why Are They Higher?
Drinking Water & Wastewater, General Information, Smart Management for Small Water SystemsImportant Water Investments Within the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
November 30, 2021The newly passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) is a significant investment in not only our nation’s infrastructure, but also our nation’s long-term sustainability. Now that the bill has … Read More about Important Water Investments Within the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Drinking Water & Wastewater, General Information, Smart Management for Small Water SystemsThe Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP)
November 15, 2021For many years, the federally-funded Low Income Household Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) has assisted customers with energy and heating bills, but no equivalent existed for water/wastewater bills until 2020. In the wake of COVID-19 and many … Read More about The Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP)
Drinking Water & Wastewater, General InformationDisaster and Resiliency: Takeaways from the Duke Water Network Symposium
November 11, 2021How can we build communities that are resilient to environmental disasters and other related challenges, and how can a multidisciplinary approach guide us through this process? The Disaster and … Read More about Disaster and Resiliency: Takeaways from the Duke Water Network Symposium
General InformationUsing the Integrated Planning Framework for Advancing Climate Resilience
October 27, 2021Post 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 … Read More about Using the Integrated Planning Framework for Advancing Climate Resilience
Watersheds, Wetlands & StormwaterMaking Meaning From Data
October 20, 2021Recent 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 … Read More about Making Meaning From Data
General Information, Smart Management for Small Water SystemsNew Affordability Tool Helps Utilities Explore Water and Wastewater Rates
October 14, 2021The 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 … Read More about New Affordability Tool Helps Utilities Explore Water and Wastewater Rates
Drinking Water & Wastewater, Financial Benchmarking, Smart Management for Small Water Systems