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Using IT Design Methods to Improve Software Tools
May 14, 2021This is the third post in a three-part blog series on data management. This post will focus on user-centered design of Environmental Finance Center tools. Post by Julia Cavalier, Senior … Read More about Using IT Design Methods to Improve Software Tools
Financial Benchmarking, General InformationSteps toward Financial Viability: How Ahoskie Paid off Millions in Debt
May 4, 2021The past year has forced local government utilities to make difficult decisions about how to maintain operations while providing essential services during an infectious disease pandemic, as discussed in several … Read More about Steps toward Financial Viability: How Ahoskie Paid off Millions in Debt
Drinking Water & Wastewater, Financial Benchmarking, General InformationTrends in utilities’ financial condition reveal early effects of the pandemic
April 21, 2021At the start of the pandemic, there was uncertainty about how water and wastewater utilities’ revenues and finances might be affected. Many utilities and local governments were concerned with loss … Read More about Trends in utilities’ financial condition reveal early effects of the pandemic
Drinking Water & Wastewater, General Information, Smart Management for Small Water SystemsBehind the Scenes of the Revenueshed Tool
April 7, 2021This is the second post in a three-part blog series on data management. This post will focus on the data handling processes involved in the development of the EFC’s Revenueshed … Read More about Behind the Scenes of the Revenueshed Tool
General InformationAlternative Metrics to Examine Financial Capability to Implement Clean Water Act Controls
March 24, 2021The 1997 EPA Financial Capability Assessment (FCA) consisted of a two-part assessment to determine a municipality’s financial capability to implement projects to comply with Clean Water Act (CWA) requirements. The … Read More about Alternative Metrics to Examine Financial Capability to Implement Clean Water Act Controls
General InformationFunding Climate Change Adaptation: How Maryland is Paving the Way in Resiliency Financing
March 10, 2021In May 2020, the shortened Maryland 2020 General Assembly Session passed Senate Bill 457, which authorizes local governments in the area to establish Resilience Authorities. The first of its kind, … Read More about Funding Climate Change Adaptation: How Maryland is Paving the Way in Resiliency Financing
General Information, Watersheds, Wetlands & StormwaterIf you build the data platform, will they come?
March 3, 2021This is the first of a series of three posts on utility data management. The Environmental Finance Center collects all sorts of data for projects. The EFC uses data from … Read More about If you build the data platform, will they come?
Drinking Water & Wastewater, Smart Management for Small Water SystemsWater Bill Payment Assistance in Multiple Federal Coronavirus Relief Programs
February 22, 2021At the time of this writing, Congress is debating passing another economic stimulus bill to provide relief against the COVID-19 pandemic. As the pandemic created hardships throughout the country for … Read More about Water Bill Payment Assistance in Multiple Federal Coronavirus Relief Programs
Drinking Water & Wastewater, General Information