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Three Strengths and Weaknesses of Water Quality Trading Policies
What types of environmental policies are protecting your local waterways? When the US Environmental Protection Agency was first created, most regulations followed a command-and-control model in which polluters must meet requirements individually. Today, market-based environmental…
The New Kid on the Block: Carrboro’s Stormwater Management Utility
How Carrboro’s creation of a Stormwater Management Utility exemplifies the increasing need for stormwater finance options. Effective July 1, 2017, the Town of Carrboro followed in the footsteps of local governments across North Carolina, such…
What 10 Years of Georgia Water Utility Data can Reveal
Co-author Neil Sullivan is a Rates Specialist at the Environmental Finance Center. Since 2007, the Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been conducting water and wastewater rate surveys in…
Environmental Infrastructure Programs under the Omnibus Budget Bill
On Friday, March 23, President Trump signed a $1.3 trillion FY 2018 spending bill that will fund the federal government through September 30. This budget funds several environmental infrastructure programs that help communities pay for crucial services…
The State of Water Debt in North Carolina, Part 1
Guest post by Maddie Atkins Water and wastewater infrastructure needs in the US continue to grow. The EPA Drinking Water Needs Survey and Clean Watershed Needs Survey estimate that a combined $655 billion in water…
Exploring Public Fire Protection Charges in Wisconsin
In 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. Last month, in addition to…
Four Federal Water Infrastructure Funding Programs to Watch
The 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 infrastructure. And though you’ve probably…
What’s on our Environmental Finance Reading List
Can’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 to water and sanitation for…