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Planning Your Capital Projects for Impact
Post by Delia Wegner, Graduate Research Assistant at the UNC EFC What is a Capital Improvement Plan? Paying for the rehabilitation, replacement, and upgrades of water and wastewater equipment is an ongoing issue for…
Implementing a Customer Assistance Program for a Small System
Post by Elsemarie Mullins, Project Director at the UNC EFC Customer Assistance Programs (CAPs) are often offered as a solution to providing water to low-income customers as well as meeting the revenue requirement of…
Appreciating Depreciation
Post by Andrew Waters, Project Director, and Kathryn Obenshain, Research Assistant at the UNC EFC There’s an old adage about a brand-new car dramatically losing value the moment it’s driven off the lot. In this…
EFCN Resources 101
Post by Anna Patterson, Project Director at the UNC EFC Water and wastewater utilities are often faced with tricky financial problems that do not have clear-cut solutions. Luckily, the Environmental Finance Center Network…
A Once-in-a-Generation Investment – How the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is Reaching Disadvantaged Communities
Post by Sarah Henshaw, Graduate Research Assistant, and Julia Cavalier, Research Director at the UNC EFC The EPA’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)…
The Geography of Stormwater Utilities
Post by Austin Thompson, PhD Research Assistant at the UNC EFC Stormwater management is a growing concern for local governments across the United States. Indeed, as development footprints grow and the climate changes,…
Challenges of Growth for Water Utilities
Post by Julia Cavalier, Research Director at the UNC EFC, and Gabriela Santana, Graduate Research Assistant at the UNC EFC This is the second blog in a two-part series presenting takeaways from North Carolina’s Viable…
Reserve Funds – Expect the Unexpected
Post by Hope Thomson, Project Director at the UNC EFC The past few years of the global COVID-19 pandemic has certainly had its impact on all sectors of society, including water and wastewater utilities. An…