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Water₡lips: New Video Series on Financial Topics for Water Utilities, their Boards, and Funders
October 16, 2014Water utility governing boards serve a critical role in ensuring the provision of clean, safe drinking water. Governing boards are tasked with making important and complex decisions in line with … Read More about Water₡lips: New Video Series on Financial Topics for Water Utilities, their Boards, and Funders
Drinking Water & Wastewater, Smart Management for Small Water SystemsWRRDA: Creating Interactions between the New WIFIA Program and the Updated Clean Water State Revolving Fund
October 14, 2014As the federal government considered introducing a new program, the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Authority (WIFIA), for funding water infrastructure projects, some opponents saw the new program as … Read More about WRRDA: Creating Interactions between the New WIFIA Program and the Updated Clean Water State Revolving Fund
Drinking Water & WastewaterBottom-Up Financing Options for Green Infrastructure: What Will Your Approach Be?
October 8, 2014Green Infrastructure (GI), a common term to refer to a range of different types of small and mid-scale installations that support water management and other environmental goals, has become a … Read More about Bottom-Up Financing Options for Green Infrastructure: What Will Your Approach Be?
Watersheds, Wetlands & StormwaterEPA’s Proposed Clean Power Plan: Initial Thoughts on Electric Utility Costs and Pricing
October 1, 2014By David Tucker and Lexi Kay In June 2014, the U.S. EPA proposed the Clean Power Plan rule for the regulation of existing electric power plants under Section 111(d) of the federal … Read More about EPA’s Proposed Clean Power Plan: Initial Thoughts on Electric Utility Costs and Pricing
EnergyConservation Water Rates in Arizona
September 23, 2014by Jacob Mouw This post was revised on September 25, 2014 to address nuances of water pricing and differences in conservation rates. Drinking water, despite being a necessity, is relatively cheap … Read More about Conservation Water Rates in Arizona
Drinking Water & WastewaterMaking the Business Case for Energy Policies: Lessons from Little Rock
September 18, 2014Guest post by David Brown What’s the right mix of petroleum, natural gas, coal, and other fuels to use for electrical generation today? What are our options for meeting the … Read More about Making the Business Case for Energy Policies: Lessons from Little Rock
EnergyThe RACE for PACE: Residential PACE Starts to Inch Forward
September 16, 2014In case you haven’t heard, Property Assessed Clean Energy programs have picked up the …. well, they’ve picked up the PACE. And just in the nick of time, as many … Read More about The RACE for PACE: Residential PACE Starts to Inch Forward
EnergyNew Tool Helps Utilities Assess the Affordability of Water and Wastewater Service
September 10, 2014When the five small water systems in Hampton County, South Carolina decided to band together to create the Lowcountry Regional Water System (LRWS), they, like many other small water systems … Read More about New Tool Helps Utilities Assess the Affordability of Water and Wastewater Service
Drinking Water & Wastewater, Smart Management for Small Water Systems