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Iowa Stormwater Dashboard

May 31, 2023

The UNC EFC completed a statewide stormwater fee survey in Iowa, collecting and analyzing fee structures for over 70% of stormwater utilities across the state. These structures paint a picture of Iowa’s stormwater management priorities and can be used as … Continued

Iowa Water and Wastewater Rates Dashboards

May 31, 2023

This interactive dashboard is designed to assist utility managers and local officials with benchmarking residential water and wastewater rates against multiple attributes, including system characteristics, customer base socioeconomic conditions, and geography. This dashboard covers over 70% of water and/or wastewater … Continued

Fire Protection Fees: Too Hot to Handle?

May 23, 2023

  By Megan Doherty, Project Analyst at the UNC Environmental Finance Center Did you know that, for every US home, at least 60,000 gallons of water is stored in water mains?* If customers had to pay utilities for this stored … Continued

North Carolina Water And Wastewater Rates Dashboard

February 20, 2023

This dashboard is designed to assist utility managers and local officials with benchmarking residential water and wastewater rates against multiple attributes, including utility finances, system characteristics, customer base socioeconomic conditions, and geography. The EFC has surveyed nearly all of the … Continued

North Carolina Water And Wastewater Rates Information

February 20, 2023

Since 2005, the EFC and the North Carolina League of Municipalities annually surveyed all local governments and the largest investor-owned and non-profit water and wastewater utilities in the state of North Carolina. Utilities are invited to provide their current water … Continued

Viable Utility Tool

February 8, 2023

EFC developed a tool for the Division of Water Infrastructure in support of the Viable Utility Program.  The Viable Utility Program includes a master plan to help utilities throughout North Carolina become viable. This tool demonstrates which utilities were marked … Continued

Mississippi Water Rates Dashboard

January 9, 2023

This interactive dashboard is designed to assist utility managers and local officials with benchmarking residential water rates against multiple attributes, including system characteristics, customer base socioeconomic conditions, and geography. The EFC visualized the data on the dashboard as a resource for … Continued

Ohio Water And Wastewater Rates Information

December 21, 2022

Water and wastewater rate setting is one of local government’s most important environmental and public health responsibilities. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency surveyed what utilities in Ohio charge for rates. The EFC compiles the rates data with information on utilities’ Enterprise … Continued