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Introducing the Iowa Dashboards

July 21, 2023

  By Emma Grace Copenhaver, Project Analyst at the UNC Environmental Finance Center Dashboards Since 2005, the EFC has been creating dashboards that compare utility rates across a state. These dashboards are helpful tools for utility decision-makers as they consider … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

Georgia Water And Wastewater Rates Dashboard

May 17, 2023

This dashboard is designed to assist utility managers and local officials in benchmarking residential water and wastewater rates against multiple attributes, including utility finances, system characteristics, customer base socioeconomic conditions, and geography. The Georgia Environmental Finance Authority funds this resource … Read more

Alabama Water And Wastewater Rates Information

February 1, 2023

Since 2014, the EFC has surveyed nearly all of the rate-charging water and wastewater utilities in Alabama. Utilities are invited to provide their current water and wastewater rates. The EFC compiles the rates data with information on utilities’ key financial … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

West Virginia Water Rates Dashboard

August 24, 2022

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. Rates data for this dashboard are drawn from the West Virginia … Read more

Appreciating Depreciation

August 16, 2022

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 crazy economy, where the value … Read more