Join us for a webinar on September 20th from 2:00 – 3:30 PM EST where we will demonstrate the 2021 Arkansas Water and Wastewater Rates Dashboard and answer your questions.

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. Rates data for this dashboard were not collected by … Read more

Water and wastewater rate setting is one of local government’s most important environmental and public health responsibilities. The EFC and the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation conducted surveys of what water and wastewater utilities in the state of Vermont charge in … Read more

The North Carolina Water and Wastewater Rates Dashboard was updated with 2021 data and the 2021 North Carolina Water and Wastewater Rates Report was published. Check them out today and join us for our June 15 webinar. We are thankful for another year of … Read more

Water and wastewater rate setting is one of local government’s most important environmental and public health responsibilities. The EFC and the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services conducted surveys of what water and wastewater utilities in the state of New … Read more

This is the third post in a three-part blog series on data management. This post will focus on user-centered design of Environmental Finance Center tools. Post by Julia Cavalier, Senior Research Specialist at UNC EFC and Robin Haley,  Graduate Research … Read more

The past year has forced local government utilities to make difficult decisions about how to maintain operations while providing essential services during an infectious disease pandemic, as discussed in several of our past blog posts (here, here, and here).   … Read more

The abrupt arrival of COVID-19 in the United States financially impacted businesses across all sectors, with water and wastewater utilities being no exception (see our previous blog post). Two major factors influenced revenue streams for utilities in the state. The … Read more

This interactive 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. Current rates data for this dashboard are … Read more

This dashboard is designed to assist utility managers and local officials with benchmarking residential water rates against multiple attributes, including utility finances, system characteristics, customer base socioeconomic conditions, and geography. Key financial performance indicators assessing the overall financial condition of … Read more