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Insights from the 2023 North Carolina Stormwater Utilities Report

November 1, 2023

By the UNC Environmental Finance Center Introduction The UNC Environmental Finance Center, in collaboration with the North Carolina Division of Water Infrastructure, recently conducted a comprehensive survey of stormwater utilities in North Carolina for fiscal year 2024. This survey included … Read more

Evaluating Customer Assistance Programs

October 20, 2023

In spring of 2023, the UNC Environmental Finance provided the Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) with recommendations on how to potentially structure and administer a new customer assistance program (CAP) for their service area, which includes areas of Chapel … Read more

Decentralized Users: Considerations for Connections

September 26, 2023

  By Hope Thomson, Project Director at the UNC Environmental Finance Center The UNC EFC primarily works with public service providers of environmental services: local governments or other institutions providing water, wastewater, stormwater, or other services to a public population. … Read more

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

Planning for Septic Tank Removal: Jekyll Island, Georgia

June 12, 2023

  By Emma Grace Copenhaver, Project Analyst, UNC Environmental Finance Center Septic tank failure is a growing yet frequently underreported problem in the United States. A 2020 Water & Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Association (WWMEA) report estimates that nearly half of … Read more

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 … Read more

Innovative Finance for the Restoration of Lake Mattamuskeet

March 9, 2023

  By Kathryn Obenshain, Project Analyst, & Hope Thomson, Project Director at the UNC EFC Providing environmental services can be expensive, and how those services are paid for is important. Often, recipients of those services, the customers, directly support the costs. … Read more