VA Training | Setting the Right Rates for Small Drinking Water Systems

Description: This workshop will help ensure the financial stability of your water system while providing safe, quality drinking water at fair rates. We will focus on how systems can select rate setting objectives and match those with appropriate rate structures. This workshop is designed for water systems serving 10,000 or fewer people, especially targeting local government systems facing financial challenges. Information will be shared in lecture format, through interactive exercises, sharing of case examples, and by soliciting and answering participant system-specific questions.

Learning Objectives:

• Develop rate setting objectives
• Determine the cost of providing wastewater service
• Anticipate changes in revenues year-to-year by changes in use
• Measure the affordability of rates for all of your customers
• Create rate structures that reflect your rate setting objectives

Trainer: Andrew Waters, Project Director, Environmental Finance Center at UNC – Chapel Hill

Cost: Free

Continuing Education Units: Those who attend will receive a Certificate of Attendance that they may self-submit for Continuing Education Credit.

Please Note: Lunch will not be provided and is the responsibility of attendees.

Who Should Attend:

• Managers, owners, and operators of water systems serving less than 10,000 people
• Decision-makers for water utilities, including mayors, finance officers, utility managers, public works directors, city councilors, board members, tribal council members, and clerks
• Consultants and technical assistance providers serving water systems

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