The 2021 Rural Summit is The North Carolina Rural Center’s signature policy-advocacy event, will taking place on March 15-17, 2021. Accounting for the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic, this multi-day, virtual event is expected to attract hundreds of people from … Read more
Elsemarie Mullins and Shadi Eskaf will present to other Resource Agency Partners for Water Utilities on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected utilities across the State of North Carolina and open a discussion about how resource agency partners can assist … Read more
This webinar addressed barriers and concerns for municipalities throughout the integrated planning process. We heard presentations from two municipalities that have successfully completed wastewater and stormwater integrated plans. We then moved to breakout groups for a peer-to-peer exchange. We learned … Read more
A webinar on funding programs that provide grants and subsidized loans to North Carolina water and wastewater systems. Program administrators from the NC DEQ Division of Water Infrastructure, USDA, and the Economic Development Administration (EDA) presented on their funding programs … Read more
Elsemarie Mullins and Anna Liles presented for the Washington Association of Sewer and Water District's Spring Conference. Session description: In this presentation you will be provided with an overview of what information they have (and don’t have) on disconnection practices … Read more
Shadi Eskaf presented on a panel to discuss water quality and infrastructure, with topics on equity, access, and affordability. The panel discussion was for the Great Lakes Commission's semi-annual meeting in May 2021. The Great Lakes Commission meetings offer an opportunity for … Read more
UNC EFC Data Infrastructure Engineer, Julia Cavalier, appeared on a panel hosted by the North Carolina Waterworks Operators Association. Julia provided an overview of the ways that water operations data is collected, and how a water operator can work with … Read more
The Lumber River Council of Government in North Carolina hosted an EFC presentation to utility managers and board members on building a financially resilient water and wastewater utility. Shadi Eskaf presented on the basics of Enterprise Fund management, strategies to … Read more
A webinar to demonstrate how to use the North Carolina Water and Wastewater Rates Dashboard, with new metrics and benchmarks added to the 2021 edition. The annual rates survey and dashboard update was funded by the North Carolina Division of … Read more
https://vimeo.com/564835390/63336c8004 Water and wastewater rates should bring in enough revenue to cover the cost of providing service today and into the future. All utilities should prepare for inevitable future capital costs in their budgets. In this training, we will … Read more
EFC staff presented on resiliency funding and financing and the tools and resources for municipalities to use and take advantage of. For more information on this event, including past recordings, please visit https://www.epa.gov/crwu/training-center#southeast
Shadi Eskaf presented on regionalization of water and wastewater systems in North Carolina at the North Carolina Government Finance Officers Association's virtual 2021 summer conference. The conference runs from July 19-21, 2021. The link below provides additional details and the … Read more
