Weekly Webinar Series: American Rescue Plan Office Hours The UNC School of Government continues to offer ARP Office Hours for North Carolina local governments. Call in to get your questions answered. Free and no registration required. The free Zoom link … Read more
Session 1: Capital Planning All water and wastewater systems face high capital costs. Aging infrastructure needs to be rehabilitated or replaced. Without adequate planning and yearly budgeting for capital projects, utilities become financially challenged to fund and pay for needed … Read more
The EFC hosted a webinar on Thursday, September 9th at 12:00 pm with NC DHHS staff who are administering the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP), a program which will provide assistance customers with past due water and wastewater … Read more
With funding from the US EPA and in partnership with Central Arkansas Water, the EFC deployed the 2021 Arkansas Water and Wastewater Rates Dashboard in August. The rates dashboard provides an up-to-date look at rates for over 660 Arkansas utilities. … Read more
At the Stormwater and Finance in North Carolina event, Evan Kirk of the UNC EFC presented the results of the 2022 NC Stormwater Fee Survey, the findings from the Pilot NC Stormwater Needs Assessment, and some of the findings of … Read more
Description: Understanding what is in the toolkit to promote financial resiliency is important for small water systems. Participants will learn how to how to compare and benchmark rates against other water systems’ appropriately and how to track and assess financial performance … Read more
As part of the School of Government's annual Budgeting in Local Government course, UNC EFC staff Erin Riggs and Tom Roberts participated in a question and answer session for course participants. The EFC also provided a pre-recorded session that covered … Read more
Click here to download the slides from the presentation. View a recording of the session below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpsjdFSgdaY Staff from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services are ready to give an update on the North Carolina Low Income … Read more
This event is free and open to the public but you must register online by November 14th. Register Here by November 14th An ELI and LGEAN Co-Sponsored Public Webinar Operators of the close to 50,000 community water systems across … Read more
Erin Riggs and Stephen Lapp were invited to speak to the EPA Region 4 Environmental Justice Working Group. They provided an introduction to the EFC’s projects with an emphasis on the environmental justice components of the work. The event gave … Read more
Hosted by UNC EFC, this two-day course covered utility fee setting, public outreach and communications, innovative uses for stormwater revenues, legal considerations, regulatory considerations, and additional considerations such as ancillary benefits and affordability. This course is designed to provide an … Read more
Participants attended a session presented by Erin Riggs, Executive Director of the UNC EFC entitled "Smart Benchmarking, Water Rates Dashboard." This session provided information on financial benchmarks that can be used to gauge the health of a utility, as well … Read more
