The presentation slides can be found here. On November 2nd, the UNC EFC's Hope Thompson and Erin Riggs presented on “Budgeting for Public Enterprise” at the School of Government’s in-person course “Budgeting in Local Government.” In their presentation we gave … Read more
Running a small system can be challenging. Along with meeting regulatory obligations and satisfying customer expectations, you may have issues with aging infrastructure, lack of personnel, and limited financial resources. Furthermore, small systems often cost more to operate per capita … Read more
This webinar will introduce basic concepts for long-term financial resiliency and asset management. After a brief overview of financial analysis tools, this webinar will focus on long-term investment strategies and concepts including asset management, life-cycle costing, long-term asset planning, and … Read more
Bulk agreements are vital to small wastewater utilities as many small systems either increase revenue by treating wastewater from neighboring systems or decrease responsibility and cost of operating a treatment plant by pumping wastewater to another utility. These partnerships can … Read more
*This is a hybrid event. Attendees can attend either in-person at the address above or virtually via Zoom. All registration for this event will be through Zoom. Description: Running a small system can be challenging. Along with meeting regulatory obligations and … Read more
Description: With the need to invest in aging infrastructure and concerns about the ability of low-income customers to pay for water and wastewater services, many utilities create a Customer Assistance Program (or CAP) to address these concerns while meeting the … Read more
The Stormwater and Green Infrastructure Finance Workshop will be taught by the Environmental Finance Center at the School of Government. The course will cover utility fee setting, public outreach and communications, innovative uses for stormwater revenues, legal considerations, regulatory considerations, … Read more
Creating customer classes can be an effective method of allocating the cost of service to different types of users. Utilities often use customer classes to meet their various rate-setting objectives, such as prioritizing revenue stability and ensuring affordability. However, it … Read more
The presentation slides can be found here. This webinar will discuss how to think about water and wastewater systems as a financial entity and will examine the key financial indicators that allow systems to make informed decisions in planning and … Read more
Description The Environmental Finance Center's annual Water and Wastewater Finance Strategies workshop will provide utility practitioners with new skills and up-to-date information on pricing, infrastructure finance planning strategies, and funding resources. Lead Faculty: Erin Riggs, Executive Director, UNC Environmental Finance … Read more
The UNC EFC's Anna Patterson participated in the Career Institute Panel on behalf of the UNC Environmental Finance Center. The panel discussion was targeted at students in the Department of City and Regional Planning and focused on research being conducted … Read more
Description: On March 29, 2023, the UNC EFC's Tom Roberts participated in a panel discussion entitled “Solving Water Issues through Regional and National Collaborations”. The panel was part of the 2023 Mississippi Water Resources Conference hosted by the Mississippi State … Read more
