Water and wastewater rate setting is one of local government’s most important environmental and public health responsibilities. Since 2007, the EFC led or assisted partners surveying all local government water and wastewater utilities in the state of Georgia to compile … Continued

This dashboard is designed to assist utility managers and local officials to compare and benchmark residential water and wastewater rates against multiple attributes, including utility finances, system characteristics, customer demographics, and geography. It is sponsored by Raftelis and Tighe & Bond and … Continued

This dashboard is designed to assist utility managers and local officials with benchmarking residential water and wastewater rates against multiple attributes, including utility finances, system characteristics, customer base socioeconomic conditions, and geography. This resource for utilities in Alabama is funded … Continued

Since 2014, the EFC has surveyed nearly all of the rate-charging water and wastewater utilities in Alabama. Utilities are invited to provide their current water and wastewater rates. The EFC compiles the rates data with information on utilities’ key financial … Continued

This dashboard is designed to assist utility managers and local officials with benchmarking residential water rates against multiple attributes, including system characteristics, customer base socioeconomic conditions, and geography. Water rates data for utilities in Delaware and surrounding states were collected … Continued

When new developments connect to centralized water and wastewater systems, those new customers often benefit from infrastructure that existing customers have already paid for through monthly water and wastewater bills. In other cases, the addition of new customers creates the … Continued

This interactive dashboard is designed to assist utility managers and local officials with benchmarking residential water rates against multiple attributes, including financial performance, system characteristics, customer base socioeconomic conditions, and geography. Water rates and financial performance data for utilities that … Continued

Between November 2017 and March 2018, the North Carolina League of Municipalities (NCLM) and the Environmental Finance Center (EFC) at the University of North Carolina’s School of Government conducted a statewide survey of the management and long-term planning practices and … Continued

This interactive dashboard is designed to assist utility managers and local officials with benchmarking residential water and wastewater rates against multiple attributes, including  system characteristics, customer base socioeconomic conditions, and geography. The survey and dashboard were funded by Tighe & … Continued

This dashboard is designed to assist utility managers and local officials with benchmarking residential water rates against multiple attributes, including utility finances, system characteristics, customer base socioeconomic conditions, and geography. The EFC and the Hawai’i Safe Drinking Water Branch of … Continued