This tool allows users to enter data that affect water and wastewater revenues and expenses, including rates of delinquencies and water use changes, to estimate net loss (or change) of revenue under COVID-19 pandemic working conditions over a two … Read more
Many communities across the United States are dealing with aging water infrastructure and have growing extensive capital needs. Michigan is no exception to this problem, with the state currently facing an $800 million annual gap in its water and … Read more
This dashboard is designed to allow water and wastewater utilities assess their financial resilience to revenue losses during the COVID-19 pandemic or other periods of sudden revenue losses. Utilities input information about their unrestricted cash, which can be obtained … Read more
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) regularly conducts evaluations of projects to assess the impact of ARC spending within the Region. The EFC at UNC, along with researchers at Virginia Tech, completed an evaluation of 379 ARC-funded drinking water and wastewater … Read more
The Subsidized Loan Calculator Tool allows a utility to compare a loans through a State Revolving Fund program to a commercial loan at the market rate. The tool offers 3 different ways to look at savings; the interest savings in … Read more
A synthesis of the financial implications of consolidating water utilities based on the experience of eight communities. The US Water Alliance and the UNC Environmental Finance Center are committed to advancing fact-based, common-ground solutions to our nation’s most pressing water … Read more
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 … Read more
Water pricing and residential water use data for hundreds of water agencies in California during the State-mandated conservation period (June 2015 – May 2016) were studied to find out if the water rates or rate structures that the agencies charged … Read more
The State Revolving Funds were created to help water and wastewater systems finance projects to protect public health and abide to other federal regulations. Each state, to an extent, designs their own criteria and process to distribute funds to applicants … Read more
In North Carolina, there are 305 active local government community water systems serving up to 3,300 people, and 60 active local government water systems serving 20,000 people or more. The large systems outperform the small systems on financial performance, and … Read more
