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

This interactive stormwater fees dashboard is designed to assist stormwater utility managers and local officials in analyzing residential, nonresidential, and multi-family stormwater fees against multiple characteristics, including utility finances, system characteristics, customer base socioeconomic conditions, and geography. The EFC and … Read more

As the nation struggles to repair, maintain, and expand its water infrastructure, public-private partnerships are gaining traction as a strategy for filling the gaps. Public-private partnerships (or P3s) are touted on the idea that public projects can benefit from the … Read more

This report and visualization tool are products of Water Research Foundation Project #4455: Rate Approval Process Communication Strategy and Toolkit. The primary objective of this project was to identify and develop communication approaches, messages, and tools that water utilities can … Read more

What to include in the capital plan is up to the utility. However, a few external factors could influence what a utility chooses to include in its plan. Funding agencies often require submission of specific information that can/should be collected … Read more

In 2014-2015, the EFC and the North Carolina League of Municipalities conducted a survey of water and wastewater rates and fees charged by North Carolina utilities owned by local governments, not-for-profit associations, and for-profit entities. As part of this effort, … Read more

Click the button or the image below to download Capital Planning and Budgeting for Small Water Systems: Winston Salem                          

  This 15-slide presentation, given at the AWWA/WEF Utility Management Conference, serves as an introduction to conference topics addressing the interplay between water use and conservation, rates, and revenue stability.   

As water utilities across North America undertake capital campaigns to finance the replacement and expansion of their systems, the need for confident revenue projections grows. Yet many water utilities are subject to factors that can affect revenue variability, including volatile … Read more

Water pricing can be one of the most effective methods to driving conservation and is also the primary mechanism for recovering the revenue that a water utility needs to protect public health and the environment.  The Environmental Finance Center at … Read more