By Hope Thomson, Project Director, SOG Environmental Finance Center The School of Government Environmental Finance Center (SOG EFC) was founded in the late 1990s to support the financial sustainability of entities providing environmental services. Though the SOG EFC’s … Read more
By Alicia James, Project Manager, SOG Environmental Finance Center Public utilities systems provide communities with clean, safe drinking water and wastewater treatment. They improve the environment, health, and quality of life in communities where we live, work, and … Read more
Presentation Description: This session will discuss how to think about a water and/or wastewater system as a financial entity and will examine the key financial indicators that allow these systems to make informed decisions in planning and investment. Specifically, this … Read more
Event: Tribal Utilities Forum Presentation Description: This session will discuss how to consider a water and wastewater system as a financial entity and examine the key financial indicators that allow these systems to make informed decisions in planning and … Read more
By Emma Copenhaver, Project Analyst at the SOG Environmental Finance Center State Revolving Funds, or SRFs, can be attractive for many utilities because they offer low-interest loans for expensive capital improvement projects. SRFs provide financing for drinking water … Read more
By Hope Thomson, Senior Project Director, SOG Environmental Finance Center Providing environmental services can be expensive, and how those services are paid for is important. Often, recipients of those services, the customers, directly support the costs. However, in … Read more
By Julia Cavalier, Senior Research Project Director at SOG Environmental Finance Center Lead service line inventories are required by the Revised Lead and Copper Rule. Systems with distribution lines built after lead was banned are likely grateful as … Read more
Post by Anna Patterson, Project Director at the SOG EFC and Erin Riggs, Executive Director at the SOG EFC With the holidays right around the corner, water and wastewater utilities are once again thinking to the new year … Read more
By Evan Kirk, Project Director, SOG Environmental Finance Center The SOG EFC has been partnered with the US EPA since August 2021 to develop resources and lead workshops designed to assist municipalities and state permitting authorities in getting … Read more
