By Amanda Peele, Project Analyst, UNC Environmental Finance Center Where does water go when it spirals down the drain? Whether from a home, a local brewery, or the car wash down the street, it likely ends up in a public … Read more
Date and Time: Thursday, Feb. 15th: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Friday, Feb. 16th: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Location: UNC School of Government, Room TBD Course Description: The Environmental Finance Center’s annual Water and Wastewater Finance Strategies Workshop … Read more
* October 18th: 10:00am – 12:00pm EST * October 19th: 10:00am – 12:00pm EST Description: Do you have the money you need for operations and capital? Are you proactively managing and saving to replace your assets? The right people … Read more
Presentation Description: This session will present the basics of rate structure design and how these structures may affect revenue generation, help or hinder various utility objectives, and support affordability initiatives. This session will also cover how a community can approach … Read more
Description: 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 … Read more
Post by Emma Copenhaver, Project Analyst at the UNC Environmental Finance Center What Is Septic? When you flush the toilet, take a shower, or do the dishes, water is being used to wash away waste, but where does this … Read more
This is the second post in a three-part blog series on data management. This post will focus on the data handling processes involved in the development of the EFC’s Revenueshed tool. As mentioned in the first part of this … Read more
Guest Post By Nicholas Smith of Raftelis A new fiscal year typically means new water and wastewater rates for utilities in Florida. Florida utilities have long relied upon small and predictable annual rate increases to ensure their rates are sufficient … Read more
Co-written by Erin Ansbro Right now, water utilities are facing great uncertainty about the coming months and years. When will moratoria on water shut-offs end? When will water consumption be back to “normal”? Will utility staff get COVID-19? And the … Read more
Written by Stephen Lapp At the Environmental Finance Center at UNC-Chapel Hill, we are always communicating that how you pay for it matters, but could how often you pay for it matter as well? It may seem counter-intuitive to think … Read more
