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
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
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
Daniel Willems is a fellow in the 2019 Leaders in Environment and Finance (LEAF) program. As part of the LEAF Fellowship, Daniel worked with Envirolink over the summer of 2019. Daniel is a second year Masters candidate in the Department … Read more
Today, October 23, 2019, organizations across the county are urging people to “Imagine a Day without Water.” The event, coordinated by the US Water Alliance, is intended to remind us all about the value of water, and to push us … Read more
Many organizations and government agencies have studied and written about the potential benefits of regionalizing* the provision of water and wastewater services, but progress implementing this management tool has been relatively slow in many states including North Carolina. *The terminology … Read more
