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Risks and Resilience - Considering the Integration of Climate Readiness into Financial Analyses of Drinking Water & Wastewater Utilities

This document describes the process for considering how water sector utility climate readiness might be reflected in credit or bond ratings, as well as other financial analyses. Lead by our stakeholders, which included representatives from water sector utilities, water associations and financial institutions, this process resulted in a number of findings summarized in this report.

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Risks and Resilience: Considering the Integration of Climate Readiness into Financial Analyses of Drinking Water & Wastewater Utilities (PDF)(13 pp, 313 K)