Water Rate Setting and Long-Term Fiscal Planning Focusing on Small Water and Wastewater Systems
The Finance Forum was held in Florence, Alabama at the Marriot Shoals Hotel, on July 7, 2017.
The forum was hosted by the Water Infrastructure and Resiliency Finance Center, EPA Region 4, and the Environmental Finance Center at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (EFC at UNC).
Forum welcome and introductions by Jeff Hughes and Stacey Isaac Berahzer, EFC at UNC; John Covington, U.S. EPA Water Infrastructure and Resiliency Finance Center.
Small Water Utility Finance 101
Benchmarking and Assessing the Financial Condition of the Water System
Session examines the key financial indicators that allow water systems to make informed decisions in planning and investment. In a hands-on exercise, participants learned how to calculate and interpret a water system’s operating ratio, debt service coverage ratio, current ratio, and days of cash on hand. Discusses how funders use these numbers in deciding whether or not to loan systems money needed for capital improvements.
Generating Needed Revenue
Asset Management
System Collaboration
Funders Overview
- Water Finance Forum Agenda (PDF)(8 pp, 197 K)
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Water Rate Setting and Long-Term Fiscal Planning for Small Water Systems (PDF)(7 pp, 375 K)
(Stacey Isaac Berahzer, Environmental Finance Center at UNC)
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Special Concerns for Small Water Utilities (PDF)(28 pp, 530 K)
(Jim Grassiano, Alabama Department of Environmental Management)
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Water Rates (PDF)(15 pp, 601 K)
(Jeff Hughes, Environmental Finance Center at UNC)
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Generating Needed Revenue Rate Setting (PDF)(16 pp, 3 MB)
(Jason Barrett, Mississippi State University Extension)
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What is Asset Management? (PDF)(28 pp, 5 MB)
(Stacey Isaac Berahzer, Environmental Finance Center at UNC)
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Common Challenges for Utility Managers (PDF)(15 pp, 80 K)
(Chris Lovelace, Alabama Rural Water Association)
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Alabama Capacity Development Program (PDF)(6 pp, 1 MB)
(Dennis Harrison, Alabama Department of Environmental Management)
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Kentucky County, Water Commission, and Water District Map (PDF)(1 pg, 340 K)
(Roger Recktenwald, Kentucky Association of Counties)
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Logan Todd Regional Water Commission Progress Report (PDF)(1 pg, 139 K)
(John Walton, Logan-Todd Regional Water Commission)