Report: Water assistance programs exclude customers in need
A report released today by the Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) finds that customer assistance programs offered by large water…
Affordability
Call for Speakers! 2021 Virtual Water Finance Conference
Organizers of the 2021 Water Finance Conference are looking for speakers for its seventh annual event to be held virtually, August 10,…
New AWWA document aims to better address affordability in rulemakings
The American Water Works Association (AWWA) has announced the availability of a new document entitled “Improving the Evaluation of Household-Level Affordability…
Biden signs COVID stimulus including water affordability program funding
President Joe Biden on Friday signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act, legislation to deliver additional COVID-19 relief that contains…
Water sector applauds House leadership for affordability program boost
On Friday, the House of Representatives passed the American Rescue Plan Act, legislation to deliver additional COVID-19 relief that contains…
NACWA says funding for federal affordability program “nowhere near” needed levels
Last week the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee marked up its contribution to the next COVID-19 relief bill…
The Conundrum of Water Affordability: What’s at Stake?
By Ann Bui, Mike Orth & Bruce Allender The U.S. water industry has worked hard in recent years to remind people that potable…
How Will Water Affordability be Defined for the Next 20 Years?
The EPA has a chance to listen and implement water industry leaders’ recommendations on affordability using new data, methods, metrics…
WF&M Conversations: Talking rate setting, rate maintenance and communication with Waterworth’s JP Joly
While water and wastewater utilities are frequently tasked with a meeting multitude of operational standards, they also regularly tackle financial…
Water associations react to EPA’s affordability guidance update
The American Water Works Association (AWWA), the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), and the Water Environment Federation (WEF)…