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EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has agreed to review its regulations that would require New York City to install a 90-acre cover over one of its reservoirs at a cost of $1.6 billion. Mayor Bloomberg complained about the unfunded mandate and Jackson promptly responded by sending a letter to Senator Charles Schumer saying she agreed that [...]
Great vision isn’t always attributed to leaders of the nation’s wastewater utilities. It’s an unfair reality that when great leaders of our local, state, and national water and wastewater industry are successful, the natural result is that everyone quickly forgets that there was ever a problem that required any vision to begin with. Yet, there [...]
If you’ve followed the recent history of Illinois American Water Co. on this blog, you would know that recent rate case filings at the ICC (Illinois Commerce Commission) have been met with a whole lot of public opposition. The company has been attempting to increase its rates in virtually all of its subsidiary service areas, [...]
We’ve said before that affordability is going to be one of the primary challenges faced by water and sewer utility managers in the coming years (Why Affordability is the New Challenge for Water and Sewer Utility Owners, July 2010). The story that is unfolding in Jefferson County, Alabama (home to Birmingham) sheds some light on [...]
We are glad to announce today that we’ve released a free service from our website that will allow water and sewer utility managers to receive a free 4-page report of their utility’s financial health. Our free 5-point checkup will give you a broad overview of your financial position in direct comparison to median benchmarks from [...]
Readers of this blog know by now that the financial impact of water and sewer infrastructure needs in local communities is a big one. For moderately sized utilities, the impact is big enough, for very small utilities, the impacts can be completely unmanageable as seen in the below linked article from The News Star in [...]