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In Honor of Chips
May 21, 2010
I’ve had the great privilege to work as a consultant in the water utility industry for the last 15 years, all of which from offices in the Denver area. It would have been impossible for me to not have known who Chips Barry was, and I didn’t need to know him closely or personally to know enough. I knew him because I do know, in some cases very well, many of the people who were close to him every day. I know the organization, Denver Water, that he led for some 20 years, and I know how that organization shines as an example in our water industry. I know the absolute respect that he earned from others, people I ended up working with at one point or another, or others less known who talked about the man with real admiration. I know the heartache that all of those people are feeling with Chips’ passing; I know because they’ve told me.
I know that our water industry has lost a great friend and leader in Chips Barry. We will miss him.
One of the great causes that Chips was involved with was Water for People. StepWise is also a supporter of this organization and we are glad that Water for People established a memorial donation site in honor of Chips Barry. We are not a big company here at StepWise, but from now until the end of May, StepWise will match every $25 donation made to Water for People through the Chips Barry Memorial Page at Water for People’s web site up to 100 such donations.
StepWise to Present Rate Course for Colorado Rural Water Association
February 11, 2010
StepWise will be presenting a 4-hour seminar at the annual convention of the Colorado Rural Water Association on Monday, February 15th at the Crown Plaza hotel in Colorado Springs, CO.
The course provides insight into the utility rate setting process from initial financial policies and planning, to cost-of-service rate making and process improvements. Targeted at elected officials, the training course provides advice on managing ratepayer expectations, improving communications with stakeholders, and avoiding risks.
The course materials are available on this website and will be made available in hard copy for attendees on the 15th. The links below will take you to PDF files for each of the three presentation segments.
Part 1 – Intro & Why Rates Are Important – CRWA Conference
Part 2 – The Right Way_CRWA Conference
Part 3 – Making it Work_CRWA Conference
Meet Our Consultants
January 22, 2010
We’ve recently finished some updates to our site and are glad to have added pages for all of our utility consultants. We’re proud of our team and proud of the clients we serve. Take a minute to get to know us:
StepWise is “Live!”
August 7, 2009
The launch of StepWise the Company was an incredible experience; our business plan centered around Access to the best experts, Assurance of quality and performance, and Affordable consulting fees consistent with the ideals of public service has earned us a growing following of water and wastewater utility clients. Today, we are pleased to announce the launch of StepWise: the website. We intend to use these pages to do more than tell you about ourselves. We will use the site to give you, our clients, access to useful information, to educate our readers about the economic aspects of the water and wastewater industries, and to be an available resource for you. Most of all, we intend to use this site to communicate.
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