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Water and Wastes Digest Features Article by StepWise’s Jason Mumm

Published on April 29, 2012 By Jason Mumm

Water and Wastes Digest, one of the leading publications in the water and wastewater industry, recently published an article written by StepWise’s Jason Mumm.  The article, entitled Fair Water Pricing discusses how the relatively low price of water and sewer services in America is a false indicator of its cost, and how those same low [...]

Perfect Storm: When Affordability, Declining Population, and Utility Needs Collide

Published on February 14, 2012 By Jason Mumm

Prichard, Alabama is home to about 23,000 people.  Located in Mobile County, AL the town saw its heyday in the 1960′s when the population pushed 50,000.  Since then though, the town has seen more and more people leave and the ones who are left don’t make much money, but do pay relatively high water rates.  [...]

Johnson Foundation to Water Utilities: Start Charging Full Cost!

Published on February 1, 2012 By Jason Mumm

A new report issued by the Johnson Foundation called Financing Sustainable Water Infrastructure concludes that  the financial health of our water systems is directly linked to their long-term sustainability.

WIFIA What? The Newest Water Financing Proposal to Congress

Published on January 18, 2012 By Jason Mumm

Frequent readers of our blog will know that we often discuss the gap that exists between the need for capital investment in the water/wastewater sector, and the availability of both the necessary capital as well as the ability to repay debt.  Indeed, our most recent blog post, Water Rate Affordability (Dec. 26, 2011), presents a [...]

Water Rate Affordability

Published on December 26, 2011 By Jason Mumm

A common complaint from water and sewer utility customers – in fact one of if not THE top complaint – is that the rates are just too high.  StepWise created a Google RSS feed (shown on our home page) that attests to these complaints on a daily basis.  On an average day, we see at [...]

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