Tools & Training

There are numerous pricing-related software tools, training materials, and live trainings available for water and wastewater systems. The tools listed below can assist systems in recognizing which rate structure is the most suitable, whether financial capacity is lacking, how system infrastructure and water conservation measures are suffering as a consequence, and how their finances compare to those of other utilities nationwide. Some of the tools listed below can be downloaded and used free of charge, while others must be purchased.

Tools

• AWWA: WATER:\STATS Financial and Revenue 1999 Survey
• Environmental Finance Center, Boise State University
• Utility Rate Design Software
• Capital Facilities Financing Software
• Drinking Water System Capacity Development Reports
• A Guidebook of Financial Tools
• IWR-MAIN: Water Demand Management Suite

Training

• National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC): Utility Rate School
• EPA, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (OGWDW), Drinking Water Academy: Developing Financial Capacity, 2002

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