Thank you for joining us!
Community leaders, local elected officials, and advocates from around the country joined us in Philadelphia for an important two days discussing the depths of the water affordability crisis and learning about the solutions for tackling it in our communities. Learn more about the event
Click below to view speaker presentations:
Professor Emily Kutil, We the People of Detroit
Alicia Smith, The Junction Coalition
Andy Kricun, Camden County
Stacey Isaac Berahzer, University of North Carolina – Environmental Finance Center
Roger Colton, Fisher, Sheehan & Colton
Mohamed Balla, Atlanta Department of Watershed Management
Debra McCarty, Philadelphia Water Department
See full agenda here
Presentations and Briefing Book
Resources
Navigating Legal Pathways to Rate-Funded Customer Assistance Programs, UNC ECF, UNC Environmental Finance Center. More information on this article can be found here.
Developing a New Framework for Community Affordability of Clean Water Services, National Academy of Public Administration , October 1st, 2017. More information on this article can be found here.
Flint Water Interagency Coordinating Committee Water Rates Subcommittee Recommendations, Flint Water Interagency Coordinating Committee Water Rates Subcommittee, July 21st, 2017. More information on this article can be found here.
Upgrading Our Water Systems: A National Overview of State-level Funding Initiatives, Vivian Chang, Jersey Water Works, June 1st, 2017. More information on this article can be found here.
Go Back to the Well: States and the Federal Government are Neglecting a Key Funding Source for Water, Rob Moore, Maddie Atkins , Natural Resources Defense Council, May 1st, 2018. More information on this article can be found here.
City of Philadelphia Water Assistance Program information, City of Philadelphia. More information on this article can be found here.
City of Philadelphia FAQ: Tiered Assistance Program (TAP), City of Philadelphia . Download a PDF of this article.
Assistance Programs (Chapter 2), Philadelphia Water Department, June 30th, 2017. More information on this article can be found here.
Rates and Charges, Philadelphia Water Department, January 3rd, 2017. More information on this article can be found here.
Navigating Legal Pathways To Rate-Funded Customer Assistance Programs, Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. More information on this article can be found here.
Review and Recommendations for Implementing Water and Wastewater Affordability Programs in the US, National Consumer Law Center, March 1st, 2014. More information on this article can be found here.
The Threat of Privatization for the Emerging Generation, Joelle Gamble and Aman Banerji, Roosevelt Institute, March 27th, 2017. Download a PDF of this article.
Baltimore’s Conundrum: Charging for Water/Wastewater Services that Community Residents Cannot Afford, Roger Colton, Food and Water Watch, November 1st, 2017. More information on this article can be found here.
Best Practices in Customer Payment Assistance Programs, John E. Cromwell, III, Roger D. Colton, Scott J. Rubin, Charles N. Herrick, Jane Mobley, Kelly Reinhardt, and Rea Wilson, Water Research Foundation & EPA, December 31st, 1969. More information on this article can be found here.
Safeguarding Water Affordability, Steve Bartlett, Henry Cisneros, Patrick Decker, George Heartwell, Aldie Warnock, Bipartisan Policy Center, September 1st, 2017. Download a PDF of this article.
An Equitable Water Future for All, US Water Alliance, October 1st, 2016. Download a PDF of this article.
Compendium of Drinking Water and Wastewater Customer Assistance Programs, EPA. More information on this article can be found here.
This compendium of Drinking Water and Wastewater Customer Assistance Programs describes the benefits, implementation, and examples of customer assistance programs (CAPs) throughout the country.
Customer Assistance Programs for Multi-Family Residential and Other Hard-to-Reach Customers, Janet Clements, Robert Raucher, Karen Raucher, Lorine Giangola, Michael Duckworth, Stacey Isaac Berahzer, Jeff Hughes, Scott Rubin, Roger Colton , Water Research Foundation, August 1st, 2017. More information on this article can be found here.
“The objective of this project is to provide water utilities with an array of pragmatic options, evaluation criteria, lessons learned, and guidance for developing customer assistance programs”
The Invisible Crisis: Water Unaffordability in the United States, Patricia A. Jones, Amber Moulton, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, May 26th, 2016. Download a PDF of this article.
Seattle Public Utilities Low Income Housing Water Conservation Assistance Program Summar, Seattle Public Utilities . Download a PDF of this article.
Rates, Bills, Costs & Consumption: The “Conservation Conundrum”, Ray Hoffman, Seattle Public Utilities, October 21st, 2014. Download a PDF of this article.
Integrated Water Management Resource Center, American Rivers, June 1st, 2016. Read more.