To Plan an Effective Path Forward, You Must First Know Where You Are: 2006 Water and Wastewater Rate Survey Results and Industry Trends

Peiffer A. Brandt

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To Plan an Effective Path Forward, You Must First Know Where You Are: 2006 Water and Wastewater Rate Survey Results and Industry Trends

Abstract

Raftelis Financial Consultants, Inc. (RFC), in conjunction with the American Water Works Association (AWWA), conducts a biennial water and wastewater rate survey (Survey). There are a number of preliminary findings from the Survey, including: Water and wastewater rates increased at about the same pace as inflation between 2004 and 2006, which is different from previous surveys which have found rates increasing faster than inflation; Medium-sized utilities continue to have the lowest water and wastewater rates; and Utilities in the Northeast and South have the highest residential water and wastewater charges, while utilities in the Midwest and West have the lowest residential water and wastewater charges.

Raftelis Financial Consultants, Inc. (RFC), in conjunction with the American Water Works Association (AWWA), conducts a biennial water and wastewater rate survey (Survey). There are a number of preliminary findings from the Survey, including: Water and wastewater rates increased at about the same pace as inflation between 2004 and 2006, which is different from previous surveys which have found...

Author(s)

Peiffer A. Brandt

SourceProceedings of the Water Environment Federation

SubjectSession 28: Rate and Risk Don't Have to Be Four Letter Words

Document typeConference Paper

PublisherWater Environment Federation

Print publication date Oct, 2007

ISSN1938-6478

SICI1938-6478(20071001)2007:17L.2246;1-

DOI10.2175/193864707788116400

Volume / Issue2007 / 17

Content sourceWEFTEC