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Smart Management for
Small Water Systems
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Existing Financial and Utility
Management Tools
Funding Options for Small Water Systems
Stacey Isaac Berahzer
August 14th, 2013
Tennessee State University
Nashville, TN
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Outline
• Rate Setting Tools
• Asset Management Tools
• Capital Planning Tools
• More Resources for Finding Tools
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RATE SETTING TOOLS
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Water and Sewer Rates Analysis Model
http://efc.unc.edu/tools/Rate_Analysis-version2.xlsx
Instructions
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Water and Sewer Rates Analysis Model
http://efc.unc.edu/tools/Rate_Analysis-version2.xlsx Data Input 1
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Water and Sewer Rates Analysis Model
http://efc.unc.edu/tools/Rate_Analysis-version2.xlsx Data Input 2
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Water and Sewer Rates Analysis Model
http://efc.unc.edu/tools/Rate_Analysis-version2.xlsx Charts
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Water and Sewer Rates Analysis
Model
• Results are Excel Spreadsheet with:
– The Fund Balance Under Existing Rates
– The Fund Balance Under Proposed Rates
…Projected for the next 20 years
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“One-on-one” Assistance http://efcnetwork.org/one-on-one/
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ASSET MANAGEMENT TOOLS
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Sample EPA Guides Asset Management: A Best Practices Guide
http://water.epa.gov/infrastructure/drinkingw
ater/pws/cupss/upload/guide_smallsystem
s_assetmanagement_bestpractices.pdf
Asset Management for Local Officials
http://water.epa.gov/infrastructure/drinkingw
ater/pws/cupss/upload/guide_smallsystem
s_assetmanagement_localofficials.pdf
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Sample EPA Guides Building an Asset Management Team
http://water.epa.gov/infrastructure/drinkingwater/pws/
cupss/upload/guide_smallsystems_assetmanage
ment_teammanagement.pdf
Setting Small Drinking Water System Rates for a
Sustainable Future - STEP Guide Series
http://water.epa.gov/infrastructure/drinkingwater/pws/
cupss/upload/guide_smallsystems_final_ratesettin
g_guide.pdf
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http://www.epa.gov/safewater/smallsystems/pdfs/guide_smallsystems_asset_mgmnt.pdf
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CAPFinance
is a user-friendly
Program designed for
Windows PCs
http://efc.boisestate.edu/efc/Tools/tabid/58/Default.aspx
Software: CAPFinance (EFC @ Boise State)
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http://www.epa.gov/cupss/
Software: CUPSS (EPA)
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Software: CUPSS (EPA)
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Software: CUPSS (EPA)
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Software: CUPSS (EPA)
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http://www.epa.gov/cupss/
Software: CUPSS (EPA)
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CAPITAL PLANNING TOOLS
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CIP Tool in MS Excel (EFC @ UNC) http://www.efc.unc.edu/tools.htm#CIPTool
Instructions
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CIP Tool in MS Excel (EFC @ UNC) http://www.efc.unc.edu/tools.htm#CIPTool
Data Input 1
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CIP Tool in MS Excel (EFC @ UNC)
http://www.efc.unc.edu/tools.htm#CIPTool Data Input 2
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CIP Tool in MS Excel (EFC @ UNC) http://www.efc.unc.edu/tools.htm#CIPTool
20-Year Projections
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CIP Tool in MS Excel (EFC @ UNC) http://www.efc.unc.edu/tools.htm#CIPTool
Dashboard
Dashboard for Town of Anytown's 20-year Water and Sewer C.I.P. starting in FY15
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More EFC Related tools
Tools Developed by the EFC at UNC
• Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Tool for Water and Wastewater Utilities, version 2.0
• Water & Sewer Rates Analysis Model, version 2.0
• Dashboard for Using Capital Reserve Fund to Avoid Rate Shock
• Customer Assistance Program Costing Tool
• Rates Dashboards for NC, GA, SC and VA Water and Wastewater Utilities
• Revolving Fund Model
• Loan Assistance Program
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8/20/2013 More EPA Tools – Small Public
Water Systems and Capacity
Development Website: http://water.epa.gov/type/drink/pws/smallsystems/
Contains Info on: • State Guidance
• Regulations
• Compliance Help
• Technical Help
• Financial Help
• Partners
• Publications
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Example: “Gaining Operational and
Managerial Efficiencies Through Water System
Partnerships”
• From: http://water.epa.gov/type/drink/pws/smallsystems/
• Case Studies on:
– Informal Cooperation
– Contractual Assistance
– Interconnection of Stand-alone Systems
– Joint Powers Agency with Interconnections
– Ownership Transfer with Interconnection
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Contact
Stacey Isaac Berahzer
Senior Project Director
Environmental Finance Center
PO Box 671346
Marietta, GA 30066
berahzer@unc.edu
T: 770.509.3887 F: 770.509.9539
Smart Management for Small Water Systems