The compounding challenges of aging water infrastructure systems, climate change, and the general rising cost of living put cities and water utilities in a major financial dilemma: increase rates to update infrastructure and price out ratepayers, or keep rates static at the expense of aging and failing infrastructure.
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The workshop, in partnership with the Water Center at Penn and Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, will bring together water utility leaders across the Great Lakes region.
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The goal is to arm utility leaders with resources needed to help create efficient, affordable, and sustainable water entities that have positive relationships with the constituents they serve.
https://www.mayorsinnovation.org/events/a-public-water-utility-workshop-on-affordability#Description