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Environment Canada: Study of Water Rates
This paper examines the characteristics of this important source of revenue, based on a survey of almost 1200 Canadian municipalities.
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Reviewing Water Rates
Many community water systems are faced with financial challenges. They must satisfy the requirements of recent legislation, meet increasing operating costs, and find money to replace aging infrastructure. Often revenues are insufficient to meet both operating costs and to provide for system renewal.
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Water Rate News
The Water Webster website has compiled news articles about water rates.
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North Dakota’s Small Community Water System Handbook on Developing and Setting Water Rates
No community water system governing board wants to raise rates. However, one needs to remember that the goal of every public water system is to provide customers with an uninterrupted supply of safe, dependable, fairly-priced water while operating at breakeven or better financially.
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