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Millions of Americans Are In Water Debt
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Most Americans give little thought to water bills, paying them on time and in full. But for a subset of homeowners and renters, water debt is constant and menacing.
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North Carolina, In Early Stages of Financial Review, Sees Potentially Large Number of Distressed Water Systems
North Carolina officials are working to develop a rating system that would identify public water and sewer providers at risk of financial failure.
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Baltimore Council Approves Income-Based Water Bills
The Baltimore City Council, in the face of rising water and sewer rates and public anger over billing errors, approved a discount program that ties monthly water bills for its poorest residents to their annual household income.
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Speaking Of Water With Peter Gleick – California Drinking Water Bill
Dr. Peter Gleick, President Emeritus of the Pacific Institute, discusses the new clean water bill signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom.
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Price of Water 2018: Utilities Revise Household Water Rate Formulas
Small increase in prices but some significant adjustments to water bill calculations.
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Karachi’s Water Supply Curtailed by Theft and Mismanagement
Theft, corruption, and disrepair hamper water access for millions in Pakistan's largest city.
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California Water Board Delays Affordability Report
Citing the need for more deliberation, California regulators delayed publication of a report that will outline their preferred plan to fund and manage a statewide program to help poor residents pay their water bills.
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Baltimore City Council to Introduce Water Affordability Package in 2018
Baltimore is the latest U.S. city to reassess water aid for the poor.
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Philadelphia Water Rate Experiment Aims to Help Struggling Residents Pay Their Bills
Many applications, and some pain, so far for country’s first income-based water rate.
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When It Comes To Water Service How Expensive Is Too Expensive?
As rates rise, water authorities question longstanding affordability measurement.
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Water Bill Assistance for the Poor Hindered by State Laws
Restrictions on utilities result in weak aid programs, study finds.
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California Hones Drinking Water Affordability Plan
State considers four options as it designs nation’s first statewide affordability program.