AWWA Seminar will teach water utility staff how to set rates.
Press Release Summary:
On April 1-3, AWWA will host annual Financial Management: Cost of Service Rate-Making Seminar, which will directly address financial management, capital finance planning, and rate setting. Seminar will be held in New Orleans, LA and will offer valuable opportunity for water utility staff to learn to develop defendable policies, evaluate financial policies and rate impacts, and set fair revenue requirements.
Original Press Release:
AWWA Seminar - Teaching Water Utility Staff How to Set Rates
(DENVER, CO) - On April 1-3 AWWA will host the annual Financial Management: Cost of Service Rate-Making Seminar. Financial management, capital finance planning, and rate setting have become critical tasks that demand reliable financial tools for utilities. This three-day course, AWWA's most popular seminar, will address these issues directly.
Given the current economic environment, the seminar's time-honored strategies to teach attendees how to be precise and correct when setting rates are especially pertinent. Held in New Orleans, LA, this timely seminar will be a valuable opportunity for water utility staff to learn to develop defendable policies, evaluate financial policies and rate impacts, set fair revenue requirements, and much more.
Seminar presenters include:
Thomas E. Gould, National Technical Director of Finance and Rates, HDR Engineering
David B. LaFrance, Director of Finance, Denver Water
For more information on seminars and registration details, go to www.awwa.org/Education/seminars.
AWWA is the authoritative resource for knowledge, information, and advocacy to improve the quality and supply of water in North America and beyond. AWWA is the largest organization of water professionals in the world. AWWA advances public health, safety and welfare by uniting the efforts of the full spectrum of the entire water community. Through our collective strength we become better stewards of water for the greatest good of the people and the environment.
