How do you define “affordable” water? The United States has been grappling with this question for decades without meaningful advancement. In Episode 3 of the Data Driven Decision Making in Water and Wastewater webinar series Glenn Barnes will take a different approach to answering this question by starting with how we can measure affordability with the data most water utilities already have, but might not be able to readily access. After all, if you can’t measure it then you can’t manage it.
Opelika Utilities General Manager, Dan Hilyer, will present part 2 of his 3-part discussion on the 40-Year Water Rate metric and how its use could clear the path for tackling every other major challenge confronting today’s water utility.
