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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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When the Water Is Shut Off
Cities employ vastly different strategies for late-paying customers.
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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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Panel Recommends Changes to Two-Decade-Old EPA Water Affordability Guidelines
The EPA has heard similar suggestions before. Will the agency act decisively this time?
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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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Michigan Lawmakers Regroup in Human Right to Water Effort
Republican support will be needed for the Democratic proposal.
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California’s Clean-Water-for-All Experiment Begins to Deliver
The state was the first in the U.S. to declare a human right…
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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.
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Philadelphia Water Rate Links Payments to Household Income
City utility prepares nation’s first water rate based on annual…
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California Designs First Statewide Water Affordability Program
Many questions before the program begins operating.
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