The New Face of Water Financing

Unique Clean Water SRF Programs Address Non-Point Sources and Other 21st Century Challenges

By Michael Curley

For the last two centuries, when people thought of water and wastewater they thought of pipes — miles and miles of pipes — and large buildings with treatment works. They thought of monthly or quarterly bills that either came from their local government or from the local water or sewer authority. They paid those bills religiously. It would have been a callous judge who ruled in favor of shutting off water to a home, especially a poor home. But few ever wanted to test the issue.