These interactive Rates Dashboards are designed to assist utility managers and local officials analyze residential water and sewer rates of Georgia's utilities against multiple characteristics, including utility finances, system characteristics, customer base socioeconomic conditions, geography and history. The Environmental Finance Center and the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority collected and analyzed 439 water and wastewater rate structures for 415 public service providers in Georgia.
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Georgia Water and Wastewater Utility Dashboards
GA Water Services	GA Water & Sewer Bills 0 to 14,000 GPM
Rates comparison Conservation price signals Financial Health	Rates comparisons at various levels of consumption

Troubleshooting

The dashboards are Flash (swf) files that should automatically run on your web browser once it is launched. The dashboards may take up to 30 seconds to load on your browser. If you are having trouble accessing the dashboards, try the following steps:

1. Download Adobe Flash Player 9.0 (or later) on the browser you are using to access the dashboards (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.).

2. If an error message appears warning about running scripts, accept the scripts to launch the dashboards.

3. If you are still having trouble accessing the dashboard, try switching to another web browser (use Firefox instead of Internet Explorer, or vice versa). You may need to download Flash Player 9.0 again before you proceed.

4. For more help, please call Andrew Westbrook at (919) 966-4199 or Stacey Berahzer at (770) 509-3887.

Rates Dashboard #1: GA Water Services

Residential user rates can be compared with:

• All other utilities in the State,
• Utilities of the same size,
• Utilities with the same water source,
• Utilities in the same river basin,
• Utilities within 50 miles,
• Utilities in the same county, and
• Utilities in counties of the same economic tier

The following measures for the selected utility are compared to key indicators or to the utilities within the selected comparison group:

• Monthly water/sewer bills for 5,000 gallons,
• Monthly bill for 5,000 gallons as % Median Household Income for the community,
• Conservation pricing signal, and
• Operating ratio.

In addition, system financial health and customer demographic profiles are provided for each utility. If you want to see how rates in your community stack up, or measure the financial health of your utility, click on the dashboard below.

Rates Dashboard #2: GA Water & Sewer Bills 0 to 14,000 GPM

Compares the FY06-07 monthly bills at various levels of consumption, between 0 to14,000 gallons/month, among 370 utilities (396 rate structures). Track how your bills compare to others at the low, average and high end of residential consumption.