The Water Management Leadership Program is a series of workshops and trainings designed to support the organizations and communities responsible for managing our state's water resources by strengthening their financial and managerial capacity.

Trainings

Customized Board Trainings (pdf). Ongoing.
If you are interested in having us do a training that is tailored to your particular Board, download and mail this brochure now.

Water and Sewer Infrastructure Funding Strategies.
How to fund capital projects.
January 26 - 27, 2010. View presentations.
January 21 - 22, 2009. View presentations.

Stormwater Finance and Management. June 2008.

Tools

Guidebook to Financial Leadership for Water Utility Boards
A collection of resources and articles useful for educating NC utility governing boards on financial and managerial practices.

Financial and Managerial Training Guide (pdf)
A guide to assist technical assistance providers or managers with conducting financial and managerial board trainings using the training Guidebook.

Quick Financial Management Fact Sheet for NC Governing Boards (pdf)

Guide to Setting Water and Sewer Rates (pdf) - Jeff Hughes (2005). "The Painful Art of Setting Water and Sewer Rates", Popular Government Vol. 70, No. 3, p. 4-14.

Research

Case Studies of best financial practices case studies in NC.

Resources

Join the NC Water listserv - for NC Water Managers

Water System Capacity Development Support: research and direct assistance on regional partnerships and financial sustainability.

Water Operator Recognition and Retention: practices that have proven successful in the retention of water operators for small water systems.

Advancing Asset Management in Your Utility - April 2006.

Training Programs and Educational Opportunities