EPA Advisors Urge WIRFC To Coordinate Water Affordability Information

January 29, 2016
EPA financial advisors and water utility groups are calling on the agency's new Water Infrastructure and Resiliency Finance Center (WIRFC) to make household affordability issues a centerpiece of its mission, noting that the center can serve as a clearinghouse of information and convene conversations between EPA and stakeholders on innovative financing options. In a draft report presented at the Environmental Financial Advisory Board's (EFAB) winter meeting Jan. 12-13, "Household Affordability Challenges in the Water Sector," the advisory panel asks that...


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