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Enroll NowGroup pricing available →Request an invoice for paymentLearn how water utilities build rates that are defensible, equitable, and recoverable. This course covers developing revenue requirements and allocating costs across customer classes — built for utility finance and accounting professionals.
Water utilities face unique rate-setting challenges — seasonal demand, infrastructure costs, conservation goals, and regulatory requirements all compete in the revenue requirement. This course gives you a practical, step-by-step understanding of how water utilities develop cost-of-service studies and build rate structures that work.
Whether you're a utility finance professional expanding into water rates, a municipal accountant supporting rate proceedings, or a manager who needs to understand the rate-making process, this course gives you the foundation to participate confidently.
Explain the components of a water utility revenue requirement
How water utilities are structured, regulated, and financed — and how the revenue requirement is built from operating and capital cost components. | 1.1 Welcome & Course OverviewFree Preview | 1.2 How Water Utilities Are Structured and Regulated | 1.3 Developing the Revenue Requirement | 1.4 Operating and Capital Cost Components
Cost allocation methodology, customer class allocation, rate structure options including flat, tiered, and inclining block rates, and conservation pricing strategies. | 2.1 Cost Allocation Methodology for Water Utilities | 2.2 Allocating Costs to Customer Classes | 2.3 Rate Structure Options: Flat, Tiered, and Inclining Block | 2.4 Conservation Pricing Strategies
Apply the concepts to a practical case study, learn to communicate rate changes to stakeholders, and complete the NASBA-compliant final exam. | 3.1 Practical Case Study: Building a Water Rate Structure | 3.2 Communicating Rate Changes to Stakeholders | 3.3 Review & Key Takeaways | 3.4 Final Exam
