Early dispatches from the revolution It’s been a little over two months since the Wisconsin Waterworks Excellence Project (WWEP) released the first public report cards for 572 Badger State water utilities. The WWEP publishes


Gendered and partisan responses to proposed rate increases [An absurdly busy couple of months has kept me away from the blogosphere—sorry. Will try to get back into a regular groove now] Winning public support


The science of talking about water rate increases It’s not about the water tower—it’s about what’s inside Strictly from a value standpoint, it’s hard to imagine anything that provides more bang for the buck


Confluence. [kän-flü-ən(t)s]. n. A coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point. ​Water is a big deal in Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania is a swing state. Am I being too subtle? More evidence that,


Why water should be the Biden Administration’s top environmental priority Manny's electoral map The Biden administration’s environmental policy priorities are likely to be quite different from the Trump administration’s, and the impending change at


Black, White, and Hispanic Americans experience water utility service differently What discontents lurk behind those enigmatic eyes? Over the past couple of years there’s been a growing recognition that drinking water policy is an


Another way in which it’s tough to be poor Better with more money Drinking water utilities are great, but they aren’t perfect. Sometimes there are problems. Do those problems occur randomly? Or are there


Gender predicts concern for water utility issues coliform contamination would make this way less romantic Do men and women think differently about their water utilities? In a recent post I wrote about some findings