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Meeting Mandated Treatment Requirements in a High-Poverty, Financially Stressed Community
In 1995, the City faced over $400 million in costs for a new treatment plant and CSO corrections. The challenge was developing a sustainable financial system that could support massive debt while ensuring the third-poorest community in the state could afford the necessary triple-digit rate increases.
Integrated Plan Financial Model and Full-Cost Recovery Rate System
Our team bridges the gap between raw economic data and long-term action by developing a tiered-rate structure and 40-year financial projections. This technology evaluates the impact of fixed charges, usage data, and wholesale customer assessments. By integrating raw information on capital spending and customer affordability, the model allows the City to prioritize infrastructure improvements over a 20-year horizon. Our team helped the City secure legislative authority to issue revenue bonds—a first for the Commonwealth—by demonstrating the system's financial viability through rigorous modeling. The solution transforms complex regulatory requirements into a smoothed rate path that funds anticipated capital programs while accounting for incremental impacts on retail customers. This data-driven approach allowed the City to materially reduce CSOs by over 80 percent and transition to a defensible financial system that supports ongoing regional biosolids and wastewater facility upgrades.
Material Reduction of Combined Sewer Overflows by Eighty Percent
The City successfully constructed a secondary treatment plant and upgraded 15 pumping stations. Our team’s financial leadership enabled the issuance of over $250 million in revenue bonds, transforming infrastructure while managing affordability for residents through defensible, data-driven rate paths.
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