TWV 022 – How Does Your Utility Measure Up? With AWWA’s Ken Mercer

July 29, 2014
TWV 022 – How Does Your Utility Measure Up? With AWWA’s Ken Mercer
Water Values Podcast
TWV 022 – How Does Your Utility Measure Up? With AWWA’s Ken Mercer

Jul 29 2014 |

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Show Notes

Ken Mercer, the American Water Works Association’s (AWWA) Senior Manager of Technical and Research Programs, discusses the AWWA’s Rate Survey and it Utility Benchmarking Survey. Ken fills us in on the trends that the AWWA’s Rate Survey reveals and some interesting metrics that the Utility Benchmarking Survey tracks, as well as how benchmarking can be used by utilities. Check this episode out and then see how your utility measures up! And if you’re not participating in the AWWA’s surveys, you need

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