TFTT Report

As Food & Water Watch activists pay up to $20,000 to gather in New York City for a night of shmoozing, cocktails and music billed as “subversive to colonialism and mainstream forces of destruction,” we have a few questions to ask: Why are you patting yourselves on the back for blocking proven and much-needed water solutions […]

Truth from the Tap’s utility valuation reform toolkit continues to grow with the addition of another case study, this one out of Carteret County, North Carolina. The case study spotlights Carolina Water Service of North Carolina’s (CWSNC) 2023 acquisition of this 1,200-connection water system. Facing an accumulated operating loss of more than $5.5 million over […]

A new case study out of Montebello, California provides a snapshot of the benefits that come when a municipality taps into the expertise and economies of scale of a regulated, private water company. The City of Montebello faced significant challenges in the operation of its water system that served just 1,600 connections, struggling to fund […]

Truth from the Tap™’s safety infographic has been updated with the latest federal safety data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is now available through 2022. The data shows a 38.1% lower rate of injuries and illness for private water utility workers compared to municipal workers between 2013 and 2022. The previous version of […]

Earlier this year, an activist group, In the Public Interest (ITPI), published a so-called report that made many false and misleading claims about regulated, private water companies and the benefits that have come with Pennsylvania’s Act 12. Trying to make regulated, private water companies into villains is not a new tactic of those opposed to […]

The newest resource in the Truth from the Tap™ toolkit is a case study that details the turnaround story out of California from when Suburban Water Systems took over the Sativa Water District, which had been under government operations. After years of residents being forced to deal with unsafe drinking water and the added financial stress […]

Truth from the Tap™ has posted yet another case study that highlights a state’s successful utility valuation reform law, this one from the state of Missouri. The piece lays out the benefits of utility valuation reform, including providing a lifeline to troubled systems and giving communities and customers operational expertise, strong consumer protections and access to capital. The backgrounder also includes city-specific case studies […]

NAWC president and CEO Robert Powelson penned a letter to the editor of the Chicago Sun-Times in response to an editorial that missed the mark on the state of water infrastructure in Illinois. In his response, Powelson highlighted how focusing on water rates while ignoring water quality and reliability is shortsighted at best. Further, Powelson […]

The California State Water Resources Control Board recently released an assessment showing that nearly one million Golden State residents lack access to safe and reliable water. Further, the five-year price tag to address the state’s massive infrastructure needs could top $16 billion. All of this bad news is against the backdrop of the fact that, […]

The Truth from the Tap™ toolkit includes two new resources. The first is an infrastructure reliability infographic that shows how investment from regulated, private water companies is helping address the nation’s infrastructure challenges under the tagline “Private Investment for the Public Good.” The 15 largest water companies in the United States collectively invested more than […]