Introduction

The Value of Great Lakes Water Initiative examined the pricing of public water in the Great Lakes region and looked at ways that pricing could be used as a tool to better manage this precious water resource.

Final Products

• Final Report


• Literature Review on Water Pricing

Water Rate Workshops

The following water rate workshops were organized by the Alliance for Water Efficiency:

• October 12, 2010 – Ann Arbor, Michigan
• November 8, 2010 – Racine, Wisconsin
• November 10, 2010 – Buffalo, New York
• February 4, 2011 – Chicago, Illinois

Final workshop products are below.

• Water Pricing Primer


• Workshop Summary

Great Lakes Water Rate Survey

A survey was conducted during the fall 2010 by a team of Michigan State University students, under the guidance of Janice Beecher, Director of the Institute of Public Utilities and in consultation with Ed Glatfelter, Director of Conservation Program at the Alliance for Great Lakes. Financial information from the top ten water systems by service population from the eight Great Lakes states have been surveyed in order to identify the socio-economic drivers for setting water rates in the region. See below for the survey results and a synthesis report.

• Survey Results


• Survey Report


• Survey Powerpoint

For more information, contact: Becky Pearson, bpearson@glc.org.