Schedule
Establishing a Successful and Sustainable Waterworks: Revenues, Rates, and Funding
August 19 - 21, 2025 - Richmond, Virginia
Sample Schedule
Day 1: 8:00 am - 5:15 pm
- Staffing & Operating Analysis
- Budget Development
- Capital Inventory, Assess, and Planning Practices
- Capital Budget Docs / Fixed-Variable Costs & Allocation of Costs
- Strategic Planning Prior to Capital Planning
- Capital Planning, Rate Comparisons, & Developing Rate Structures
- Dinner follows class
Day 2: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Preparing Preliminary Engineering Reports (PER)
- Cost Estimating & GIS as a tool for Asset Management
- Leak Detection / Improving Water Loss
- Outside Resources - USDA Rural Development
- Sampling and Compliance: DCLS Perspective
- Readiness to Proceed
- Communications with Decision Makers and Public Relations
- Continuity of Operations Plans
- Components of a Successful Funding Application
- Finding Outside Resources and Expertise
Day 3: 8:00 am - 2:45 pm
- Waterworks Business Operations Plan
More Information
Questions about the course:
Contact Lucas Kintz, Program Coordinator, Virginia Tech Continuing and Professional Education, at lkintz@vt.edu.
Information about registration:
Please contact Continuing and Professional Education by email: cpeinfo@vt.edu or phone: 540-231-5182.