RFC consultants have written numerous articles and presented at industry conferences at the local, regional and national levels.  Several of these publications have been made available on the AWWA website or may be viewed using the links below.

George Raftelis - President & CEO

• 1988 National Water Rate Survey
• 1993 AWWA Annual Conference - The Role of Pricing in Integrated Resource
  Planning

William Stannard - Vice President & COO

• 1991 AWWA Computer Conference - Improving Maintenance Management with
  Computers
• 1992 AWWA Computer Conference - A Computerized Approach to Capital Program
  Management

Peiffer Brandt - Vice President & Deputy Chief Operating Officer

• Co-author of the Comprehensive Guide to Water and Wastewater Finance and Pricing, 3rd Edition, 2005
• “Conservation Rates and Financial Issues,” presented at the AWWA Annual Conference, June 2006.
• “Your Utility Financial Health Exam: The What, Why, When and How to Achieve Optimal Financial Health,” presented at the WEF/AWWA Joint Management Conference, February 2006.
• “Water and Wastewater Rate Trends,” presented at the North Carolina AWWA-WEA Rates 101 Workshop, July 2005.
• “Maximizing Utility Objectives through Financial and Pricing Policies,” presented at the AMWA Annual Conference, September 2005.
•  “Affordability Workshop – Overview of Affordability Programs,” presented at the Environmental Finance Advisory Board Annual Meeting, August 2004.
• “2004 National Water and Wastewater Rate Survey Results,” presented at the WEF/AWWA Joint Management Conference, March 2004.
• “The Consequences of Municipal Bankruptcy – and Ways to Keep it from Happening to You,” presented at the North Carolina AWWA-WEA Annual Conference, November 2003.
•  “City of Billings v. County Water District of Billings Heights Wholesale Rate Dispute: A Case Study,” presented at the AWWA Annual Conference, June 2002.
• “2002 National Water and Wastewater Rate Survey Results,” presented at the WEF/AWWA Joint Management Conference, March 2002.

• 2003 AWWA/WEF Joint Management Conference - Costs and Cost Allocation within
  Multi-Jurisdictional Utility Billing
• 2004 AWWA Customer Service Conference - The True Costs of Billing &
  Collections