RATESTUDIES

RateStudies was founded by Buddy Petty, a professional engineer with over 25 years of experience in the water and wastewater field. Buddy has been directly involved with a variety of water and wastewater capital improvement projects as well as consulting with utilities about financing these projects. There is always a common question that arises with each project, and that is "How is this going to affect the rates?" Over the years Buddy has developed a unique method to answer that question... RateStudies has developed a unique financial model for water and wastewater systems. The model is constructed in such a way as to allow changing parameters such as capital improvements, administrative costs, operational costs, growth in the system, new debt, etc. to show the bottom line effects of changes in water and wastewater rates for each class of customer... We offer Comprehensive Rate Studies for Water and Wastewater Utilities Analysis of a Annual Audits. We provide a Report Form that is..