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Publications & Presentations By Chris Woodcock

  • "Audits Aid Even the Best-Managed Utilities" Water & Sewage Works, September 1978.
  • "Responsibilities of a Board Member" Journal of the New England Water Works, September 1980.
  • "Utility Management - How Do You Evaluate It?", Panel Discussion at Joint Meeting of NEWWA and MWWA, May 1980.
  • "Much More to Rates Than Tradition", Water Engineering & Management, October 1982.
  • "The Water Rate Tug of Water: Social vs. Structural Needs", Public Works, February 1985.
  • "Consultants Role in Management Advice for Water Utilities", Journal of the New England Water Works, March 1985.
  • "Coping with Increased Costs of Water", Journal of the New England Water Works, June 1986.
  • "A New Approach: Source Development Charge", Journal of the Maine Water Utilities Association, April 1987.
  • "Role of Rate Structures", Water Conservation and Drought Management Workshop, New England Water Works Association, April 6, 1989.
  • "Charges for System Growth - Impact Fees" New England Water Works Seminar - Alternative Revenue Source Development for Water Utilities, December 6, 1989.
  • "Impact Fees, Are They For You", New Hampshire Water Works Association, September 6, 1990.
  • "Rate Development for Water Utilities", Joint Seminar - New England Water Works Association and Maine Water Works Association, February 11, 1991.
  • "Pricing Strategies and Capital Funding Options", Panel Discussion at Solid Waste Association of North America - Massachusetts Chapter Meeting, March 1, 1991
  • "Allocating Costs and Alternative Rate Structures", Small Systems Rates and Revenue Seminar, New England Water Association, March 7, 1991
  • "Introduction to AWWA Alternative Water Rates Manual", AWWA Convention, Philadelphia, PA, June 23, 1991
  • "Life-line Rates and Inclining Block Rates", AWWA Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA, June 23, 1991
  • "Alternative Water Rate Structures", CT Section AWWA Annual Meeting, May 22, 1992
  • "Conservation Rates and Revenue Impacts", Conserv '92 Workshop - New England Water Works Assoc., June 2, 1992
  • "Alternative Conservation Rates", AWWA Annual Convention, Vancouver, B.C. June 21, 1992
  • "What Will Water Rates Be Like in the 1990's?", AWWA Convention, June 23, 1991 with David Russell; Journal AWWA, September 1992
  • "Conservation Pricing", Roundtable Discussion, Journal AWWA, October, 1992
  • "Emerging Trends in Water Rates", Presentation to AWWA Rocky Mountain Section, November 4, 1992.
  • "National Trends in Water Pricing", AWWA Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX, June 6, 1993.
  • Presentation on Rate Structure Alternatives, AWWA National Convention, New York, NY, June 19, 1994
  • Presentation on Fire Protection Charges for new M26 Manual, AWWA National Convention, Anaheim, CA, June 18, 1995.
  • "Social Rate Making: Has the Come?", New England Water Works Association Annual Convention, Bretton Woods, NH, September 18, 1995; published Journal of the New England Water Works Association, March 1997
  • “Fire Protection Rates Refined in Maine”, with Normand R. Lamie, Journal American Water Works Association, October, 1996
  • “Conservation Rate Structures”, New England Water Works Association Seminar - Conservation Committee, October 30, 1996
  • “Rate Design Alternatives and Innovations”, New England Water Works Association Seminar - Water Rates Committee, December 4, 1996, October 30, 1997, and April 29, 1998
  • “Affordability Considerations in Water & Sewer Rates”, AWWA / WEF Joint Management Conference, San Francisco, CA, February 1997
  • "Calculation of Fire Protection Service Charges", Maine Water Utilities Association Meeting, Brewer, ME, Oct. 9, 1997
  • "Should Higher Rates be used to Fight Overuse of Water?", New England Water Works Association Meeting, December 17, 1997
  • Considerations in Water & Wastewater Tariff Design, presented to conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, May 18-22, 1998.
  • "Developing Rate Structures", Maine Water Utilities Association, February 1999

  • "New Challenges in Water Utility Rate Making", New England Water Works Association Meeting, May 11, 1999

  • "Panning for Gold in Your System", NEWWA Water Supply Leadership Institute Conference, Brewster, MA, November 1999

  • "Water Rates that Encourage Conservation", NEWWA Spring 2000 Joint Regional Operations Conference, Worcester, MA, April 11, 2000

  • "Setting New Rates", Maine Water Utility Symposium, Portland, Maine, May 10, 2000

  • AWWA's New Super Manual on Rate Setting, AWWA National Convention, Denver, CO, June 2000
  •  “Rates & Charges in the Legal Environment”, AWWA National Convention, New Orleans, June 2002
  • “Conservation Rates & Revenue Mitigation Measures”, NEWWA Seminar, March, 2003
  • Water Rates for Small Systems, Seminar at AWWA National Convention, Anaheim, CA, June 2003

  • “Water Rates, Fees and The Legal Environment”, contributing author, April 2005, American Water Works Association, Denver CO

  • Teacher/Seminar Presenter, New England Water Works Association:

    Water Utility Ratemaking, 1997 - present

    Seminar on Fire Protection Charges, 2004-present

  • "New Concepts in Utility Rate Adjustments", Atlantic States Rural Water & Wastewater Association, Warwick RI, March 29, 2006

  • "New Concepts in Utility Rate Adjustments", Atlantic States Rural Water & Wastewater Association, Burriville RI, April 26, 2006