Financial Shock

This Infrastructure Week, We Can’t Forget About Residential Infrastructure

by Service Line Warranty Program | May 12, 2023 | Customer Testimonials, Financial Shock, Home Maintenance, Infographics, Lead in Water, Mixed Age Communities, NLC SLWP, Press Releases, Public-Private Partnerships, Service Line Responsibilities, ServLine, Water Loss

Norwalk, Connecticut – [DATE] – Every year during the third week of May – National Infrastructure Week – a little extra attention gets paid to the state of America’s infrastructure. This includes everything from airports, bridges and roads to drinking water,...

NY Man Saves $2,700 with Exterior Electrical Plan

by Service Line Warranty Program | May 11, 2023 | Customer Testimonials, Financial Shock, New York, Service Line Responsibilities

The town of Oceanside, New York typically only sees a few severe weather storms every year. So, when local resident and homeowner Tom W. noticed his lights flickering sometimes this past summer during some high winds, he made a mental note to investigate further if it...

Lead Water Service Lines Pose Hidden, Yet Expensive, Danger

by Bill Eller | Apr 10, 2023 | Financial Shock, Lead in Water, NLC SLWP

When water runs through lead water service lines, it picks up minute particles of lead, carrying them along into homes, where residents drink it, cook with it, and wash their dishes, clothes and themselves in it. More than 9 million homes are served by lead water...

ServLine Solves Problems for Water Utilities and Their Customers

by Jenna Hazelet | Oct 17, 2022 | Financial Shock, Ohio, Partner Testimonials, Service Line Responsibilities, ServLine, Water Loss

Flush against the Ohio River and Ohio’s southern border, Lawrence County is home to roughly 25,000 households, and more than half of those depend upon Hecla Water Association for their water service. General Manager Tony Howard and his staff pride themselves on a...

Climate Change, Inflation Put Pressure on Homeowners, Utilities

by Bill Eller | Oct 14, 2022 | Financial Shock, Florida, Green Initiatives, Inflow & Infiltration

Warmer water and rising oceans equal more intense and more frequent storms, and the rise in frequency and destruction we’ve seen from storms out of the gulf and across the country are just one of the symptoms of climate change. Hurricane Ian recently demonstrated the...

Inflation Red Flags

by Sam Wade | Jun 15, 2022 | Financial Shock, ServLine

Inflation has and will continue to increase operational cost for water and wastewater utilities. These challenges, seeded by the COVID pandemic, require business and utilities to undertake planning to address these immediate challenges. These challenges require...

Lead Water Service Line Replacement Poses Problem for Utilities

by Bill Eller | Jun 10, 2022 | EPA, Financial Shock, Infrastructure, Lead in Water, Skilled Labor Gap

You turn on the tap and water comes out. It seems simple, but it isn’t for millions of homes across the country that have lead water service lines and lead plumbing. Lead is a neurotoxin that is especially dangerous to babies and small children, and children in...

Bad Debt Impacts Utilities’ Plans for Capital Projects

by Bill Eller | Apr 8, 2022 | Financial Shock, Large Cities, Public-Private Partnerships, Service Line Responsibilities

Bad debt and mounting maintenance costs: Just call them the Scylla and Charybdis of public water utilities. Much of the investment into the water systems across the nation are nearly half a century in the past and the maintenance bill has come due. The American...

Oklahoma Man Receives Furnace Repair

by Service Line Warranty Program | Feb 11, 2022 | Education, Financial Shock, HomeServe Cares

After Five Winters Without Heat, Oklahoma Man Receives Furnace Repair Larry H. of Dewey, Oklahoma, had spent five years without a working furnace. "It just quit, and I couldn't figure out why," he said. The plains winters are cold, and Larry fended them off with the...

Inflation a Financial Shock to the System for LMI Homeowners

by Bill Eller | Feb 11, 2022 | Financial Shock

Inflation has soared higher than any point in the last four decades, reaching 7.5 percent and spurred by supply-chain issues. The Labor Department announced that the consumer-price index, a measurement of the consumer cost of goods and services, has reached its...

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