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Member Update (MU02-05)

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To: Members & Affiliates
From: National Office
Date: March 5, 2002
Subject: 2002 FINANCIAL SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE
Reference: MU 02-05
Attachment: 2002 Financial Survey Questionnaire (PDF ~237 KB)

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Action Please By:
May 15, 2002

2002 Financial Survey Charts Wastewater Treatment Trends
AMSA is pleased to launch the eighth triennial Financial Survey: A National Survey of Municipal Wastewater Management Financing and Trends with the distribution of the attached 2002 Financial Survey questionnaire.

Since its inception in 1981, the AMSA Financial Survey has been designed to provide a comprehensive snapshot of publicly owned treatment work (POTW) financing and management trends in an effort to aid wastewater agencies in identifying agencies of similar size and type to assist in determining performance benchmarking and goal setting. As national attention is increasingly focused on wastewater infrastructure funding issues and security, the answers to the questions found in the 2002 survey will be an important resource to help policy?makers identify and respond to financing and management trends impacting POTWs across the country. By participating in this survey, your agency has the opportunity to help AMSA chart the trends of water quality community.

The Financial Survey addresses a variety of questions regarding budgetary challenges at all levels of government that continue to impact the financial resources required to control water pollution, such as

In addition to these questions, the 2002 AMSA Financial Survey requests utility specific information on member service areas, operation and staffing, as well as financial information such as revenue, expenses and capital improvement needs. The 2002 survey also contains questions on asset management, security financing needs and utility staffing levels.

The attached survey form has been personalized for your agency to include your organization's past survey information. If your agency participated in the 1996 or 1999 surveys, your most recent responses are shown on the attached survey form. If historical information is missing or inaccurate, please feel free to add or modify this data directly on the survey form. More detailed instructions for completing the survey are included on the questionnaire. Upon completing the survey form, please mail or fax the survey form by the May 15, 2002 deadline to:

Lisa DuBois Headley
AMSA National Office
1816 Jefferson Place, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202/833-3692
Fax: 202/833-4657

Online Survey Available to Member Agencies
In addition, AMSA members now have an alternative to completing the hard-copy survey questionnaire. For the first time, public agency members can respond via an Internet web survey form at http://www.amsa-surveys.org. The online web survey will allow you to save, edit and submit your agency's survey responses as well as perform analyses on current and historical survey data. You will need your AMSA agency Member Pipeline username and password to enter the survey web site.

If you have any questions with the attached survey questionnaire form or the survey web site, please contact Mark Hoeke at 202/361-7446 or mhoeke@dfinet.ch.

Thank you in advance for your participation!

*Please note: The completion of the survey questionnaire is intended for AMSA Public Agency and Public Affiliate Members only. Member Update02-05 and survey form are provided to AMSA Private Affiliate Members only for information purposes.


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