Walden has prepared a valuation of sewer assets to be considered for purchase by a client. Walden has used the Replacement Cost New Less Depreciation and a Condition Assessment to determine the current cost to replicate the sewer system currently owned by a Home Owner...
Walden is currently assisting and advising a client seeking to regionalize sanitary sewer systems to significantly reduce the rates of the acquired customers but still provide ‘downward pressure’ on the rates charged their own customers through efficiencies and debt...
The City of Fort Wayne, Indiana used condemnation as a tool to force the sale of a northern suburban portion of the water and sewer assets in Allen County from Aqua America. The $16M purchase included water assets serving more than 9,000 customers and sewer assets...
The Town of Zanesville sought to regionalize their Town’s sanitary sewer utility to the nearby City system. An agreement was reached that reduced and then froze the Town’s sewer rates for a ten-year period saving the customers of the Town more than $100 each year...
The City of Fort Wayne, Indiana negotiated the purchase of all water assets in Allen County from Aqua America avoiding a protracted legal battle. The $67M purchase included all of the remaining Aqua Indiana water assets serving more than 13,000 customers. To date,...
