本powerpoint演示文稿首先简要概述了如何提高当选官员对该国老化水基础设施财务规划必要性的认识。教育当选官员的方法包括:准备一个故事；财务部分；操作组件；还有，传达故事。俄克拉何马州斯蒂尔沃特市是服务成本（COS）研究项目目标的一个例子:确定服务成本；公平地收回收入；以及公用事业的财务完整性。介绍了COS研究方法、确定和操作组件。包括桌子。

This powerpoint presentation begins by providing a brief overview of raising awareness among elected officials of the need for financial planning for the country's aging water infrastructure. Components of an approach to educating elected officials include: prepare a story; financial component; operational component; and, communicating the story. Stillwater, Oklahoma, is presented as an example where the cost of service (COS) study project goals were to: determine the Cost of Service; Equitable Revenue Recovery; and, Financial Integrity of the Utility. COS study methodology, determination, and operational component are presented. Includes tables.