MISI Score
32.0
Watch
Project NC / Johnston County
BOTH · Johnston CountyDistressedPWSID NC0351025
MISI Score
32.0
Watch
Score Confidence
0.9%
Peer Percentile
72.9th
As of
Apr 23, 2026
EXPLANATION
MARKET INTERPRETATION
Benson is a smaller community water system, serving approximately 4,293 residents. At the latest reading, Munimetric flags the system as showing early but meaningful signs of structural stress.
The score is being driven mainly by Operational Stress, which is running high in the model, with Revenue Fragility adding further pressure. In other words, Operational Stress is doing most of the heavy lifting in the headline score.
6 active stress signals are attached to this system, including 2 at high severity. That signal mix points to a system where several warning indicators are firing at once, not just one extreme outlier.
Within its peer cohort, this system ranks around the 73rd percentile on measured stress, placing it above most of its peers on measured stress, though not yet in the most extreme tier.
Recent score history has been relatively steady, consistent with the system's overall profile.
This summary is based on structured, source-backed public data and is intended for research and monitoring only. It is not investment advice, a credit opinion, or municipal advisory guidance.
SCORE STACK
SL 2020-79
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
ACTIVE SIGNALS
Repeated or serious compliance failures often indicate rising operational and infrastructure stress.
Score impact: 4.0 · Family: Operational Stress
Weak unrestricted liquidity reduces the utility's ability to absorb rate, capex, or operating shocks.
Score impact: 8.0 · Family: Revenue Fragility
Parent-government debt, pension, or operating stress can constrain infrastructure support and governance flexibility.
Score impact: 4.0 · Family: Governance Risk
Elevated drought and flood exposure raises outage, source-water, and infrastructure reliability stress.
Score impact: 6.0 · Family: Operational Stress
Active drought conditions stress source-water availability and treatment operations.
Score impact: 4.0 · Family: Operational Stress
PFAS detections can force expensive treatment retrofits and accelerate capital plans.
Score impact: 6.0 · Family: Capex Pressure
HISTORY
Latest
32.0
Trend
+28.0
Observations
22
Days Cash on Hand
0
Days Cash As Of
Jun 30, 2024
Population Served
4,293