MISI Score
21.0
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Project NC / Rutherford County
DW · Rutherford CountyPWSID NC0181040
MISI Score
21.0
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Score Confidence
0.8%
Peer Percentile
49.2th
As of
Apr 23, 2026
EXPLANATION
MARKET INTERPRETATION
Bostic is a smaller community water system, serving approximately 953 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 at the top of its range in the model, with Revenue Fragility contributing at a lower level. In other words, Operational Stress is doing most of the heavy lifting in the headline score.
5 active stress signals are attached to this system, including one at high severity. The breadth of active signals, even without concentrated high severity, suggests pressure across more than one dimension.
Within its peer cohort, this system ranks around the 49th percentile on measured stress, placing it near the middle of the peer group on measured stress.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
ACTIVE SIGNALS
A shrinking served population weakens the customer base and raises infrastructure cost per customer.
Score impact: 3.0 · Family: Revenue Fragility
Repeated or serious compliance failures often indicate rising operational and infrastructure stress.
Score impact: 6.0 · Family: Operational Stress
Recurring monitoring or reporting failures often signal weak administrative capacity or deteriorating operational discipline.
Score impact: 4.0 · Family: Operational Stress
Elevated drought and flood exposure raises outage, source-water, and infrastructure reliability stress.
Score impact: 4.0 · Family: Operational Stress
Active drought conditions stress source-water availability and treatment operations.
Score impact: 4.0 · Family: Operational Stress
HISTORY
Latest
21.0
Trend
+21.0
Observations
20
NC TREASURER FBA
Days Cash on Hand
2653
Days Cash As Of
Jun 30, 2024
Population Served
953