MISI Score
37.0
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Project NC / Bertie County
BOTH · Bertie CountyPWSID NC0408040
MISI Score
37.0
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Score Confidence
0.8%
Peer Percentile
89.0th
As of
Apr 23, 2026
EXPLANATION
MARKET INTERPRETATION
Powellsville is a smaller community water system, serving approximately 482 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 Revenue Fragility, which is running high in the model, with Operational Stress adding further pressure. In other words, Revenue Fragility is doing most of the heavy lifting in the headline score.
7 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 89th percentile on measured stress, placing it among the more stressed systems in its peer group.
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 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
ACTIVE SIGNALS
A shrinking served population weakens the customer base and raises infrastructure cost per customer.
Score impact: 10.0 · Family: Revenue Fragility
Weak unrestricted liquidity reduces the utility's ability to absorb rate, capex, or operating shocks.
Score impact: 5.0 · Family: Revenue Fragility
Parent-government debt, pension, or operating stress can constrain infrastructure support and governance flexibility.
Score impact: 4.0 · Family: Governance Risk
Repeated or serious compliance failures often indicate rising operational and infrastructure stress.
Score impact: 6.0 · 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: 3.0 · Family: Operational Stress
HISTORY
Latest
37.0
Trend
+37.0
Observations
20
Days Cash on Hand
55
Days Cash As Of
Jun 30, 2024
Population Served
482
Lead and copper exceedances and replacement obligations can drive near-term treatment and capital pressure.
Score impact: 5.0 · Family: Capex Pressure