Know if revenue will cover your costs.

Financial management and rate analysis for small water utilities. Upload your monthly statement to see your year-end surplus or shortfall, in plain words for your board.

A real person walks you through it, using your own numbers.

Are we covering our costs?

Yes. On track to end the year

+$210,880

ahead.

Revenue
$755,242
Expenses
$544,362
Town of Example Water Utility · sample data
The problem

The numbers exist. They're just too hard to follow.

One slow month sets off alarms.

A $68,000 surplus one month, $13,000 the next, and the board asks what went wrong, even when the year is on track.

Financials are overcomplicated.

Most commissioners have no finance background, and even staff get lost in the detail.

Finding the cause means reading everything.

When expenses run high, someone goes line by line to find out why.

What it does

Upload a statement. Get a board report.

Every statement, checked to the cent.

Upload your monthly statement. Flowcast fills in every line and confirms both totals match.

Check what was read before it fills in September

  • Total operating revenues $65,501.00: the lines add up.
  • Total operating expenses $41,700.00: the lines add up.

37 lines matched to yours · 2 are best guesses, worth a look

A board report your commissioners can follow.

Revenue, expenses and the year-end surplus or shortfall, in plain English.

Town of Example Water Utility

Financial Report to the Board

+$210,880

expected cash surplus this year

+$148,077

bottom line on audited statements

See what’s running over budget.

Flowcast flags the lines trending over, so you know where to look.

Items trending significantly over budget:

Overtime: $6,381 actual vs $5,000 budgeted YTD (27.6% over)

Select a month to view

Jul✓ DoneAug✓ DoneSep✓ Done

Check your rates before you propose them.

See what each rate needs to be to cover your costs, and test a change.

Will today's rates cover this year?

Water sales, full year
$663,040
− Rates must cover
−$549,463
Left over for the year
$113,577

Also included: current-month statement view · depreciation in plain words · water loss in dollars · loans and lender coverage

Why it's easy to trust

Plain numbers. Nothing hidden.

Every number shows its math.

Tap “Show the math” under any answer to see the arithmetic.

Works from what you already print.

Upload the statement your accounting software produces. No chart of accounts to fit into.

Not an accounting system.

It sits beside your books and turns them into decisions.

Who it's for

For utilities with more spreadsheets than finance staff.

Under 10,000 connections

General managers

You answer to the board every month. Flowcast gives you the answer, with the math behind it.

No finance background needed

Office managers

Upload the statement and check the totals. If something looks off, you call a person.

How it works

From your first statement to your first board report.

01

Book a walkthrough.

A real person sets you up and stays your contact.

02

Upload last month's statement.

Your lines, named the way your books name them.

03

Upload your adopted budget.

So Flowcast can project to year end.

04

Upload and check each month.

The board report builds itself.

Common questions

Things people ask before signing up.

Is this an accounting system?+

No. Flowcast works from the statement your accounting software already produces. It's for the decisions — rates, budget, board reporting — not the bookkeeping.

Does it work for utilities that buy water rather than treat it?+

Yes. Utilities that buy their water, treat their own, or do both are all supported.

What about combined water and sewer systems?+

Not yet. Flowcast is for water utilities today; combined systems are on the way.

What does my board see?+

A short report in plain words: whether revenue covers costs, whether rates are right, and the surplus or shortfall the year is on track for. Only months you've checked go in.

How does pricing work?+

One annual price based on your number of connections, with everything included. See Pricing.

Where does my data live?+

In your account, synced securely across your browsers. You can download a full copy at any time.

See your numbers the way your board will.

Tell us about your system and we'll walk you through Flowcast with your own numbers.

A real person reads every request and replies to set a time.