Case Study: Berwick Area Joint Sewer Authority improves fund accounting with AccountMate

Government Utility Leverages AccountMate for Improved Fund Accounting

Berwick Area Joint Sewer Authority, a municipal sewer utility in northeast Pennsylvania, needed a financial management system that could support fund accounting across five sewer authorities while also handling more than 7,000 monthly billing statements. As business and accounting activity grew, the authority struggled to track where funds were going and needed a scalable solution that could provide both consolidated and authority-specific reporting. The organization chose AccountMate along with Diversified Technology’s utility billing system to address these requirements.

AccountMate provided fund accounting capabilities through its General Ledger, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable modules, while the integrated utility billing system allowed billing records to flow directly into the general ledger. The result was a strong financial management system that improved visibility, supported government compliance, and enabled smoother monthly accounting operations. Berwick also benefited from customized reporting and a solution that could grow with its needs, with 31% growth over five years and the ability to process all monthly billing without delay.