Prepa eparin ing f g for or Uta tahs s Water Fut r Futur ure - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

April 27, 2018 | ULCT Midyear Conference Ron Thompson & Richard Bay Prepa eparin ing f g for or Uta tah’s s Water Fut r Futur ure

conservancy districts to protect what by Utah’s four largest water we have, use it wisely, and provide for the future. Prepare60 is the center established

Repair and replace aging infrastructure Reduce water use; integrate new technology Develop infrastructure to meet demand Prepare60 Focus

Water System Basics

ederal: : Primarily played a financing role in the past, but funding is dwindling regulatory role, must now fill financing gap ocal: Primary interface of water system for end users Roles in Water Systems • Feder • State: Primarily played a planning and • Loca

Water Use Data • Need for accurate water use reports • Reporting integrity and consistency

Water Rights State planning Conservation Water Resources Drinking Water National reports House Bill 303 Water Rights Water DWRi • Source data Systems • Studies Water • Resources • DWRe • USGS Drinking Water DDW • Water use data and system sizing • Deficiency points

Public Water Supplier (PWS) water use data reporting and minimum sizing requirements process the data to set minimum sizing requirements House Bill 303 • Types and number of PWS affected • Required water use data • Submitting and reporting the data • Failure to report consequences • How Division of Drinking Water (DDW) will

type of retail use data water Other water revenue of non- Quantity ERCs Number demand annual Average demand source Peak day specified in the statute use data” or based on alternatives Required Water Data • Indoor and outdoor • “Three most recent years of actual water

Essent ntial al Water F Fund unding T Tool ools Water Rates (or User Charges) Impact Fees Property Taxes Funding 101 • • •

Water R Rates: s: replacement costs of the treatment & delivery of water to our taps capture, treat, deliver, and conserve water Funding 101 • Fund ongoing operation, maintenance & • Tied to current use (varies seasonally) • By law, can only amount to costs to

Imp mpact F Fees: s: & water sources for growth issued of new infrastructure Funding 101 • One-time payments to fund new facilities • Typically paid when building permit • Allow future water users to share costs

Property ty T Taxes: s: pay capital costs of future infrastructure source to support financing for new water supply Utah is one of 8 western states to use property tax for water infrastructure Funding 101 • Determined by state law • Allow future water users to • Provide stable revenue

Public blic G Good d benefits paid for by property taxes: Funding 101

Financing

years Water Inf counties, districts, and state for the next 50 Identifies M&I water supply needs of cities, WIP) n (SWI Plan ( ure Pl uctur nfrastruc Statewide W Total statewide $33 billion need by 2060 Long-Term Planning $15 billion $18 billion New Supply & Repair & Infrastructure Replacement

Cons onservation i on is #1 prio priorit rity Long-Term Planning

Asset M Manag nagement Plans ns Infrastructure Inventory Condition Assessment Project Replacement Plan Replacement Cost Estimates Financial Plan Long-Term Planning • • • • •

Asset Management Plans

qualified capital assets. Maintenance, pay for assessing, maintaining, repairing, and replacing Water Resources in 2017 and every five years thereafter replacement policy Requires large water conservancy districts to: nt Policy (enacted 2013) ment Replaceme Ca , and t, M sment, sessm Asses t As set Asse tal As Capita Asset Management Plans • Adopt a capital asset assessment, maintenance, and • Submit a report of capital asset facilities to Division of • Establish a multi-year plan with ongoing funding source to

Inf nfras astructure I Invent ntor ory Document asset details such as size, material, age, design, capacity, etc. Asset Management Plans

Conditi tion As Asse sessment Perform inspections to identify the current condition of the asset Replacemen ement P t Plan Forecast the remaining service life and planned schedule for replacement Asset Management Plans Asset Management Plans

Replacement C Cost Es t Esti timates Estimate replacement costs; index to year of planned replacement Fin Financial P l Pla lan Establish a reserve fund and a sustainable source of funding Asset Management Plans Asset Management Plans

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