US Army Corps of Engineers

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Civil Works Multi-purpose Reservoir Infrastructure Strategy & Future Opportunities

Robert Slockbower

Programs Director

Southwestern Division

12 June 2014

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Moonshine Beach, Table Rock Lake, Mo.

Regulators examine soils on a wetland delineation

field visit.

Dallas Floodway

Bull Shoals Powerhouse, Arkansas

Houston Ship Channel

Sardis Dam, Oklahoma

Navigation (Ports and Channels)• 3 of the Nation’s “Top Ten” ports• 32 channels (15 deep draft, 17 shallow draft) • More than 500 M tons of commerce annually

Navigation (Inland)2 major waterways (GIWW and MKARNS)

Hydroelectric Power• 18 power plants in 6 states produce 6.7 billion kw hours• 87% of regional capacity, third in the Corps

Water Supply• 9.3 million acre-feet of

water storage• Water control contracts =

water for 1.8 million households

Regulatory (work in waters & wetlands)

• Over 5000 permit decisions annually

• Protection of waters & wetlands

Recreation• 20 percent of the Corps'

total recreation projects located within the regional boundary• 83 million visitors at 90

operating projects located in five states

Flood Damage Reduction

• 74 flood damage reduction

lakes/reservoirs• 33.22M acre-feet

of flood storage• 760 miles of local

flood protection projects

• $85 B in cumulative flood

damage prevention

Little Rock District's MV Ted Cook positions the Crane Barge Mike Hendricks at Dam 2 during the

flood of 2011

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Water Supply

9.3 Million Acre-Feet of Storage for Municipal, Industrial or Agricultural Use

- 36% of potable water for Texas - 35% of potable water for Oklahoma - 50% of potable water for Kansas

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Multi-Purpose Reservoir andWater Infrastructure

Sustain• Major and Routine Maintenance• Long-range Maintenance Plans (3-5 years)• Planning Prioritization of Available Funds

(Budgets)

Enable• State Water Planning• Regulatory• Public Private Partnerships• Policy/Legislation

Modify• Project Operations / Drought Contingency

Planning• Assessment of Surplus Water Storage• M&I Reallocations to meet Current Needs• Major Rehabilitation

Means Ways End

TWCA TWDB

TRISTATEREGIONS

Sustainable

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Corps Water Supply AUTHORITIES

• Project specific authorities• War Department Civil Appropriations Act of 1938-- Contributions by Locals (33 USC 701h)• Independent Offices Appropriations Act, 31 USC 9701, use discontinued• 1944 Flood Control Act, Section 6 & 8• 1958 Water Supply Act• Emergency Authority, PL 84-99, as amended

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Status of Texas Drought

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Texas Reservoirs

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Drought Continuum

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PLANNING•State Water

Planning•Reallocation

Studies•New

Infrastructure

PREPAREDNESS•Drought Exercises

•Maintain Existing Infrastructure

•Update Water Control Manuals

•Drought Contingency Plans

RESPONSE/RECOVERY•PL 84-99 Assistance

•Conservation•Strategic

Communications

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Planning

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Preparedness

Lavon

Ray Roberts

Grapevine

USACE Activities

Watershed Systems

Total Acre-Feet of Water Supply

2,108,250

Ongoing Studies 1) Lake Grapevine Sedimentation Survey

2) Lake Lavon Sedimentation Survey

Future Potential Studies

1) Lake Lavon Reallocation

2) Trinity River Basin Study

Dam Safety Projects 1) Lewisville Lake

Major Maintenance 1) Lewisville Lake Spillway Repair

Implementation of Future State Water Strategies – Regulatory Permits

1) Lake Ralph Hall2) Lake Bois d’ Arc3) DWU/TRWD

Pipeline

Bardwell

Benbrook Joe Pool

Navarro Mills

Lewisville

Texoma

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Response / Recovery

Operational measures to reduce losses from projects

Implement drought contingency plans Surplus water storage Emergency water supply authorities (PL 84-99)

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Drought Continuum

Reallocations

Permitting of New Reservoirs

Maintain structures

Conservation

Emergency Dredging

Emergency well drilling

Transport Water

ROWPU or Desalinization

State Drought Plans activated

PL 84-99/ Stafford Act

Drought response begins and ends with the State

State Drought Plans

Drought occurs

State Water Plans

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New Infrastructure / Regulatory Permitting

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Drivers for ChangeUSACE CW Program is not funded to maintain current levels of service!

Unreliable Resource Engines

Increasing M needs and O&M Costs

Inability to Rehabilitate

Aging capital stock portfolio

Declining performance across all business lines

Increasing National demand and competition for water & water resources

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2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020$0

$5,000

$10,000

$15,000

$20,000

Appropriated CW Budget

Non-Appropriated CW Budget

O&M Efficiencies/Optimization

Other non-Federal Investments

(Contributed Funds, PPP, etc)

Gap

CW Funding Requirements

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DeAuth/Transfer/Divest

Narrowing the Gap with Alternative Financing

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SWD Infrastructure Strategy Means Ways End

Process

Improvement

CW Transformation

Strategic Partnerships

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StakeholderCommunity of

Practice

New Infrastructure• Streamlining Regulatory/408 processes• Federal Studies for new Infrastructure

Improvements• Public /.Private / Partnerships

Re-purpose Existing Infrastructure• Reallocation of Storage (M&I Water Supply)• Expansion & Major Rehabs• RE Outgrants

Sustain Existing Infrastructure• Major & Routine Maintenance• Major Rehabilitation Projects (i.e., Dam Safety)• Prioritization of Available Funding (Budget)

SWD Value

Proposition:

Sustainable

infrastructure

relevant for

sustained

economic

growth

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P3 Continuum USACE PROJECTS

Corps O&M

Projects

TransferContractO&M

Contributed Funds Out-

grant (Lease )

Objectives•Options range from:

•Contributed funds•Leases•Contracting of O&M•Transfer of Assets

•Build upon Partners Goals and Objectives

•Next Steps:1. Build Capacity (Assess

Authorities)2. Communicate options with

Partners3. Work with Partners to Identify

potential projects

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