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FUNDING WATER REUSE PROJECTS
Stephen M. Jenkins, P.E., CFM
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Agenda
• Costs of source development
• Funding alternatives
• System operating costs
• Setting water reuse rates
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Costs of Source Development
• Conveyance costs
– From treatment to point(s) of use
• Additional treatment costs
– Direct nonpotable: Type 1 or Type 2
– DPR
• Industrial pretreatment program
• Seasonal demand and storage
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Costs of Source Development
• DPR vs. direct nonpotable
– Balancing treatment against dual conveyance systems
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Costs of Source Development
Direct Nonpotable Reuse
• Less treatment
• Dual conveyance
• “Drought proof” revenue
Direct Potable Reuse
• Higher level of treatment
• Existing distribution system
• Drought restrictions apply
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Water Reuse Funding
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes well you just
might find
You get what you need
You Can’t Always Get What You Want – Rolling Stones (1969)
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Water Reuse Funding
�What funding sources are available?
�What strings are attached?
�How to compete effectively?
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Water Reuse Funding
• Revenue Bonds
• General Obligation Bonds
• Certificates of Obligation
• Grants & Low Interest Loans
– Federal
– State
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Water Reuse Funding
Grants, Matching Funds, & Low Interest Loans
�Federal and State sources
�Highly competitive
�Environmental review
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Planning, Design, & Construction
• Bureau of Reclamation
– WaterSMART: Title XVI
• Texas Water Development Board
– Regional Facility Planning Grants
– Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF)
– Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)
– State Water Implementation Fund for Texas (SWIFT)
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WaterSMART: Title XVI
• Up to 50% matching funds
• New sources of water supplies using water recycling and reuse technologies.
• Up to $75,000 for feasibility studies completed in 18 months.
• Up to $300,000 for feasibility studies completed in 36 months.
• Focus on municipal water reclamation and reuse, industrial, domestic or agricultural wastewater, and naturally impaired groundwater and/or surface waters.
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WaterSMART: Title XVI
Subject to annual appropriation
– Maximum of $4 million per applicant with 5 to 10 awards.
– Up to 25% of project cost.
– Planning, design, and construction.
– Requirements:• Determination by Reclamation that feasibility study meets Title XVI.
• Compliance with NEPA.
• Local share.
• Congressional authorization.
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WaterSMART
Good news: We don’t compete with all 50 states.
Bad news: We compete with 17 western states.
• California
• Arizona
• Washington
• Oregon
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Texas Water Development Board
• Regional Water Supply and Wastewater Facilities Planning Program
– Studies to evaluate alternatives
– Regional water supply and wastewater facility needs
– Solutions consistent with regional & statewide plans
– Matching funds
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Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
(DWSRF)
Low interest loans for planning, design, and construction:
– water treatment facilities
– distribution systems
– upgrade or replace water infrastructure
– address standards from the SDWA
– consolidation of systems
– source water protection
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Clean Water State Revolving Fund
(CWSRF)
Low interest loans for planning, design, and construction:
– wastewater treatment facilities,
– collection systems
– wastewater recycling and reuse
improvements
– stormwater pollution control
– nonpoint source pollution control
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State Revolving Funds (SRF)
• Interest rate subsidy of 120 - 125 basis points off the city’s credit rating.
• Loan terms of 20 – 30 years.
• Planning, acquisition, design, and construction.
• Limited loan forgiveness
– Green Project Reserve
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SRF Green Project Reserve
• Green infrastructure
• Water reuse is categorically eligible
• Other environmentally innovative activities
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SRF Green Project Reserve
Limitations
• Availability of GPR funds.
• Highly competitive.
• Project Rank + Order of Submittal.
It ain’t easy being green…
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State Water Implementation Fund for
Texas
• Financial assistance for projects that are in the State Water Plan.
• Planning, acquisition, design, and construction.
• 20% of SWIFT to support conservation and reuse projects.
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State Water Implementation Fund for
Texas
• Low interest loans
• Deferred loans
• TWDB participation
• Multi-year commitments for projects spanning several years.
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State Water Implementation Fund for
Texas
Prioritization
– Local financial participation
– Readiness to proceed with project
– Priority given by regional planning group
– Ability to leverage with local and federal funding
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Competing for Funding
• Start early.
• Make sure that your project is in your regional water plan.
• Improve position with more “green.”
• Understand the terms of the funding.
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Reuse System Operating Costs
• Cost of water (no cost; marginal cost; indirect reuse; etc.)
• Treatment Costs: discharge permit is the line of demarcation between wastewater utility costs and reuse utility costs.
– Tertiary treatment
– Treatment after discharge
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Reuse System Operating Costs
• Pumping costs
• Line repairs
• Storage
• Administration
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Setting Utility Rates
Debt Service
+
Reuse System Operating Costs
=
Water Reuse Cost of Service
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Setting Utility Rates
• Rates should be cost based and equitable
• Rates should be easy to understand and
administer
• Rates and the process of allocating costs should conform to generally accepted rate setting techniques
• Rates should not be unduly discriminatory
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Setting Water Reuse Rates
• Enterprise Fund(s)
– Water, sewer, reuse
• Define objectives & benefits
– Reduce peak potable demand
– Reduce demand on limited supply
– Manage drought limitations
– Supplement utility revenues
– Encourage reuse as alternative to potable
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Setting Water Reuse Rates
Reclaimed water costs more than potable water.
� True
� False
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Setting Water Reuse Rates
Reclaimed water costs more than potable water.
� True
� False
� It depends
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Setting Water Reuse Rates
Reclaimed water costs more than potable water.
� True
� False
� It depends
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Setting Water Reuse Rates
Variables
• Potable supply & treatment cost
• Intended use drives treatment cost
Discharge < Type 2 < Type 1 < DPR
• Distance between treatment & use
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Setting Water Reuse Rates
If water reuse costs more than potable, then its price should be set higher than potable.
� True
� False
� It depends
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Setting Water Reuse Rates
If water reuse costs more than potable, then its price should be set higher than potable.
� True
� False
� It depends
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Setting Water Reuse Rates
• Enterprise Fund(s)
– Water, sewer, reuse
• Define objectives & benefits
– Reduce peak potable demand
– Reduce demand on limited supply
– Manage drought limitations
– Supplement utility revenues
– Encourage reuse as alternative to potable
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Setting Water Reuse Rates
“The pricing of reclaimed water is ultimately a public policy decision that considers more than just straight line
economics.”
Water Reuse Rates and Charges, 2000 and 2007 Survey Results, AWWA.
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Setting Water Reuse Rates
Policy decisions
– Self-sustaining or subsidized?
– Size of subsidy?
– Who will pay the subsidy?
– Are the benefits (monetized & non-monetized) derived from the subsidy sufficiently defined?
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Setting Water Reuse Rates
Rate setting considerations
• Promote water reuse
• Market rate
• Cost of service
• Percentage of potable water rate
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Setting Water Reuse Rates
AWWA, June 2008
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Setting Water Reuse Rates
What can be addressed using Water Reuse Rate Structures?
• Revenue stability
• Moving high volume customers to water reuse
• Allocation of a scarce resource
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Conclusions
• Water reuse costs are site specific.
• Grants & low interest loans can be used for planning, design, and construction costs.
• Sound public policy analysis is needed in setting water reuse rates.
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Thank you.
Stephen M. Jenkins, P.E., CFM
(214) 709-631942