WATER WARS

PA AWWA CONFERENCE APRIL 5, 2013

HERSHEY LODGE

DENNIS C. BECK

AWWA - Life Member WWOAP – Life Member

Cambria County Conservation District W. PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation

Trout Run Watershed Association Central Mainline Sewer Authority

PA Rural Water Association

bikerbeck@comcast.net

“WHISKEY IS FOR DRINKING”

“WATER IS FOR FIGHTING”

MARK TWAIN

IN WINE THERE IS WISDOM

IN BEER THERE IS FREEDOM

IN WATER THERE IS BACTERIA

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

CNN REPORT BY Jason Mike MARCH 22, 2013

“THE COMING WATER WARS” PACIFIC INSTUTUTE LISTS 225 CONFLICTS IN HISTORY BUT

HALF HAVE BEEN IN THE

LAST 20 YEARS

THE WEATHER CHANNEL (1/14/13) U.S. DROUGHT

3rd HIGHEST SEVERE TO EXTREME PERCENTAGE ON RECORD

2012 WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD FOR U.S.

LOWER 48 – 2012 DRIEST YEAR SINCE 1988

TOP 10 DRIEST YEAR IN 2012 DEL – GA – ILL – MO – ARK – KAN –

CO N. MEX – 2nd DRIEST YEAR ON

RECORD AU CONTRARE

NORTH EAST – GULF COAST – PACIFIC N’WEST – WETTER THAN

AVERAGE

NEXT GREAT CONFLICTS WILL BE BASED ON WHO HAS

THE WATER

AND WHO WANTS THE WATER!!!!!!

PENNSYLVANIA

NEAR WAR IN JANUARY 2004

OVER TAPPING INTO NEW WATER LINE

NOT A SHORTAGE

WATER WARS ARIZONA 1934

NAT’L GUARD WITH CANNONS

PATROLED THE COLORADO RIVER TO PREVENT PARKER DAM AND CA FROM STEALING WATER

CHINA 1999 2 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WENT TO

WAR OVER WATER BETWEEN BEIJING AND SHANGHAI

BOMBED WATER CANALS FOR WATER

100 PEOPLE KILLED (THE RIPPLE EFFECT)

CELEDIN – PERUVIAN MOUNTAINS 2-13-2013

CROWDS HURLED ROCKS TWO OFFICERS AND A SOLDIER

SHOT – ONE DIED 3 OTHER PEOPLE SHOT AND KILLED AND 2O WOUNDED

GOLD AND COPPER MINE WATER

1998

TURKEY VS. SYRIA RIGHTS TO TIGRIS/EUPHRATES

RIVER WATER

CONFLICTS AT U.S. SUPREME COURT

DRBC

TEXAS vs NEW MEXICO

GEORGIA vs TENNESSEE

MICHIGAN vs NESTLE

MONTANA vs NORTH DAKOTA

KANSAS vs NEBRASKA vs COLORADO

DELEWARE RIVER COMPACT

SUPREME COURT DECISION ON WHO GETS HOW MUCH

APPOINTED A “WATER MARSHALL”

TO CONTROL WITHDRAWALS

CAMBRIA COUNTY

PRE DRILLING TESTING

SMALL EXPLOSIVES OR SOUNDING TRUCKS TO DETERMINE DEPTH AND THICKNESS OF MARCELLUS SHALE

PORTAGE WATER AUTHORITY

(MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY OF THE BOROUGH OF PORTAGE)

MARCH 10, 2013 AP

30 MILES NORTH OF PITTSBURGH IN WOODLANDS

CONTAMINATED WELLS

DEP EPA

JOHN STOLTZ - UNIV OF PGH

GROUNDWATER PROTECTION COUNCIL - OKLAHOMA

DECEMBER 27, 2010 PITTSBURGH WATER HIGH IN

CHROMIUM-6 (ERIN BROCOVICH) STUDY TESTED 35 CITIES –

31 POSITIVE PITTSBURGH – 0.88 PPB NORMAN, OK – 12.9 PPB EPA REQUIRES <100 PPB

December 2010 Indiana County CHEC (CENTER FOR HEALTHY

ENVIRONMENTS AND COMMUNITIES) WASTEWATER DISCHARGE

BARIUM – 14X OVER STANDARD STRONTIUM 746X HIGHER

BENZENE – 2X HIGHER TDS – 373 X HIGHER

FOODANDWATERWATCH.ORG

NYTIMES ARTICLE 2011 FRAC WATER TESTED IN PA AND

WVA 240 WELLS TESTED

116 HAD RADIATION 100X HIGHER THAN STANDARD 15 HAD RADIATION 1000X HIGHER

2010

RIVER LEVELS LOW IN PITTSBURGH AREA – ESPECIALLY THE MONONGAHELA RIVER

TDS OR CONDUCTIVITY EXCEEDED SECONDARY STANDARD LIMITS

(ESTHETIC QUALITY – TASTE - SMELL)

NOT HEALTH THREAT

2010

PITTSBURGH & BEAVER FALLS

ALLEGHENY RIVER AND BEAVER RIVERS

EXCESSIVE LEVELS OF TTHM’S

MAINLY BROMOFORM???

SUSPECTED SOURCE WAS FRAC WATER RUN THRU WASTEWATER PLANTS

*****HOT FLASH!****

SENATE RESOLUTION 39

STUDY FEES FOR CONSUMPTIVE USE AND DEGRADATION OF WATER IN PA

SENATOR ALLOWAY

REFERRED TO Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Comm. On

March 13, 2013

HIGHER DEMAND FOR WATER

10 BILLION GAL/DAY WITHDRAWN

BILLIONS NEVER RETURNED TO WATER CYCLE OR RETURNED DEGRADED

COMMONWEALTH NOT COMPENSATED FOR THIS

STATE CONSTITUTION – PA CITIZENS HAVE A RIGHT TO CLEAN WATER

PITTSBURGH WATER AND SEWER AND

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH STUDY ON RADIUM/STRONTIUM

RATIOS ON THE ALLEGHENY RIVER 2012-2013

DRBC REGULATING THE DELEWARE RIVER

BASIN AND WITHDRAWALS

SRBC

REGULATING THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN

AND WITHDRAWALS

OHIO RIVER BASIN

NEXT AREA OF CONCERN NO CENTRAL AUTHORITY

OR COMMISSION

ORSANCO

WATER WARS PA-NJ-DEL

DELEWARE RIVER COMPACT

OREGON WATER WARS ON THE McKENZIE RIVER

WATER BARONS OF OREGON

OREGON vs CALIFORNIA KLAMUTH RIVER REMOVE DAMS

RESTORE SALMON RUNS WATER FOR FARMERS

WATER FOR TRIBES MONEY NOT APPROPRIATED

2020

GEORGIA vs TENNESSEE GEORGIA WANTS LAND ACCESS TO

THE TENNESSEE RIVER 1796 TN admitted to Union-

Congress defined the border as the 35th Parallel

Survey hindered by river and Indians -Moved border south of the river

If corrected – Memphis would be in GA Congress is not going to change it

GEORGIA WINS LEGAL BATTLE IN

WATER WARS

COURT DELAYS INPLEMENTATION OF

RESTRICTIONS FROM LAKE LANIER

MONTANA VS. WYOMING AND

NORTH DAKOTA

SPECIAL MASTER APPOINTED BY THE SUPREME COURT

YELLOWSTONE RIVER

WATER WARS

KANSAS/NEBRASKA/COLORADO REPUBLICAN RIVER CONFLICT HAS GONE TO THE

SUPREME COURT (2-6-2013)

RIGHTS TO BILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER

NEB-49%; KAN. 40%; CO 11%

TEXAS vs NEW MEXICO SUPREME COURT

1-9-2013 WATER SHARES FROM RIO GRANDE FOR TEXAS, NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO

1938 RIO GRANDE COMPACT

TEXAS vs NEW MEXICO

ACCESS TO RIO GRANDE U.S. SUPREME COURT

FLORIDA SALT WATER INTRUSION

DANIA BEACH POMPANO BEACH

HALLENDALE BEACH LATANA

LAKE WORTH

S. FLORIDA WATER DISTRICT SPENDING $1.34B

TO BUY 73,000 HECTARE 180,000 ACRES OF EVERGLADES FOR RESTORATION OF STORAGE

CAPACITY

WATER WARS GREAT LAKES

NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO PIPE

WATER TO MID-WEST AND SOUTH WEST

2008 GREAT LAKES COMPACT

GREAT LAKES SUPPLY 1 IN 3 CANADIANS

WITH WATER 35 MILLION US CITIZENS AND 8

MILLION CANADIANS LIVE NEAR OR BORDER ONTHE GREAT LAKES

February 7, 2013

Lake Huron and Lake Michigan Hit lowest levels since 1918

29” below long term average

And will fall more

MARCH 31, 2013 (AP)

GREAT LAKES

LAKE SUPERIOR – 13” LOWER

SHIPPERS LEAVING 10-15% CARGO ON DOCKS

WYOMING 1980

PROPOSAL TO BUILD PIPELINE TO THE GREAT LAKES FOR WATER AND

RETURN WATER AS COAL SLURRY FOR INDUSTRY

RATHER THAN SHIP THE COAL

MICHIGAN vs NESTLE’S 250GPM WOULD LOWER STREAM

FLOW BY 28% AND LAKE MICHIGAN BY 6 INCHES

COURT BATTLES STILL ONGOING REAL TEST CAN THEY EXPORT WATER OUT OF WATERSHED

U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION

MAINE

POLAND WATER (NESTLE) 700 MILLION GALLONS/YEAR

ABSOLUTE DOMINION RULE PUMP GROUND WATER REGARDLESS OF

IMPACT NO RESTRICTION ON LARGE

WITHDRAWALS

MINNESOTA

RED RIVER* LEVELS RAISE FEARS FOR WATER SUPPLIES

OCTOBER 15, 2012

• RIVER LEVELS NOW AT FLOOD STAGE

WATERS WARS T. BOONE PICKENS

BOUGHT WATER RIGHTS TO

OGALALLA AQUIFER AND WANTS TO PIPE IT TO DALLAS/FT. WORTH

ALASKA

BRISTOL BAY (not bristol palin)

Silver and Molybdenum Mine

PIT – 2 MILES WIDE AND 1700 FEET DEEP HOLDING WASTE WATER FROM THE

MINE

PROPOSAL TO SELL WATER FROM SITKA, AK TO ASIA??

MIDDLE EAST JORDAN RIVER

LEBANON vs ISRAEL vs SYRIA vs WEST BANK

TIGRIS – EUPHRATES RIVERS

SYRIA vs IRAQ vs TURKEY

AFRICA VOLTA RIVER

ZAMBIA vs MALAWI ZAMBEZI RIVER

ZIMBABWE vs MOZAMBIQUE NIGER RIVER BASIN

NIGER vs MALI vs NIGERIA vs CHAD vs CAMEROON vs GUINEA

ASIA INDUS RIVER

INDIA vs PAKISTAN GANGES RIVER

POLLUTED CHINA

50% SURFACE WATER TOO POLLUTED TO USE

NEXT GREAT CONFLICTS WILL BE BASED ON WHO HAS

THE WATER

AND WHO WANTS THE WATER!!!!!!

FUTURE PRECIPITATION FORECASTS ALL POINT TO THIS CONCLUSION

THE EARTH IS WARMING

THERE WILL BE MORE MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE

THERE WILL BE MORE SEVERE STORMS THERE WILL BE AREAS THAT RECEIVE

MORE RAIN AND AREAS THAT WILL RECEIVE LESS RAIN

TOP 7 DRIEST YEAR IN 2012 DEL – GA – ILL – MO – ARK – KAN –

CO N. MEX – 2nd DRIEST YEAR ON

RECORD AU CONTRARE

NORTH EAST – GULF COAST – PACIFIC N’WEST – WETTER THAN

AVERAGE

THE WEATHER CHANNEL (1/14/13) U.S. DROUGHT

3rd HIGHEST SEVERE TO EXTREME PERCENTAGE ON RECORD

2012 WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD FOR U.S.

LOWER 48 – 2012 DRIEST YEAR SINCE 1988

CNN REPORT BY Jason Mike MARCH 22, 2013

“THE COMING WATER WARS” PACIFIC INSTUTUTE LISTS 225 CONFLICTS IN HISTORY BUT

HALF HAVE BEEN IN THE

LAST 20 YEARS

SO HERE IS PROBLEM #1

WE HAVE 8% MORE PEOPLE DEMANDING THE SAME

AMOUNT OF CLEAN WATER

PROBLEM #2

THE WATER IS NOT WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE!!!!!!!!!!

THIS IS THE BASIS FOR THE WATER WARS ACROSS THE

WORLD

AND ALSO IN THE U.S.

USEPA 1970

85% POLLUTION CAME FROM POINT SOURCES

2010

85% OF POLLUTION IS NOW FROM NON-POINT SOURCES

PENNSYLVANIA AND ALASKA

ONLY 2 STATES TO HAVE NO REGULATIONS ON PRIVATE

WATER WELLS

43 MILLION AMERICANS GET THEIR DRINKING WATER FROM

“SELF SUPPLIED SOURCES: (USUALLY WELLS)

15 % OF OUR POPULATION

PADEP

AREAS OF CONCERN

POSSIBLE REGULATIONS (MAY BE ANOTHER CAUSE OF A

WATER WAR???)

PADEP

DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLANS

TRUE VALUE COST OF WATER (NEEDS TO INCLUDE CONTINGENCY FUND)

WATER UTILITIES NEED TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO PREDICT THE

EFFECTS OF INCREASED TEMPERATURES AND DEVELOP

MITIGATION AND ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES

HIGHER TEMPS = ALGAE INCREASE IN STORM SEVERITY =

TURBIDITY

CLIMATE VARIABILITY INCLUDED IN VULNERABILITY

ASSESSMENT MORE INTENSE STORMS

LESS FREQUENT PRECIPITATION LONGER DROUGHTS

GLOBAL TEMPS RISE MORE EVAPORATION = MORE PRECIPITATION

CLAUSIUS-CLAPERYON EQUATION

1 DEGREE CELCIUS AIR TEMP = 7% INCREASE IN WATER HOLDING CAPACITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE

SO

ARE YOU READY?? DOES YOUR SYSTEM HAVE A

THREAT OF EXCESS WASTE OR SHORTAGE OR LEAKAGE??

YOU NEED TO LOOK AND TALK

ABOUT IT!!!

WHERE DO WE USE WATER? LAWN AND OUTSIDE USE = 70%

INSIDE USE = 30% TOILETS – 26% OF INSIDE WATER

LAUNDRY – 21% OF INSIDE WATER SHOWER 17% OF INSIDE WATER

SINKS 16% OF INSIDE WATER

LESS THAN 1% IS USED FOR DRINKING AND COOKING

NASA

32 MILLION ACRES OF LAWNS

3X MORE ACREAGE THAN CORN

LAWNS USE 2X MORE WATER THAN INSIDE USE

HOW MUCH WATER DOES IT TAKE???? 1 ROLL OF TOILET PAPER – 75-150 GAL.

# BEETS – 1800 GALLONS GALLON OF WINE – 1000 GALLONS

TEE SHIRT – 700 GALLONS # OF BEEF – 1857 GALLONS

GLASS OF BEER – 20 GALLONS CUP OF COFFEE – 37 GALLONS # OF CHICKEN – 469 GALLONS

CAR IN USA – 50X WEIGHT IN WATER

SAFE, RELIABLE WATER SYSTEMS

ATTRACT BUSINESSES AND MANUFACTURERS AND CAN

DETERMINE WHETHER A BUSINESS EXPANDS

AWWA.ORG/OPFLOW 3/2013

WATER NOT OIL

WILL DETERMINE INDUSTRY LOCATIONS

IT WILL LIMIT CHINA’S GROWTH

BROOMFIELD, CO (1-1-2013) $3.52/1000 GAL $50.00 TAP FEE HOWEVER!!!!!! THEY HAVE A

WATER LICENSE FEE PER T.E. TAP EQUIVALENT=

TAP EQUIVALENT =

$22,454.00

E.R.U. – EQUIVALET RESIDENTIAL UNIT

COST OF WATER – 10,000 GALLONS PA AVERAGE $33.00

PORTAGE, PA $82.81

EBENSBURG, PA $77.75

FARMINGTON NM $55.75

SALIDA CO $85.25

LAS VEGAS NV $13.37

LOS ANGELES CA $48.52-$52.98* 6 PEOPLE

JAY TOWNSHIP, PA $56.00

BIG BEND CO $34.81

DENVER (INSIDE), CO $35.20

NEDA SIMEONOVA WATER AND WASTE DIGEST

JANUARY 2013 7 BILLION GALLONS/ DAY LEAKAGE

UNITED STATES WATER UTILITIES

AWWA.ORG/OPFLOW 3/2013

LEAKING AND BROKEN PIPES

ACCOUNT FOR NEARLY

2 TRILLION GALLONS OF TREATED WATER LOST

PER YEAR LOST REVENUE

COST OF TREATMENT

USEPA ESTIMATES

17% WATER LOSS ACROSS STATES

IN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS

BOSTON 30%

LONDON – 50%

(Ripple Effect)

LAS VEGAS

CITY IN THE DESERT

LAS VEGAS VALLEY HAS SUNK 6 FEET IN 50 YEARS DUE TO

GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL

LAKE MEAD LEVELS LOWEST LEVEL WAS

NOV. 2010 1081.9’ JAN. 2011 1087’ JAN. 2012 1133’ JAN 2013 1120’

1050’ NO POWER 1125’ DROUGHT RESTRICTIONS

LAS VEGAS, ARIZONA AND MEXICO

ALLOWS MEXICO TO BANK EXCESS WATER IN SPRING RUNOFF

TO USE IN LOW FLOW TIMES

ALSO LOOKING TO BUILD A DESALINATION PLANT IN MEXICO PAID

FOR BY NEVADA AND ARIZONA -

PAT MULROY HEAD OF SOUTHERN NEVADA

WATER AUTHORITY (SNWA)

PROPOSED PIPING MISSISSIPPI FLOOD WATERS TO REPLENISH THE

OGALLALA AQUIFER

LOS ANGELES, CA

LADWP

LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT

OF WATER AND “POWER”