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ACHIEVING ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS THROUGH UTILITY-BASED INCENTIVE
PROGRAMS
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San Pedro River, Arizona. Photo Credit: The Nature Conservancy
Salt River, Arizona. Photo Credit: Brittany Choate
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Rushing Rivers Program: Conservation Savings
for Instream Flow
Water Resources Research Center
Webinar – May 10, 2012
Drew Beckwith, Water Policy Manager
(720) 763-3726
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RRP Schematic
WTP
WWTP
Mountain View
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RRP Initial Screen
SCREENING CRITERION WEIGHT
Strength of community connection to the stream 20%
Opportunity for saved water to stay in the stream for a meaningful distance
20%
Strength of physical relationship between municipal diversion and target stream reach
10%
Extent to which conservation savings could result in meaningful streamflow enhancement
15%
Additional factors increasing community’s likelihood of embracing program
20%
Additional factors increasing water utility’s likelihood of embracing program
10%
Other factors increasing implementation ease 5%
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RRP Ranking
CRITERION
COMMUNITY SCORE #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8
Pagosa Springs 90% H H M H H H M H
Breckenridge 85% H H M H M H H M
Winter Park 73% H H L H H M M M
Steamboat Spgs 70% H H M M H M M M
Glenwood Spgs 60% M H M L M M H H
Gunnison 58% H H L L L M H H
Crested Butte 55% M M M L M H H M
Aspen 55% H H M L M H L L
Eagle 48% M M M L M M M H
Telluride 35% H L L L M H L L
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Pagosa Area WSD
80 mi2 service area
~2,000 AFY
~7,000 taps
Majority residential
Significant 2nd homes
San Juan River!
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Bill Communication
You saved 3,700 gallons this month by comparison
to last year.
Mountain View residents’ conservation efforts kept
10,000,000 gallons more water in the river this month.
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PAWSD Bill (old)
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PAWSD Bill (new?)
Change in Use (gallons)
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Outreach
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Questions & Comments
Consultant report available 1-page handout available
Drew Beckwith
(720) 763-3726
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Santa Fe Watershed Management Project
(Water is for… Collaboration)
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Santa Fe’s Water Supply System
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Buckman Well Field
City Well Field
Nichols Res.
McClure Res.
Treated Effluent
Buckman Direct Diversion (2011)
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Santa Fe’s Water Supply System
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Watershed Property Ownership
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Cerro Grande Fire, May 2000
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Watershed Stand Conditions Prior to Treatment
• Dense ponderosa pine forests – Average 500 to 1,000
trees per acre, compared with 10-50 trees per acre historically in Southwest pine forests
– Suppression of tree growth and herbaceous vegetation
• Many small trees less than 16” in diameter
• Few fire resistant large trees
• Poor habitat
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Watershed Fire History Study
Credit: Ellis Margolis, 2009. University of Arizona Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
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Risk of Catastrophic Fire in Watershed
Pacheco Fire, June-July 2011
$9-10 million
Las Conchas Fire, June-Aug. 2011
$40 million
• Costs to fight fire
• Impact to water supply
– Damage to infrastructure
– Loss and replacement of source
• Impact to local economy
– Tourism is 40% of economy
– Peak months June-August
– P.A. $320 million/yr
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Initial Forest Treatment Work
• NEPA initiated in fall of
2000
• September 2001, EIS
completed
• Treat up to $7,270
acres in non-wilderness
• $7 million federal funds
• Project monitoring,
Technical Advisory
Group
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Watershed Treatment 2002-2011
• Total of 5,500 acres treated in
ponderosa pine zone:
• Hand Thinning and
Mastication (chunking)
• Pile burning
• Broadcast burning
• Re-broadcast burn in 2,000
acres
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The Challenge:
• Provide a framework for long-term
maintenance work in treated areas (PP);
• Treat areas in Wilderness that pose significant
wildfire risk (MC), not included in 2001 EIS
• Long-term monitoring
• Education and Outreach
• Long-term financial model
Now What?
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USFS Collaborative Forestry
Restoration Program (CFRP)
• Partners:
– City of Santa Fe Water Division and Fire Department
– USFS Espanola District
– Santa Fe Watershed Association
– The Nature Conservancy
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• Comprehensive 20-yr
plan with innovative
payment for
ecosystem services
financial model
The Product: Santa Fe Municipal Watershed
Management Plan
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•Water Management: Monitor and analyze watery quantity
& quality, stream habitat assessment and improvement,
infrastructure upgrades;
•Education and Outreach: Educational watershed classes
for 5th graders, guided hikes for adults, educational
publications, utility bill stuffers, video production, public
meetings and public opinion survey;
•Financial Management: City cost share forest work with
USFS through collection agreement, and payment for
ecosystem services;
•Vegetation Management: Maintenance burning every 5-7
years in ponderosa pine areas already treated, NEPA
Environmental Assessment, and fuels reduction work in
4,000 acres of mixed conifer located in wilderness.
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Payment for Ecosystem Services
City Utility Bill • Water customers are the
beneficiaries of a healthy
watershed
• Indirect valuation:
ecosystem service =
cost of watershed
maintenance/monitoring
($200,000/yr)
• Utility rate payer impact
$6.50/yr (range $3.13 to
$9.40)
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Payment for Ecosystem Services
cont. • Another rate increase?
– Recent 48% increase for BDD, 4 yr phase-in
• Not so fast…
– Water Trust Board $1.3 mil. grant
• Evaluation of project funding alternatives to PES
– Rate increase
– Bond
– Absorb in existing Water Utility operating budget
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PES Implementation
• Existing rate increase will cover long-term project costs
• What to call it? – “Water Source Protection Fund”
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Final thoughts: collaboration requires
•A lot of energy and trust
•Everyone needs to leave some of their
preconceptions at the door – not always easy
•Early and frequent engagement in the process of
developing a shared vision: makes people/groups
feel valued (because they are)
• Not all projects allow for necessary time to
gather a collective understanding of what needs
to be done- if you need to rush, may be better to
use more traditional methods of planning.
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Conserve to Enhance (C2E): An Innovative Voluntary Mechanism
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Program development funded by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Current funding includes Walton Family
Foundation.
How C2E Works 1. Water is conserved (at homes & businesses)
2. Money saved through water conservation
3. Money donated to a C2E fund
4. Money used to implement environmental enhancement projects
Water saved through conservation efforts
Donations support environmental enhancement
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Tapping into Motivation
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• Why should I save water?
• How do I save water?
• How are these things connected?
The environment can be a significant motivator that makes these connections.
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Environmental Goals
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• Meaningful, new funding for local projects
• Wide range of projects • Instream flows, green
infrastructure, stream restoration – whatever a community is interested in
• But maintain a connection to water!
Beaver Creek, AZ. Photo credit: Brittany Choate
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• Connect personal water savings to river enhancement
• Raise awareness about community benefits of riparian & river systems
• Provide additional water for riparian restoration
• Increase local water conservation
• Inspire community engagement in restoration projects
Setting Goals: The Tucson Example
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Tucson Environmental Enhancement Priorities
• Located in Tucson
• Existing project
• Public visitation
• Ecosystem Enhancement
• Funding Source
• Permits
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Recipient Site Selection Process
• Identified 15 local restoration projects
• RFP to select recipient sites
• 3 sites asked to make presentations to Board
• 2 sites selected as C2E recipient sites
• Narrowed down to one site due to feasibility of project completion & benefit
41 Atturbury Wash, Tucson, AZ (Candice Rupprecht)
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Flexibility & Adaptability
• Riparian Preservation & Restoration Listening Sessions, Summer 2011
– Large scale projects: $ & don’t need water
– Small scale (neighborhood) projects: need $, expertise, maybe water
• Tucson C2E expanding to include funding for neighborhood scale projects
Tanque Verde Creek, Arizona. (Candice Rupprecht)
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Tucson Water Checkbox program announcement, June 2011
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Expanding the Reach