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DANIEL J. TOOMEY HEARING ROOMOCTOBER 16, 2018
Long Range Water System Planning
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Public Works Department –Engineering DivisionPresentation Outline
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Danvers Resources v. Water Management Act (WMA) constraints
Ipswich River Basin (IRB) Sustainable Water Management Initiative (SWMI) a. FY 17 IRB SWMI Grant b. FY 18 IRB SWMI Grant
Water Supply Resiliency Enhancements within Ipswich River Basin
Demand and Drought Preparedness
Questions
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DanversDanvers 2006 WMA Ruling2006 WMA Ruling
WTP at Middleton Pond Transfers of Water from Swan Pond
and Emerson Brook Reservoir Treatment Plant Upgrades in 2012 Can produce upwards of 5.6 MGD Meet or exceed typical Max Day AVERAGE DAILY DEMAND 3.2MGD
Groundwater Well #1 Produces .86 MGD Restricted by IRB flow criteria
Well #2 Greensand Filtration Produces .98 MGD Restricted by IRB flow criteria
Condition 1: Annual AVERAGE Withdrawal =3.72 MGD
Condition 6: Firm AVERAGE Yield Withdrawal (Surface Water) = 3.51 MGD Summer
Condition 8: Utilizing our wells based on IRB stream flow (off/ Alternate Day/ Daily)
Condition 9: UAW 10% RGPCD <65 GPD May 1st to September 30th AVERAGE daily
volume = 3.84 MGD or 587.52 MG Water Use Restrictions (Levels 1 -6)
**These conditions pose very difficult administrative, operational and management challenges for Danvers and Middleton during the peak summer demand.
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IRB SWMI Study FY17 & 18– MassDEP grant-funded collaboration: Danvers,
Middleton, Wenham, Hamilton, LCWD & Topsfield
Phase I – compile & evaluate data on IRB water/wastewater/stormwater usage
and practices; identify potential solutions
Phase II - Quantitatively evaluate in-basin and out of basin (MWRA import)
long term water supply alternatives Develop a basin-wide comparative decision model to evaluate
benefit, impact and feasibility of management strategies
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Phase I Study Key Findings• Municipal groundwater domestic water use is only 1% of Basin
water budget • Most water Suppliers in IRB are using water efficiently• IRB water withdrawals steady since 1980s while groundwater
usage dropped to below 1960s levels • Natural processes like evapotranspiration play a significant
role in Basin hydrology and likely will increase • Non-groundwater solutions (out of Basin supply or in-Basin
surface water) need to be explored to allow for future growth• Regional sharing of resources could help balance human and
environmental needs
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Phase II Study Key Findings• Climate change and growth will likely reduce Basin supply
reliability (on the order of up to 9%).• Conservation is important and has already improved supply
reliability but on its own will not solve the problem long term.• The IRB as a whole has enough water but there are localized
shortages. Regional water sharing, although challenging, could help alleviate local shortages.
• Additional storage or water importation (such as MWRA) are also potential solutions
• Danvers: Importing ~10% of water needs would provide drought resiliency
• Currently not much momentum for regional collaboration
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Phase IIA (Subtask)-Alternatives to providing more drought resiliency
o Utilizing our Wells to maximum capacityo Increasing storage capacity at Middleton Pondo Increasing storage capacity at Emerson Brooko New Well Source Explorationo Connecting to MWRAo Purchasing Water from Salem -Beverly
Can the Town achieve a full resiliency based on historically drought data and a combination of enhanced resources?
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Key Findings based on the Phase IIA Study
New source options are limited to outside the IRB( i.e. North Coastal Basin)
Only by Maximizing Well Use and Capacity of the Dams can supply enough volume to the current population demand based on historical draught data
Any demand increase over 15% will offset any gains made from increasing capacity(Projected out to 2035)
Drought Management and Operation plans will be an effective tool for communities to offset the challenges brought on by climate changes and WMA permit restrictions.
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Drought Management Plan(DMP)
Existing DMP based on historical rainfall previous to 2000 and doesn’t include the Towns 2006 Restrictions.
DPW Water Treatment team have led a conservative and mindful approach to tracking rainfall amount, designating drought stages and implementing the right water restrictions based on the 2006 WMA permit.
WMA Grant(BWR 2019-01) opportunity to update our DMP with 18 years of new rainfall data.
Based on new data, operational trigger points can be defined specifically to help balance water supply sources with our current or future WMA permit.
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Next Steps Apply for WMA Grant(Danvers Only) to Fund:
Updated Drought Management Plan. Minimization Plan
o Will be required for new WMA permitso Summarize all of Danvers efforts to reduce impacts in IRB.o Summarize and compare Danvers source optionso Feasibility of alternatives to existing sources
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QUESTIONS
SWMI Grant Findings and Presentation Materials can be viewed at https://www.danversma.gov/departments/engineering-division/or by contacting :
Civil EngineeringStephen King- Town Engineer1 Burroughs StreetDanvers, Ma [email protected]: 978-777-2668