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Sustainable Water
Infrastructure and
Opportunities in Rural Idaho April 2011
Cyndi Grafe
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Presentations
Overview – Cyndi Grafe, EPA R10 Sustainable Infrastructure Team Lead
Examples – Ron Gearhart, Utility Manager, City of Emmett
Tools and Opportunities – David Eberle, Director, Environmental Finance Center (BSU)
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What’s Water Infrastructure?
Drinking water, wastewater, stormwater
Pipes, plants, pumps, tanks, drainage systems, meters, hydrants…
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• Meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
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What is Sustainability?
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Sustainable Infrastructure
1. Human health, environmental, and service goals
2. Fiscally sound over the long-term
What is Sustainable Infrastructure (SI)?
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Time
$ Costs
Revenues
For the nation, the gap is roughly $540 billion over 20 years (by EPA estimates using data through 2000).
$540 BILLION
Gap
Unsustainable InfrastructureA UTILITY‘S PATH TO FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
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Time
$Costs
Revenues
Limited by affordability
Limited by potential for efficiency
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A Path to Financially Sustainable InfrastructureA UTILITY‘S PATH TO FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
Utilities need to be able to assess: 1) how much they can reduce costs through efficiency2) how much the community can afford
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Greater effort in an existing framework is not always the answer
Is there a better way?
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1. To be sustainable (economically and environmentally) as a community, you need sustainable water infrastructure.
2. To achieve sustainable water infrastructure, you need sustainable utilities.
SI and Rural Idaho Communities
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Infrastructure Stability Community Sustainability
Financial Viability Operational Optimization
Water Resource Adequacy Operational Resiliency
Stakeholder Understanding Employee Development
Product Quality Customer Satisfaction
SI Includes:Principles of Sustainable Infrastructure
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~3% of the nation’s energy consumption ~$4 billion is spent annually ~56 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) ~45 million tons of GHG
Energy represents the largest controllable cost of providing water or wastewater services to the public >16,000 plants in the US 25-30% of the total plant O&M As energy costs rise, operating costs rise Most wastewater plants have untapped
opportunities to harness wastewater as an energy resource.
Energy Management and Sustainability
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energy usage
operating costs
increased heat and power generation
climate impacts / carbon footprint
water usage
sustainability of water infrastructure
sustainability of community
Water and Energy Efficiency (and Generation) at Utilities =
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OregonEnergyTrust
EPA
BonnevillePower
ODEQOR Assn
Clean WaterAgencies
Zero WasteAlliance
OR Dept ofEnergy
McMinnville
Gresham
Lewiston, ID
MedfordNewberg
PortlandShady CoveRedmond
Silverton
Vancouver, WA
7 Workshops Energy Management, Renewable Energies,
Climate Action Planning, Energy Benchmarking, Financing/
Incentives, Communication Strategies
Oregon Sustainable Energy Project 2010 - 2011
OR Sustainable Energy Management Systems Cohort
$100,000 Project
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Progress…Workshops
• WA Energy Management Workshop : – 75 participants– Co-sponsored with 5
strategic partners– Anticipate WA Cohort
in 2011
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Progress…Case Studies
• Small System: Weiser, ID (24% reduction, $19k savings)
• Northeast Pilot anticipated savings: – 14 facilities– $3.7M – 33% annual energy reduction– 20M kWh saved– 17k tons annual CO2
reductions
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EPA Region 10 Sustainable Infrastructure Team
• Promote sustainable infrastructure practices
• Help utilities implement sustainable activities
• Resource, partner, and facilitator
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Next Steps
• Continue strategic collaboration focusing in:– Energy management– EPA/State strategic
coordination
• Develop support for Idaho training and technical assistance.