Water Conservation and Regulation

Robert D. Teegarden, OUC

December 4, 2007

Outline

• Utility Business

• Water and Energy Linkage

• Conserve Florida

• Recommendations

Equity

Value of Water

Only allow drought-tolerant grass

Bold policy reform

Florida’s Water Future

• Perspective on Utility Business

• Value of Water

Utility Business• ValuesValues

• Efficiency — doing things right;

• Effectiveness — doing the right things;

• Quality — providing the best products desired; and

• Sustainability — creating a utility that can withstand the surprises and shocks that occur over time in the environment

• Essence of the Essence of the BusinessBusiness

• Produce Water

• Distribute Water

• Read Meters

• Bill Water

Utility Business as a Network Industry

Value of Water – Linkage to Energy

• 10,000 gallons/month ~ 2800lbs /day

84 90 95 00 05 0684 90 95 00 05 06 Source: Beverage Marketing CorpSource: Beverage Marketing Corp..

5.1 5.1 → → 28.3 gal/capita 28.3 gal/capita

1985-2006P1985-2006P

Value of Water – Customer ExpectationsBottled water sales have risen ~ 8.0%/yr since 1993Bottled water sales have risen ~ 8.0%/yr since 1993

2006P–2006P–$10.98B$10.98B

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1000 galllons X $1.40/ 1000gallons = $1.40

$1/bottle X 4 bottles/gallon X 1000 gallons =$4000.00

Price Range of $4000 - $8000

Vs.

$ 1.40

Water Conservation Water Conservation ClearinghouseClearinghouse

• LibraryLibrary

Printed publicationsPrinted publications

Electronic publicationsElectronic publications

• DatabaseDatabase

Water related dataWater related data

GISGIS spatial data spatial data

SpreadsheetsSpreadsheets

Decision Support Decision Support SystemsSystems

• GlossaryGlossary

A repository of information about water A repository of information about water conservation:conservation:

Optimistic View - Converging Trends Presents Us All With Opportunities

•Simply put, efficiency reduces cost, effectiveness produces the right products and services, quality keeps customers happy, and sustainability keeps the utility around for a long time.

•At any given time different utilities will put different emphasis on these measures.

Recommendations

Equity

Value of Water

Allow only drought - tolerant grasses irrigation for new development

Bold policy reform

Website

http://conservefloridawater.org/

Over watering Data

Atmospheric Observations

Data Systems

Technology Development

OBSERVING SYSTEM TIMELINE

InnovationsBreakthrough

Efficiencies Cost

Mass Productions

Space Observations

Ocean Observations

Innovations

Breakthrough

Efficiencies Cost

Mass Productions

20th Century 21st Century

Discipline Specific View Whole System View

TechnologyDevelopment

We have some Global Earth Observations We don’t have:

Courtesy:Tom Karl