whcrwa 2013 town hall
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West Harris County Regional Water AuthorityTRANSCRIPT
2013 TOWN HALL MEETINGWater management strategies for the future
The Authority makes no representations or warranties regarding the amount of its future fees or water rates, conditions of service, terms of its Groundwater Reduction Plan, terms of its future orders or rules,
or any other matters set forth in this presentation.NOVEMBER 12, 2013
TONIGHT’S TOPICS
§ Status of Conversion§ Current System and Operations§ 2025 System§ Finances§ Water Conservation§ Q&A
STATUS OF CONVERSION
§ Surface Water to 53 Water Plants§ 42 Districts converted§ 2 more Districts, adding 2 Water
Plants by end of 2014§ 34.8 percent converted in 2012§ 35.7 percent converted to date
STATUS OF CONVERSION
SW PURCHASED FROM CITY OF HOUSTON
CONSTRUCTION STATUS
CURRENT SYSTEM & OPERATIONS
FACILITIES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
¨ Two active construction contracts
¨ 2.9 miles of pipelines¨ Connection to one
Water Plant
ONGOING PROJECTS
¨ CONTRACT 49§ Design 75% complete§ Construct in 2014§ Serves Mayde Creek MUD
& Ricewood MUDo CONTRACTS 33 & 34§ Acquiring easements§ Design to start 1/14§ Serves HCMUD 371
q Added 6.1 miles of transmission mains in 2013q Added 3 Districts in 2013q Adding 2 Districts in 2014q Why continue to add Districts?
§ 30 % conversion grows with population§ To meet conversion requirements, will need
to deliver more water during winter and maximize surface water delivery
§ Provide loop system
EXPANSION OF SYSTEM
q Agreement with Kinder Morgan§ 60” Main in their Easement§ Approximately 6 miles
q Agreement with CenterPoint§ 36” Main in their Fee Strip§ Supply NFBWA/WHCRWA Pump Station§ 10.8 miles
q Refunding Bonds
OTHER 2013 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
KINDER MORGAN EASEMENT
CENTERPOINT EASEMENT
¨ Revised Regulatory Plan 1/9/13¨ Changes from 1999 Plan§ Convert to 60% by 2025§ Convert to 80% by 2035
o Revised GRP by 7/14o New General Manager, Mike Turco
HARRIS GALVESTON SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT
ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY
¨ In discussions with the City of Houston regardingpurchase of additional water to satisfy HGSDrequirements
DROUGHT CONTINGENCY
¨ Revised Plan adopted 5.8.13¨ Stage 1 (Voluntary) implemented 8.14.13¨ Governor has declared State of Drought Emergency
in almost all Texas counties, including Harriso First 9 months of Permit Period rainfall 23.48 inches
less than same period last yearo USGS Addicks Monitor #1 Water Level 40 feet
lower than before 2011
MAINTAIN YOUR WELLS
¨ Interruption of water supply from City
¨ Unanticipated damage to WHCRWA Transmission Main
¨ Drought¨ Summer demand
exceeds supply
CIP EASEMENTS
¨ Agreement with Kinder Morgan completed
¨ Acquiring 168 easements from underlying Fee Owners
¨ Surveys being completed
¨ 61 easements (20 acquired)
¨ Contracts 33, 34, 39, 40, 41 & 49
¨ Surveys being completed
KINDER MORGAN CORRIDOR OTHER CIP EASEMENTS
PROJECTS FOR THE 2025 SYSTEM
¨ Luce Bayou¨ COH Treatment Plant
Capacity¨ Second Source
Project¨ Repump Station¨ Central Pump Station¨ CIP Distribution Lines¨ Connections to MUDs
SECOND SOURCE EASEMENTS
¨ Surveys completed or being finalized
¨ Title certificates completed
¨ Offers to purchase on 18
¨ 6 easements acquired
¨ Acquiring 2 Fee Parcels
358 EASEMENTS IN PROGRESS JOINT FACILITY METER STATION
LUCE BAYOU
LUCE BAYOU FACTS§ Transfer of Trinity River Water§ Capacity of 400 MGD§ Estimated Cost $300 Million§ Participants include COH, WHCRWA,
NHCRWA, NFBWA and CHCRWA§ Permitting ongoing§ Start Design in 2014
NE WATER PURIFICATION PLANT EXPANSION
¨ Improvements to the existing plant and increase to 92MGD
¨ 320 MGD expansion¨ Consisting of 4 – 80
MGD modules¨ New Intake Structure
¨ 2014 - Permitting & Pilot Studies
¨ 2015 - Begin Design¨ 2017 – Begin
Construction¨ 2021 – First Module
Completed
IMPROVEMENTS/EXPANSION TO THE PLANT TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
o www.SecondSourceProject.como Setup and Content being preparedo Launch date February 2014
SECOND SOURCE PROJECT WEBSITE
SECOND SOURCE TRANSMISSION LINES
¨ Joint WHCRWA/NFBWA¨ Projected 39 miles of 96” pipe¨ Permitting ongoing¨ Acquiring additional easements
o Sites acquiredo Sites platted and recordedo Joint WHCRWA/NFBWAo Environmental Permits issued
REPUMP & CENTRAL PUMP STATIONS
REPUMP STATION LOCATION
CENTRAL PUMP STATION LOCATION
CIP DISTRIBUTION LINES
§ Approximately 75 miles§ Evaluating alternate routes§ Acquiring easements§ Designing and constructing
sectionso Close loopso Deliver more water
in winter
o Bond Refundingo O&M Surface Water Costo Budget
FINANCES
BOND REFUNDING
¨ Refunded $47.370 M of bonds with an average coupon of 4.79%
¨ Issued only $35.86 M in Refunding Bonds at 2.63%
¨ Used $10 M in available funds to pay-off a portion of the Refunded Bonds
¨ Net Present Value Savings was 10.54% of the Refunding Bonds
¨ Total savings of $9.075 M (net of $10 M contribution)
ITEM 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Treated Water Costs
0.3584 0.3799 0.6187 0.4341 0.3754 0.4088 0.4882 0.4544
Untreated WaterCosts
0.1054 0.1260 0.1224 0.1170 0.1109 0.1130 0.1343 0.1291
Major Rehab -- -- 0.2140 0.1468 0.0158 0.0375 0.1667 0.4112
Total Water Cost per 1000 Gallons
0.4638 0.5059 0.9551 0.6979 0.5021 0.5594 0.7891 0.9946
CITY OF HOUSTON FY
Figures for FY2007 through FY 2011 are based on true-up costs. FY 2012 from draft true-up not finalized. FY 2013 and FY 2014 are based on City of Houston
estimated O&M cost prior to true-up.
YTD BUDGET YTD ACTUALRevenues $30,558,813 $32,354,503
Expenditures
Operating Fund $ 7,869,343 $ 8,631,463
Bond Debt Service Fund Transfer
(Excluding NFBWA Share)
$19,278,828 $19,768,931
2013 BUDGET STATUS(through September)
Revenues $42,676,590
Expenditures
Operating Fund $11,520.608
Bond Debt ServiceFund Transfer(Excluding NFBWA Share)
$23,989,353
SURFACE WATER GROUNDWATER
CURRENT $2.30 $1.90
2014 $2.30 $1.90
HGSD Disincentive Fee$7.00 per 1,000 gallons
WATER CONSERVATION EDUCATION
CONSERVATION FOR ALL AGES
§ Homeowner brochures and billing inserts§ Annual resident newsletter § Participating Sponsor of major water
conservation education outreach effort(Save Water Texas Coalition); radio and television messages, comprehensive web site, social media
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH KATY ISD CURRICULUM SPECIALISTSSOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM (GRADES 4-7)
FEATURES INTERACTIVE STORMWATER POLLUTION PANELS
MOBILE TEACHING LAB FOR KATY ISD
2ND GRADE ASSEMBLY PROGRAMS, LIFE ON THE TEXAS FRONTIERTEACHER WORKSHOPS, DISTRIBUTION OF CLASSROOM MATERIALS
LEARNING FROM OUR PAST TO INFLUENCE OUR FUTURE
§ Mobile Teaching Lab§ Interactive Display§ Classroom support
activities about causesand prevention
§ Collaborative effort withCity of Katy -- StudentVIDEO COMPETITION
We will schedule a second Open House at the Pump Station
in early 2014…
SUMMARY
WEST HARRIS COUNTY REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY
§ Status of Conversion§ Current System and
Operations § 2025 System§ Finances§ Water Conservation
WHCRWA 2013 TOWN HALL MEETING