mwea 86 th annual conference june 27, 2011 city of lansing’s triple bottom line approach to wet...

MWEA 86th Annual ConferenceJune 27, 2011

City of Lansing’s Triple Bottom Line Approach to Wet Weather Control

Planning

Chad A. Gamble, P.E.

City of Lansing

Virg Bernero, MayorVirg Bernero, Mayor

Jim, Scholl, P.E.

Malcolm Pirnie

Jim Smalligan, P.E.

Fred Cowles, P.E.

FTC&H


Lansing’s CWA Unfunded Mandates 101



A brief history of Lansing’s CSO Control Program• Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), approved the

original Project Plan on April 1, 1992

• Construction began in 1992

• 20th year of CSO construction (Phase V, Segment 1)

• Successful in receiving 22 SRF Loans totaling $230,000,000

• 40 CSO structures and over 6,700 acres at the start of the program in 1992

• 25 CSO structures (63 %) were abandoned by the end of 2009

• Total project cost for all remaining CSO work is $240.8 million

• Average annual overflow before project: 1.650 Billion gallons

• Average annual overflow removed to date: 952 million gallons (58%) leaving estimated 698 million per year.


SSO ProgramSSO Program

• Administrative Consent Order No. SW02-030 Administrative Consent Order No. SW02-030 (Entered on 01/09/04)(Entered on 01/09/04)

• Work Plan for Long-term 12/31/08 (Submitted Work Plan for Long-term 12/31/08 (Submitted and currently “under review”)and currently “under review”)


Stormwater Program

Because watersheds cross political boundaries, twenty of the communities that fall within these defined local watersheds are a part of a cooperative effort and have formed the Greater Lansing Regional Committee for Stormwater Management (GLRC) to address water quality in our lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands.

http://www.mywatersheds.org/index.htm




Lansing Fun Facts Lansing Fun Facts and Figuresand Figures

CSO ProgramCSO Program::$388 million over $388 million over next 15 yrs.next 15 yrs.

SSO ProgramSSO Program::$373 million over next $373 million over next 15 yrs.15 yrs.

Total non-integrated CSO, SSO and Total non-integrated CSO, SSO and Stormwater Program CostStormwater Program Cost: : $771 $771 millionmillion

Stormwater ProgramStormwater Program::$10?? million over next $10?? million over next 15 yrs.15 yrs.

Population: 116,000

650 Miles of Combined/Separate Sewers

Sewage Fund Annual Revenue: $27 Million

Sewage Fund Annual Debt Service: $17.4 Million

Capital Expenditures cso/sso/stormwater (1991 to 2010): $ 350 Million


Affordability of the Current Capital ProgramAffordability of the Current Capital Program

CSO ProgramCSO Program::$388 million over next $388 million over next 15 yrs.15 yrs.

SSO ProgramSSO Program::$373 million over next $373 million over next 15 yrs.15 yrs.

Total CSO and SSO Program Total CSO and SSO Program CostCost: : $761 million$761 million

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Three Unfunded Mandates. . one Piggy Bank!


Breaking Down The Silos!

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Measure of a City’s Economic Vitality

Hub of the wheel???

OR…

Hole of the doughnut???


Dealing with triple unfunded mandates…. with the triple bottom line (TBL)


• Short Term Impacts – Employment and Income – Construction Impacts – Traffic Impacts – Noise – Business Disruption

Social Impacts


• Long Term Impacts – Housing and Property Value – Health and Safety – Private Inflow – Cost to Property Owner – Environmental Justice – Aesthetics– Historical Preservation

Social Impacts


• Water quality• Green solutions• Land cover• Wildlife habitat

Environmental Impacts


• Capital Cost– City of Lansing

• Wastewater improvements (SRF eligible)• Other infrastructure improvements

– Board of Water and Light

• Present Worth– Operation and maintenance– Salvage value

Economic Impacts


Applying TBL Theory to Achieve an approvable “Watershed Based”Wet Weather Control Program


Program Goals of the Wet Weather Control Plan

• Priority based on:– TBL – Public Health and Safety– Prevent basement backups

• Optimize use of existing infrastructure - interceptors


Lansing’s Comprehensive Wet

Weather Control Program–

•5-year build and learn phases

•Project Performance Evaluation

•Evaluate/incorporate new technology & regulations

•TWO YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH MDEQ!

Virg Bernero, MayorVirg Bernero, Mayor Affordability of the Wet Weather Control Plan

• Total Program Cost $420 Million• Reduction from separate CSO, SSO

and Stormwater program total of $230 Million!

• 40 year projected implementation


Three Separate Permit Programs. . one New Coordinated Wet Weather

Program!

NPDES PERMIT

STORMWATER

PHASE 2 PERMIT

ACO PERMIT


We have a rare opportunity to change the way we prioritize improvements to

address the Clean Water Act :

Based on the economic, social, and wet weather control program of each

community!

City of Lansing, Michigan


Director of Public Service

[email protected]

Thank you . . . and Questions!!

MWEA 86th Annual ConferenceJune 27, 2011

The Measure of Success for Wet Weather Control Investments Requires Watershed Solutions



City of Lansing


Jim, Scholl, P.E.

Malcolm Pirnie

Jim Smalligan, P.E.

Fred Cowles, P.E.

FTC&H


Water Quality of Grand RiverImproves flowing through the

City of Lansing??!!

Fecal Coliform (FC) values are consistently higher upstream of the City of Lansing than at the downstream station.


Grand River WatershedSolving the Larger Problem

The City of Lansing is only 0.64% of the Grand River Watershed

City of Lansing


Bring all Players to the Watershed!!!

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Non-PointStorm

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Virg Bernero, MayorVirg Bernero, Mayor Comparison of Pollutant Loadings

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Raw Pollutant Loading Comparisons

Data demonstrates that storm water is a significantly larger loading source than SSO, which is negligible by comparison.


Unique Watershed Based Approach

• Puts combined and separate sanitary sewer overflows into context with other pollutant sources

• Integrates gray/green/watershed controls to improve water quality

• Provides opportunities for setting priorities based on regional objectives

• Regional economic realities make it the right path to take

Sanitation District No. 1 Northern Kentucky


Northern Kentucky SD1Watershed Projects


PhiladelphiaClean Water Benefits and the Balanced Approach

Ecosystem Restoration

Wet Weather Source Control

Capital Improvement Projects


New Zealand’s Regional Councils

• Based on Watersheds and are responsible for the day-to-day management of the environment including: – Land use– Discharge

permits


Florida Water Management Districts

Water Management Districts issue several types of permits including

• consumptive use permits• well construction permits• environmental resource

permits


Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District

Cooperative Intergovernmental Watershed Based Planning – Considers alternatives to simplify

meeting current regulations for point source control

– Integrated watershed based approach

– Includes upgrades to combined sewers, separated sewers and treatment works (2020 Facilities Plan)

– Includes measures to control nonpoint source pollution and improve water quality


Managing at a Watershed Scale

• These approaches to wet weather control provide evidence that managing water resources at a holistic watershed level is possible.

• These examples are not intended as models for Michigan to copy, but as inspiration to find an effective institutional arrangement. The current “silo” approach is not working.


Thinking Outside the Box and Inside the Watershed??!!

• Creation of Collective Watershed Wet Weather Strategy

– A TRUE watershed based CIP Plan thru which grant Funding can “stream”??!!

– Synergize public/private partnerships with Agriculture and NPS.

– These projects benefit the watershed the most while creating projects that maximize loading removals


Approaching Challenges Locally and Nationally with Perfect Storm Coalition

(Members from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, West Virginia)


SEC. 121. WET WEATHER WATERSHED PILOT PROJECTS.(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Administrator, in coordination withthe States, shall provide municipalities participating in a pilotproject under this section the ability to engage in innovative practices, including the ability to unify separate wet weather control efforts under a single permit.

A novel Idea???(excerpt from CWA)


• We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb

• Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle, 1855

•We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if

mankind is to survive. ~Albert Einstein

City of Lansing, Michigan



[email protected]

Thank you . . . and Questions!!

mwea 86 th annual conference june 27, 2011 city of lansing’s triple bottom line approach to wet...

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