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BORDER ENVIRONMENT COOPERATION COMMISSION

BORDER ENVIRONMENT COOPERATION COMMISSION. Mitigating Impacts on Water Resources: Environmental Infrastructure Investment. Our Role in the US/Mexico Border. US-Mexico Border Environment Cooperation Agreement Signed in October 1993 Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC)

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BORDER ENVIRONMENT COOPERATION COMMISSION

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  1. BORDER ENVIRONMENT COOPERATION COMMISSION Mitigating Impacts on Water Resources: Environmental Infrastructure Investment

  2. Our Role in the US/Mexico Border • US-Mexico Border Environment Cooperation Agreement Signed in October 1993 • Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) • Preserve, protect, and enhance US-MEX border region by identifying, developing, certifying, implementing and overseeing environmental infrastructure projects. • North American Development Bank (NADB) • Finance the construction of projects certified by BECC • Accomplishing our Mandate: • By Strengthening Cooperation and Supporting Sustainable Projects through a Transparent Binational Process in Coordination with the NADB, federal, state and local agencies, the private sector, and civil society. • Project Development and Certification • Green Building Practices • Sustainable Development

  3. Border-wide Environmental Objectives • Effective water management practices will be applied, incorporating conservation and pollution prevention for three primary uses (urban, agriculture, and eco-systems). • Effective wastewater management practices will be applied, incorporating pollution prevention and reuse. • Effective municipal and hazardous waste management practices will be implemented encouraging pollution prevention, waste reduction, recycling, proper disposal and site remediation/restoration. • Improved air quality will be in place through compliance with air quality standards, by strategies including pollution prevention, emission reductions, and efficient transportation. • Energy generation and use will be achieved in a sustainable manner.

  4. Water Management: Conservation and Efficiency • Agriculture • Modernization of Irrigation Practices • Sustainable Agriculture Practices – Crop Management • Improved Delivery Services • Policy Support • Municipal and Industrial (M&I) • Planned Development • Investment in Rehab and Replacement • Diversifying Water Supply • Capacity Building • Conservation and Drought-Management Plans • Education and Recycling

  5. 100 96 90 86 80 70 80 Coverage (%) 60 50 91 40 70 30 20 10 2005 31 0 1995 Water Sewer Wastewater Treatment Wastewater Management:Pollution Prevention and Re-Use • Engineering Solutions – Design Standard Modifications • Increasing Coverage • Investment in Rehab and Replacement • Developing Re-Use Opportunities • Storm Water Management Treatment Capacity to meet 300 million gallons per day of raw or inadequately treated wastewater

  6. Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Needs $1 Billion in Needs documented through BEIF/PDAP Applications US: 105 Projects = 462.7 M • Small rural communities with no services at all • Primary Water Quality Standard violations • Medium-size cities with aging infrastructure that threatens the environment or human health City of Pharr, TX Sewer overflow MX: 99 Projects = $492.6 M Colonia Esperanza, Chih., MX No sewer service • Small rural communities and city neighborhoods with no service coverage • Medium and large cities with insufficient infrastructure for adequate and/or full wastewater treatment Needs directly affect an estimated 4.6 million residents, 35% of the border region population FY07/08 Applications propose to address an estimated 200 mgpd of untreated/inadequately treated WW discharges.

  7. Waste Management, Air Quality and Energy:Reducing Green House Gases • Recycling and Proper Disposal • Waste to Energy • Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) - Methane to Markets Initiative • Scrap Tire Management • Energy Audits • Alternative Energy Solutions • Transportation

  8. Meeting the Challenge • Local Initiatives and Partnerships • Capacity Building at all levels • “Smart” Planning – “Clean Cities” • Green Building Practices • Research and Development • Needs Assessments – Establishing Baseline Conditions • Accelerate Investment: Planning through Implementation • Federal Programs • US-Mexico Border Program, etc. • State and Local • Policy Consideration • Water Use and Competing Demands • Incentive-based Systems • International Agreements

  9. Thank You Renata Manning-Gbogbo Senior Policy Advisor rmanning@cocef.org

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