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Water System Partnerships and Regionalization April 9, 2014

Water System Partnerships and Regionalization April 9, 2014. Tara Baron Project Assistant SyracuseCoE Center for Sustainable Community Solutions 727 East Washington Street Syracuse, NY 13210 www.syracusecoe.org. Moderator: Susan Butler, Southwest EFC Presenters: Mehdi Taheri

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Water System Partnerships and Regionalization April 9, 2014

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  1. Water System Partnerships and Regionalization April 9, 2014

  2. Tara BaronProject AssistantSyracuseCoE Center for Sustainable Community Solutions727 East Washington StreetSyracuse, NY 13210 www.syracusecoe.org Moderator: Susan Butler, Southwest EFC Presenters: Mehdi Taheri Charles Bedseda Susan K. Roth

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  4. Asset Management • Rates and Finance • Energy Efficiency • Water Loss • Access to Funding • Water System Collaboration www.efcnetwork.org

  5. Upcoming Webinar 4/24/14 Ask the Expert: A Unique Opportunity to Ask Your Asset Management Question or Seek Advice on How to Begin If you have been to an asset management training or have considered or even started asset management activities, you probably have generated many questions about the process. For example, “Where is a good place to start?” or “What options do I have for mapping my system?” or “How do I number my assets?” You may have specific questions regarding something you’ve tried and had difficulty with.  This webinar will provide you with a unique opportunity to ask any and all questions regarding asset management or implementing asset management.  For more information, and to register: efcnetwork.org/upcoming

  6. Geographic Distribution Mainland US and Puerto Rico Alaska Hawaii

  7. POLL QUESTION

  8. First Presenter Mehdi Taheri Water Enforcement Branch (6EN-W) Water Resources Section (6EN-WR) U.S. EPA Region 6 Dallas, Texas Tel. # (214)665-2298 Fax# (214) 665-2168 Taheri.mehdi@epa.gov

  9. Compliance Issues • EPA Region 6 has compliance orders for arsenic violation against 7 small public drinking water systems in the Waco, Texas area. • Several others are under bilateral compliance agreements with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, also for arsenic MCL violations. • When the bilateral compliance agreements expire, TCEQ has referred the cases to EPA Region 6 so there may eventually be orders against approximately 13 or so small water systems in the Waco, Texas area.

  10. Systems Dropped out/Joined • Two Water Systems dropped out of FHLM project • Two Water Systems joined the FHLM

  11. Status of Orders • Systems had to submit a plan and achieve compliance within 18 months. • Because the solution is a complex one, extensions have been granted by EPA. • The compliance deadline is 2016.

  12. Next Presenter Charles Beseda President, FHLM Water Supply Corporation Manager, Birome Water Supply Corporation cb458@sbcglobal.net (254) 749-5784

  13. Background In 2002, 16 water systems in Falls, Hill, Limestone, and McLennan Counties formed the FHLM Water Supply Corporation to address concerns regarding long-term water supply. Each water system has a member on the board and pays a one-time fee of $1,500.

  14. Regional Options • In 2006, 4 water systems were out of compliance from elevated arsenic levels in their groundwater • A conceptual option was developed; it was determined that capital costs would be $21 million to connect 11 PWSs to the City of Waco water distribution system. (Annual operating cost of $3.4 million) • Residents of these water systems were concerned that they would not be able to afford the increase in customer rates

  15. Impact of Drought • To reduce overpumping in the Trinity Aquifer, the Texas Legislature created the Southern Trinity Groundwater District in 2007 • The District has limited the installation of new wells • With current removal rate of groundwater continues to be greater than the recharge rate to the aquifer

  16. FHLM Water Supply Corporation • FHLM WSC was not created to provide water, only an umbrella group • Many challenges to forming and sustaining the group

  17. Next Presenter Susan K. Roth, P.E., PMP Susan Roth Consulting LLC Austin, Texas susan@srothconsulting.com (512) 796-6692

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