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Tucson AREa’s Approach to Managing and developing SDS projects

Tucson AREa’s Approach to Managing and developing SDS projects. Presented By: Tanya Davis, P.E Co-Authors: Shari Windt, P.E. & Ross Schroeder, P.E. Date: June 21, 2011. Outline. Indian Health Service-Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction (SFC )

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Tucson AREa’s Approach to Managing and developing SDS projects

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  1. Tucson AREa’s Approach to Managing and developing SDS projects Presented By: Tanya Davis, P.E Co-Authors: Shari Windt, P.E. & Ross Schroeder, P.E. Date: June 21, 2011

  2. Outline • Indian Health Service-Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction (SFC ) • Tucson Area, Tohono O’odham, & Pascua Yaqui • Sanitation Deficiency System (SDS) • Tucson Area’s Approach to SDS • Need on the Tohono O’odham Nation • SDS Updating & Ranking Process • SDS Project Management Program

  3. The Indian Health Service • Serves 565 federally recognized tribes • Serves 2 million American Indians and Alaska Natives residing in or near reservations • Our Mission... to raise the physical, mental, social, and spiritual health of American Indians and Alaska Natives to the highest level • Tucson is 1 of 12 IHS Areas www.ihs.gov

  4. Sanitation Facilities Construction (SFC) Program (1) • An integral component of the IHS disease prevention activities, created in 1959 by Public Law 86-121 • Provides technical and financial assistance to Indian tribes and Alaska Native communities (tribes) for the cooperative development and continuing operation of safe water, wastewater, and solid waste systems, and related support facilities

  5. Sanitation Facilities Construction (SFC) Program (2) • Rates for infant mortality, the mortality rate for gastroenteritis and other environmentally-related diseases, have been reduced by about 80% since 1973 • About 12%, or over 46,000 AI/AN homes, are without access to safe water or adequate wastewater disposal facilities • In 2010, IHS provided service to 18,638 AI/AN homes. Source: FY 2012 Budget Justification

  6. Tucson SFC Program • Tucson District Office: District Engineer, Deputy District Engineer, 5 Field Engineers, & 5 Technicians • Current District office project workload includes: • Community water and sewer projects for new and existing homes (includes Arsenic Rule compliance) • Individual water and sewer projects for new or like-new homes • Individual services for existing homes receiving modular bathrooms

  7. Tucson Area www.sanxaviermission.org • Tohono O’odham • “Desert People” • Arizona fromalishonak • Tucson fromchukshon • Pascua Yaqui • Pascua = Easter Arizona Daily Star, April 10, 2011

  8. Pascua Yaqui Tribe Tucson Area Tohono O’odham Nation Note shown: Florence San Lucy

  9. Outline • Indian Health Service-Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction (SFC ) • Tucson Area, Tohono O’odham, & Pascua Yaqui • Sanitation Deficiency System (SDS) • Tucson Area’s Approach to SDS • Need on the Tohono O’odham Nation • SDS Updating & Ranking Process • SDS Project Management Program

  10. STARS SDS

  11. Sanitation Deficiency System (SDS) • Documents information about water, wastewater, and solid waste deficiencies related to American Indian and Alaska Native individual homes and communities • Tucson Area SDS~ 100 Projects • $61,184,700

  12. SDS Uses • Priority list, inventory of existing needs • Used for budgeting and resource allocation to Areas and tribes • Used for reporting annually to Congress • Provides information to other Federal entities who are interested in the needs of the tribes

  13. Tucson Area Comparison SDS Data from May, 2011

  14. Tucson SDS Summary Total Project Count: ~100 ($61M) Total Project Count (Feasible Projects): ~60 ($29M)

  15. Outline • Indian Health Service-Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction (SFC) • Tucson Area, Tohono O’odham, & Pascua Yaqui • Sanitation Deficiency System (SDS) • Tucson Area’s Approach to SDS • Need on the Tohono O’odham Nation • SDS Updating & Ranking Process • SDS Project Management Program

  16. Snapshot of the Tohono O’odham Service Population* • Per Capita Income is the lowest amount among all reservations in the US • 41.7% of all households live at the federally-defined poverty level • Fewer than half of the Tohono O’odham community’s adults have completed high school • More than 50% of all Tohono O’odham adults have type-2 diabetes,  the highest rate in the world *Tohono O’odham Community Action (TOCA), May 2011 http://www.tocaonline.org/www.tocaonline.org/About_TOCA/Entries/2009/9/1_Community_Context__The_Tohono_Oodham_Nation.html

  17. High Priority Water and Sanitation Needs • 170+ homes are without an indoor bathroom • 450+ homes do not have a funded project to provide water that meets National Primary Drinking Water Regulations

  18. Tucson Area SDS Updating & Ranking Process

  19. Identification of New SDS Projects • Sanitary Surveys • EPA Recommendations • Tribal Utility Recommendations • Site Visits • Community Input

  20. Not feasible if Project Unit Cost > Allowable Unit Cost Data Entry Points are assigned based on guidelines.

  21. Rating Factors Health Impact (0  30 pts) Deficiency (1-5) (0  18 pts) Previous Service (0  4 pts) Capital Cost (-20  16 pts) O&M Capability (0 16 pts) Contribution (0 8 pts) Tribal (0  16 pts) Other Considerations (-15 0 pts) Total Score

  22. Project Development • Since 2010, components of the SFC PMPro model have been adopted: • Project Development Plans: Provide general information on the proposed project and a cost for completing an Engineering Project Report • Currently, ~50% of projects have PDPs • Goal, 80% • Engineering Project Report: Design report with project layout • Goal, top 20%

  23. AACE International Cost Estimating Classification System Poorly scoped project 10 = ± 100% All projects Top 20% 1 = ±10% Well scoped project Cost Estimate Classification System, Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE) International Recommended Practice No. 17R-97

  24. Anticipated Outcomes • Project durations < 4 years • Well scoped projects ready for funding • 80% of projects are “Class 3” projects • Top 20% are “Class 2” projects • Lower pre-construction costs • Lower construction costs

  25. #1 2010 SDS Project: Lagoon Expansion Project, $579,000 • #1 Tribal Priority for Tohono O’odham • DL =3 • Identified as a deficiency during 2010 Wastewater Sanitary Survey • Project will construct a tertiary cell with transfer piping

  26. #2 2010 SDS Project: Solid Waste Study, $98,000 • #1 Tribal Priority for Pascua Yaqui • DL =3 • Project will fund a study which will provide a complete inventory of solid waste sites

  27. #3 2010 SDS Project, Water & Sewer Project, $148,000 • DL =5 • Six traditional homes in this community currently have outside spigots and pit privies • Serve homes with plumbing and septic systems • Work with USDA Rural Development for bathroom structure

  28. Challenges • Many projects are infeasible • Limited funding exists for feasible projects • Balance between developing engineering reports for unfunded projects –vs- completing funded projects

  29. Thank you! Email: tanya.davis@ihs.gov

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