Transcript Management Wastewater Utility Public Works Institute April 8, 2015 Protecting our environment, Serving our customers, Enhancing our communities.

Management
Wastewater Utility
Public Works Institute
April 8, 2015
Protecting our environment, Serving our customers,
Enhancing our communities
Wastewater Management Agenda
• Purpose, Ownership, Responsibilities
• Mission, Organization, Best Practices
– Operation and Maintenance
– Asset Management
– Planning and Growth
– Customer Service
– Business Operations and Processes
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Wastewater System
Purpose & Ownership
• Wastewater systems
– Protect Public Health and Environment
– Allow Community Growth and Development
• Wastewater System
– Collection/Transportation
– Treatment
• Ownership
– Public
– Private
– Special District
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Wastewater System Responsibilities
• Meet all Federal and State regulations
• Clean Water Act
• NPDES Permits
– Kansas and Missouri have authority to regulate
wastewater discharges in their respective states
• Major Features:
– Collect, transport and treat wastewater
– Provide adequate capacity
– Operate and Maintain system, including
reinvestment
– Reuse the treated products safely and responsibly
– Financial Sustainability
• Advocate in Public Forum
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Typical Path of
Wastewater
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Mission, Organization, Best Practices
Johnson County Wastewater (JCW)
System
• Located in Johnson
County, KS
• Established in 1945
• Serves population
approaching 500,000
• Seven wastewater
treatment plants
• Capacity to treat 62
MGD; send ~12 MGD to
other municipalities to
treat
• Over 30 pump stations
and 2200 miles of sewer
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Strategic Planning
JCW Levels of Service
 JCW Strategic Business Plan
 Laid out organizational levels of service
 Focused on Triple Bottom Line approach
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JCW Organization
General
Manager
Communications
Operations &
Maintenance
Customer
Service
Asset
Management
& Planning
Laboratory
Business
Operations
Operations & Maintenance
Above-Ground Assets
Plants
Pump Stations and PEFTFS
JCW operates and
maintains over
5,600 assets at 7
plants and 30 pump
stations
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Treatment and Pumping
JCW’s Underground Assets
Pipes
JCW operates
and maintains
over 2,200 miles
of pipe and
56,000
manholes
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Confined Space Entry
Engineering Support for Operations
and Maintenance
Flow Monitoring
Stream Crossings - Repair
Before
After
Asset Management
Asset Management is the
set of practices and
philosophies used on all
infrastructure assets that
minimize the total life cycle
cost of acquiring, operating,
maintaining and renewing
the asset while delivering
acceptable levels of service
to our customers.
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State of JCW Assets
 CMMS used to track
– Condition
– Functionality
– Reliability
– Capacity
– Redundancy
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Best O&M and CIP Strategies
 AM principles are applied to each asset.
 Goal is to get the most value out of each asset with the
lowest acceptable risk.
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Best Long Term Funding Strategy
 Cash Funding
 Minimize cost of borrowing money
 Limit future liabilities
 Difficult to fund large projects in short term
 Bond Funding
 Rate stability
 Intergeneration equity
 JCW typically uses a mix of both
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Plan for Current and Future
Capital Needs
• Ammonia
• Nutrients
• Wet Weather
25-Year Outlook
Estimated
Project
Cost ($M)
2015- 2019 CIP (Less Projects Listed
Below)
$70
Sewer Expansion
$234
Ongoing R&R Projects
$525
Mill Creek Nutrient Improvements Level 1 and Solids Handling
$90
Mill Creek Nutrient Improvements Level 2
$55
Bull Creek Collections and Treatment
$111
Nelson Complex - Wet Weather
$400
Nelson Nutrient Removal
$150
Nelson Solids Processing
Improvements
$21
Tomahawk Treatment Plant Expansion
$280
Tomahawk Plant - Service Area
Improvements
$200
Blue River Treatment Plant Expansion
$18
Leawood Service Area Improvements
$70
Total
$2,224
Annual Average Over 5 Year
Increments
Regulatory requirements
0-5
($M)
6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25
($M) ($M) ($M) ($M)
$70
$34
$105
$0
$50
$105
$0
$50
$105
$0
$50
$105
$0
$50
$105
$0
$45
$45
$0
$0
$0
$0
$22
$0
$0
$0
$78
$60
$0
$22
$80
$90
$55
$56
$100
$0
$0
$33
$120
$0
$0
$150
$21
$130
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$20
$30
$30
$60
$60
$0
$18
$0
$0
$0
$18
$13
$13
$13
$13
$419 $550 $435 $439 $381
$84
$110
$87
$88
$76
Planning and Growth
• Public projects versus private projects
• Public projects – JCW finances and Manages Sewer
Projects
• Private project – Developer or Property owner
Manages and Pays for project; constructed according
to JCW standards
Public Sewer Districts
 Public Interest
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Develop study area
 Information Meeting
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Inform the public and determine the
level of interest.
 Petition Circulation
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51% of land area must sign the petition
 Public Hearing
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Valid petition is received before hearing
is scheduled.
Board of County Commissioners must
approve after hearing.
 Project Management
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Design through construction
Public Sewer Construction
Privately-Finance Main Project Process
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Project submittal
JCW review
Plan release
Construction
Full-time inspection
JCW project acceptance
Bonds
As-builts
Customer Relations
Handle all Inbound Calls Regarding:
Usage Charges and Miscellaneous
Billing (billing inquiries, account
maintenance)
Operations and Maintenance Request
(odor, basement backups, manhole
settling)
Employees in the field ( working in the
area)
Miscellaneous phone calls from
constituents, vendors, internal and
external stakeholders.
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Business Operations
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Administrative Support
Finance
Budget Development
IT Development and Support
Budget Development
• Basic Steps of the Rate Study
• Step 1 - Revenue and Revenue Requirements
 Cash Flow
 Annual Revenue Adjustment
• Step 2 - Cost of Service Allocations
 Unit Costs
• Step 3 - Rate Design
 Implementable Rates
Revenue
and Revenue
Requirements
Cost of
Service
Allocations
Rate
Design
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Capital and O&M Budget
• Capital Includes
2015 Budget - $135M
– Capital Projects
– Debt Service
• O&M Includes
– Personnel
– Operation, e.g. Power
– Maintenance
O&M
37%
Capital
63%
Metro Rate Comparison
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IT/Technology Support
JCW IT consists of the following areas:
Technical Support
SCADA Telemetry
Internet / Web Site
Programming
Geographic Information Systems
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Maps Support All Facets of the
Organization
133 PDF maps for 240 sites where sewer lines are to be rehabilitated by
CIPP (cured-in-place pipe), and indicating the properties affected
Maps Assisting Existing Infrastructure Workgroup
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Communications
JCW Mission
• Protecting Our Environment
• Serving Our Customers
• Enhancing Our Communities
THANK YOU!!!
Susan Pekarek
Johnson County Wastewater
[email protected]
913-715-8553
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