Chad A. Gamble, P.E. City of Lansing
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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
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Lansing’s CWA Unfunded Mandates 101
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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.
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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”)
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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.
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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
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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!
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Breaking Down The Silos!
cso
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Water
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Measure of a City’s Economic Vitality
Hub of the wheel???
OR…
Hole of the doughnut???
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Dealing with triple unfunded mandates…. with the triple bottom line (TBL)
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• Short Term Impacts – Employment and Income – Construction Impacts – Traffic Impacts – Noise – Business Disruption
Social Impacts
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• Long Term Impacts – Housing and Property Value – Health and Safety – Private Inflow – Cost to Property Owner – Environmental Justice – Aesthetics– Historical Preservation
Social Impacts
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• Water quality• Green solutions• Land cover• Wildlife habitat
Environmental Impacts
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• 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
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Applying TBL Theory to Achieve an approvable “Watershed Based”Wet Weather Control Program
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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
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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!
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• Total Program Cost $420 Million• Reduction from separate CSO, SSO
and Stormwater program total of $230 Million!
• 40 year projected implementation
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Three Separate Permit Programs. . one New Coordinated Wet Weather
Program!
NPDES PERMIT
STORMWATER
PHASE 2 PERMIT
ACO PERMIT
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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
Chad A. Gamble, P.E.
Director of Public Service
Thank you . . . and Questions!!
MWEA 86th Annual ConferenceJune 27, 2011
The Measure of Success for Wet Weather Control Investments Requires Watershed Solutions
Chad A. Gamble, P.E.
Director of Public Service
City of Lansing
Virg Bernero, MayorVirg Bernero, Mayor
Jim, Scholl, P.E.
Malcolm Pirnie
Jim Smalligan, P.E.
Fred Cowles, P.E.
FTC&H
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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.
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Grand River WatershedSolving the Larger Problem
The City of Lansing is only 0.64% of the Grand River Watershed
City of Lansing
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Bring all Players to the Watershed!!!
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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.
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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
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Northern Kentucky SD1Watershed Projects
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PhiladelphiaClean Water Benefits and the Balanced Approach
Ecosystem Restoration
Wet Weather Source Control
Capital Improvement Projects
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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
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Florida Water Management Districts
Water Management Districts issue several types of permits including
• consumptive use permits• well construction permits• environmental resource
permits
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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
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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.
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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
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Approaching Challenges Locally and Nationally with Perfect Storm Coalition
(Members from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, West Virginia)
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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)
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• 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
Chad A. Gamble, P.E.
Director of Public Service
Thank you . . . and Questions!!