Sustainable Infrastructure

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Sustainable Infrastructure

• Presented by,
• Kristi Jackson
• Community SRF Specialist
• Department of Natural Resources

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Sustainable Infrastructure
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Sustainable Infrastructure

• in-frU-,strUck-chUr Infrastructure
• What is it?
• Why is it important?
• How do we get it?
• How do we keep it?

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Sustainable Infrastructure

• WHAT IS INFRASTRUCTURE?
• Basic facilities needed for a system to function
• Two general divisions of infrastructure
• Economic Overhead Capital
• Directly supports productive activities or moves
  economic goods (roads, bridges, water, sewer,
  power, telecommunications).
• Indirectly supports productive activities and/or
  enhances the community quality of life (water,
  sewer (example on next slide), stormwater,
  irrigation, parks and recreation, entertainment
  venues.)
• Social Overhead Capital
• Social services that enhance human capital
  (schools, hospitals, clinics, senior facilities,
  etc.)

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Sustainable InfrastructureWhy is it important?
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Sustainable InfrastructureHow do we get it?
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Sustainable InfrastructureHOW DO WE KEEP IT?
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• WHERE DO WE GET The FROM TO REPLACE OUR
  INFRASTRUCTURE?
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• Main Sources of Revenue
• Internal Sources
• Sources under control of the local government
• External Sources
• Sources which are under control of other
  governmental entities
• Public and Private Capital Financing Sources
• Developer (or other private) Contributions
• Sources of revenue from the private sector
• System development charges

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WHERE DO WE GET The FROM TO REPLACE OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE?

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• Preconditions to Gaining Community Support to
  Management of Water/Wastewater Systems and
  Sustain the Infrastructure
• water/wastewater customers must have an
  understanding of what Citys are doing
• and need to accept what Citys are doing has
  value
• and determine that the way Citys are doing their
  work are at least competent, if not exceptional.

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EPAs Four Pillars of Sustainable Infrastructure

• Better Management
• One pillar in our ability to ensure sustainable
  water infrastructure is better management at the
  local or facility level. Tools include asset
  management, environmental management systems,
  capacity development, and other systems that
  successful enterprises have demonstrated to be
  effective.
• Full Cost Pricing
• Pricing that seeks to recover all of the costs
  of building, operating, and maintaining a system
  is absolutely essential to achieving
  sustainability.
• Water Conservation
• Water quantity and quality issues are
  inextricably linked. Examples include
  infrastructure for both water supply and water
  quality, and reuse of water.
• Restoration through the Watershed Approach
• About a decade ago, EPA embraced the watershed
  approach, focusing on multi-stakeholder and
  multi-program efforts within hydrologically-define
  d boundaries, as a better way to address water
  quality problems.

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• One Funding Resource for your Water/Wastewater
  Project
• Missouri Department of Natural Resources
• Our Flagship Programs
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• Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund
• Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund
• Small Borrower Loans
• 40 Construction Grants for Wastewater
• Rural Sewer Grants
• Rural Drinking Water Grants
• Stormwater Grants/Loans
• New legislative changes constitutional
  amendment goes to voters in 2008 if passed then
  grants/loans will begin after FY2009 (six 1st
  class counties only).

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• One important thought to take with you today
• Concept expressed by Portland State University
  regarding watershed and environmental protection
  - Intergenerational Finance
• It means that there is vastly more wealth in
  managing resources as if the future mattered.
• Applied to Asset Management of your
  infrastructure (wastewater or drinking water
  system), the concept implies that there are
  negative impacts to future generations if we
  dont manage our infrastructure as if the future
  matters.

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Department of Natural Resources Websites

• General www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wpp/srf/index
• Applications/rate assist documents http//www.dnr
  .mo.gov/env/wpp/srf/srf-app_guid.htm
• Publications http//www.dnr.mo.gov/pubs/index.ht
  mlfinancialassistance
• EPA Environmental Finance Centerhttp
  efc.boisestate.edu/efc

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME! Credit for slides goes
to William Jarocki, Director US EPA Region
VII Satellite Environmental Finance Center
WaterIsLife.net