WHCRWA Town Hall and Open House 2015

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TOWN HALL AND OPEN HOUSEOctober 22, 2015

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TONIGHT’S AGENDA• Authority’s Purposes & Source of Funding• Surface Water Sources Today• Where Will Our Water Come From

Tomorrow and How Much Will It Cost?• How Will We Pay for it?• Where Are Rates Going?• Q&A and Visit Exhibits/Displays

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Authority’s Purposes• Acquire and provide surface water and groundwater;

• Facilitate compliance with Subsidence District rules;

• Reduce groundwater withdrawals; • Promote the conservation,

preservation, protection, recharge, and prevention of waste of groundwater, and of groundwater reservoirs or their subdivisions; and,

• Control of subsidence caused by withdrawal of water from thosegroundwater reservoirs or theirsubdivisions.

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Source of theAuthority’s Funding

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Where does the Authority get its surface water today?

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WHERE WILL OUR WATER COME FROM IN THE

FUTURE?

AND HOW MUCH WILL IT COST?

THE LUCE BAYOU PROJECT

TRINITY RIVER PUMP STATION

LUCE BAYOUMAIN CANAL

POTENTIAL SUPPLY 500 MGD INTOLAKE HOUSTON

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NORTHEAST PLANT EXPANSION

WHCRWA will have 82.42 MGD treatment capacity in the new plant

SECOND SOURCE PROJECT

• Joint WHCRWA/NFBWA• Projected 96” lines• North – South Project approximately 9 miles• East-West Project approximately 30 miles • Acquiring approximately 600 easements

Anticipated costs -- $361 Million Construct additional 75 miles of

transmission and distribution lines Connect an additional 52 MUDs

WHCRWA 2025 DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

2015 $ 50,000,0002016 70,000,0002017 205,860,0002018 365,000,0002019 136,000,000

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PROJECTED FUTURE BOND REQUIREMENTS

WHERE ARE RATES GOING?

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WHCRWA ESTIMATED RATESGround Water Surface Water

GRP Rate Rate

Current $2.05 $2.45

2016 2.25 2.65

2017 2.45 2.85

ALL AVAILABLE SOURCES OF FUNDING• Refunding of bonds at lower

interest rates and paying off high interest bonds to obtain significant savings

• TWDB funding and Open Market Bonds at relatively low interest rates will help keep costs down

• Rate increases are inevitable; planned to be gradual and incremental

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