Florida’s Water Infrastructure Funding Challenge

Presentation forFlorida Legislative Delegations

Fall 2013By

Florida Section of the AWWA

A Recognized National Crisis:• AWWA "Buried No Longer: Confronting America's Infrastructure Crisis" Report

- http://www.awwa.org/Portals/0/files/legreg/documents/BuriedNoLonger.pdf

• National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) and U.S. Chamber of Commerce effort on water infrastructure, "Water is Your Business“ - http://waterisyourbusiness.org

• American Society of Civil Engineers report on the future economic costs of failing to act on infrastructure needs - http://www.asce.org/uploadedFiles/Infrastructure/Failure_to_Act/Failure_to_Act_Report.pdf

• Congressional Research Service - Water Infrastructure Needs and Investment: Review and Analysis of Key Issues - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RL31116.pdf 

• Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment | Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey | US EPA - http://water.epa.gov/infrastructure/drinkingwater/dwns/index.cfm

Florida’s Water Resources Priorities• Protecting State’s economy & quality of life.

– Safeguarding fragile environments (rivers, wetlands, lakes, springs & estuaries) that drive our tourism and recreational industries.  

• Developing alternative supplies of water to support safe growth.

• Restoring our already impacted natural systems.

• Repairing or replacing aging infrastructure.

Florida Faces A Daunting Challenge• $24.09 Billion in new drinking water and wastewater

infrastructure by 2020. (FWEA:  9/2012)

• $1.0 to $3.2 Billion per year to implement EPA Numeric Nutrient Criteria Rules. (FWQC / Cardno Entrix:  11/2010)

• $7.2 Billion to repair or replace aging transmission and distribution water and wastewater infrastructure over next 20 years. (EPA Report to Congress 2007) 

• $750 million dollars are needed over the next 10 years for capital improvements and long term maintenance programs to support flood control. (ASCE: 10/2012)

Florida Water Resource Funding (State Dollars in Millions)

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Percent of State Budget Allocated for Water Resources

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Inc. Fed. Exc. Fed

Challenge Requires Recurring Funding Support (Billions)

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WATER: It is Our Business

“ I don’t want to reach a day where a Texas company announces it’s moving to Florida or Ohio because of water issues.”

Joe StrausSpeaker Texas House of

RepresentativesJanuary 2013

QUESTIONS?

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