The Future of Infrastructure Investments

Carter H. Strickland, Jr.

Commissioner, New York City Department of Environmental Protection

March 7, 2013

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Hurricane Sandy

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Hurricane Sandy Flooding Area

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Monthly Maximum Water Levels at the Battery

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Monthly High Water

Previous Record

March 1962December

1992Hurricane

Irene

Sandy

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9:24 PM – Manhattan Battery

• 13.88 feetMean Lower Low Water

• 11.10 feet North American Vertical Datum 1988

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Sandy Impacts on Pumping Stations

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Manhattan Pump Station

Con Edison Substation

Manhattan Pump Station

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Sandy Impacts on Wastewater Treatment Plants

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Oakwood Beach Wastewater Treatment Plant

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Wastewater Response

26th Ward WWTP

Coney Island WWTP

49th Street Pumping Station

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Climate Change Planning at DEP

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10-Year Capital Plan

• $14.4 billion 10 Year Capital Budget

o $3.3 billion for Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades

o $2.4 billion for Sewer Construction

o $1.8 billion for State of Good Repair Programs

o $730 million for Green Infrastructure

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• Initiate Staten Island Siphon construction ($250M)

• Complete sewer connections in Queens ($396M) and Staten Island ($380M)

• Bring Bluebelts to southeast Queens to naturally control stormwater ($29M)

• Complete connections to City Water Tunnel No. 3 ($898M)

• Initiate Green Infrastructure related projects ($187M)

• Complete repairs to the Manhattan Pump Station ($227M)

• Continue planning for Delaware Aqueduct repair – Water for the Future ($1.7B*)

DEP’s Capital Priorities 2012-2016

Shaft Connections for Delaware Tunnel Repair – Water for the Future

Staten Island Bluebelt Connections to Water Tunnel No. 3

* $1.7 B is the total projected cost for Water for the Future, including design and construction, as well as alternative sources and conservation measures

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Grey Infrastructure Investments

Newtown Creek WWTP Paerdegat Basin CSO Facility

More than $10 billion in wastewater investments since 2002

• $5 billion – Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrade

• $437 million – Paerdegat Basin CSO Facility

• $500 million – Hunts Point Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrade and nutrient removal

• $100 million – Nitrogen control upgrades at 26th Ward, Coney Island, and Rockaway wastewater treatment plants

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Climate Change Impacts on NYC

Source: New York City Panel on Climate Change

Baseline1971–2000 2020s 2050s 2080s

Air Temperature 55°F + 1.5 to 3°F + 3 to 5°F + 4 to 7.5°F

Precipitation 46.5 in + 0 to 5% + 0 to 10% + 5 to 10%

Sea Level Rise NA + 2 to 5 in + 7 to 12 in + 12 to 23 in

Rapid Ice-Melt Sea

Level RiseNA + 5 to 10 in + 19 to 29 in + 41 to 55 in

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Green Infrastructure

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Blue RoofGreen Roof

Bioswale Porous Pavement

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$2.9 $2.9

$1.5

$0.9

$0.03

$3.9

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$1.0

$2.0

$3.0

$4.0

$5.0

$6.0

$7.0

$8.0

Green Strategy Grey Strategy

Potential Tanks, Tunnels, & Expansions Optimize Existing System

Green Infrastructure - Private Investment Green Infrastructure - Public Investment

Reduced Flow Cost-Effective Grey Investments

$6.8

$5.3

$2.4

The Green Strategy Costs Less

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Right of Way Bioswale

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Area-Wide Approach

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