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The Value of Water. “Today people know the cost of everything and the value of nothing.” Oscar Wilde. What’s the Value of Water?. Ask anyone who doesn’t have it. In the Developing World women and children walk 6 miles to obtain water. 2.6 billion people do not have adequate sanitation. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Value of Water
“Today people know the cost of everything and the value of
nothing.”
Oscar Wilde
What’s the Value of Water?Ask anyone who doesn’t have it. In the Developing World women and
children walk 6 miles to obtain water.2.6 billion people do not have
adequate sanitation.783 million people lack access to safe
drinking water.
Global Perspective According to the WHO 3.4 Million People
Die from Water-borne Illness Every Year. Leading Cause of Death in the World. According to UN Study 3,000 Children die
each day as a result of consuming contaminated water.
11% people in the world do not have access to clean drinking water unevenly distributed in Asia and Africa.
Luxurious Water 1997 in the US 3.8 Billion Gallons of Bottled Water was
Sold. In 2012 In the US 9.6 Billion Gallons of Bottled Water
was Sold. $Totaling 11.8 billion 153% Increase in 15 Years. In 1976 in US 2 Gallons/Per person per year. In 2012 in US 30 Gallons Per Capita Bottled Water/year. 1400% Increase in 36 Years. Appx. Cost for 24 Gallons of Bottled Water a Day -
$40.32 vs. CCWS tap water $.24
Marketing? The Cost For 24 Gallons of Cobb County Water,
Treated, Delivered, Collected, Treated and Returned $.24
Both are regulated. Tap Water – USEPA Bottled Water - USFDA
13 GPCD – The Average Daily Water UseIn the Developing World.
100 GPCD – The Average Daily Water Use in the US.
Water Around the World
Water in The US
It’s the Law Clean Water Act – Ensures the protection of
water ways and water bodies. NPDES Program – Controls the discharges of treated
wastewater or other industrial effluent into water.
The Safe Drinking Water Act- Ensures Water is treated to highest possible standard for public health. Regulates approximately 180 potential Contaminants.
Highly Regulated. Easily Accessible.
What’s money got to do with it? Water Like Air Should be Free. Water is a Basic Life Need. Water Infrastructure Old Neglected ASCE Grade D
Estimated need between $500 billion and $1 trillion in the next decade• 4,000 dams deficient in US• 240,000 water main breaks/year• 75% of costs for wastewater upgrade just in aging pipes
Obligated to Ensure Access to All. Obligated to Maintain a Fiscally Sound Operation. Enterprise Funded paid for by…you and your children,
grandchildren, etc.
That’s Just the US Compared to much of the world…We have
means Who should pay in the developing world? Do we have an obligation? Is there a benefit to us for doing this? Do we pay a cost for the world’s
deprivation?
In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most
essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the
victim of his indifference.
Rachel Carson
Cobb’s Growth 1980 – 300,000 People 2010 – 688,076 People 1980 Water Sources
Lake Allatoona Chattahoochee River
2007 Water Sources Lake Allatoona Chattahoochee River
All sources embroiled in the Tri-state Water Wars
Cobb County’s Water Supply
Cobb County’s Water Supply on Growth
Cobb County’s Future Supply?
Changing Topography
Growth and Urbanization
Kennesaw
So What? Impervious surface is increasing
Heat Island affect Stream Flashing
More than 60% of pollution in our water bodies is from non-point sources
Changing stream channels Losing riparian buffer Damaging habitat Negative impacts downstream?
Is This Sustainable? Short Answer – No. What is Sustainable Water Management
No Growth? Cut Economic Development? Prohibitions of certain businesses? Free for All?
How Realistic are these?
Public’s Preferred Solution
Redefining Water Management Breakdown Silos – Holistic look at Water
Stormwater Drinking Water Wastewater
We have to look at water’s journey through development Create Policies and standards Look at unconventional sources Change development patterns
What Does Sustainable Water Look Like?
What Sustainable Water is Not
Simple Solutions?
Build more reservoirs Conservation Fines and penalties Requirements and laws Incentives and rewards Tradeoffs and Compromise Just sue!
And the Future Holds…? Pending Lawsuits – Resolution Uncertain? Future Reservoirs – Uncertain. Climate Change - Uncertain. Changing Hydrologic Cycle. Wars over water not oil. Constantly Changing State and Federal
regulations. Who is going to pay?
The Thing About Water
Water is Unique in it’s Reach. Can’t Look at Water Supply and
Distribution in a Vacuum. Where Do Stewardship and Public Utilities
Intersect. For Every Water Supply and Use Decision
there is a Consequence and a Cost. What is our Global responsibility?
