January 19 2017 State Perspective on Local Water Supply Plans Local Water Supply Plans Statutory Requirements Uses Common Shortcomings QampA Discussion Creating a Regional Water Supply Plan ID: 618113
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Department of Environmental Quality
January 19, 2017
State Perspective on Local Water Supply PlansSlide2
Local Water Supply Plans
Statutory RequirementsUses
Common Shortcomings
Q&ADiscussion: Creating a Regional Water Supply Plan
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Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources Slide3
§143-355(l) – Local Water Supply Planning
Requires all unit of local governments and large community water systems (>1000 connections or >3000 people) to prepare a Local Water Supply Plan (LWSP)
LWSP is an assessment of a water system's current and future water needs and its ability to meet those needs
LWSP contains a water shortage response plan, water efficiency plan and surface water transfer worksheets (if needed)3
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§143-355(l)
LWSPs consist:
Water System – System Contact, Distribution, Maintenance, and Conservation Programs
Water Use – Service area, Water Use by Types, Water Sales & Purchases, Ground Water Sources, Surface Water Sources, Surface Water Transfers, Water Treatment Facilities and Wastewater Information
System Planning – 50-Year Projections, Future Sale and Purchase Contracts, Future Supply Sources and Plan for Meeting Future Water Supply Needs Slide5
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§143-355(m) – State Water Supply Planning
Assures the availability of adequate supplies of good quality water to protect public health and support economic growth.
Requires an understanding of both available water resources (sources of supplies) and demands being placed on those resources.Slide6
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State Uses
To help systems meet their future water demands
To assist water systems to become more efficient
DWI – Identify Infrastructure funding needs
PWSS - To identify water systems’ that would benefit from technical assistance
To identify interconnections between water systems
To help develop Water Shortage Response Plans
To ensure plan for new development –
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To provide data for modeling to determine the capacity of a stream to meet future water supply needs.
To respond to legislative requestsSlide7
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http://www.ncwater.org/Water_Supply_Planning/Local_Water_Supply_Plan/Slide8
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Common Shortcomings
Inaccurate water use data due to missing or outdated meters
Inaccurate water use data due to shortcomings in record keeping
High volumes of Unaccounted-for water (Non-revenue water)
Outdated and expired contracts to sell and purchase water
Systems over estimating their existing surface and groundwater supplies
Outdated and incomplete water system maps
Lack of system operational history due to staff turnoverSlide9
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Common ShortcomingsSlide10
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Common ShortcomingsSlide11
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Common ShortcomingsSlide13
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Common ShortcomingsSlide15
Questions?
Linwood Peele, Supervisor
Water Supply Planning Branch
Linwood.Peele@ncdenr.gov
919-707-9024
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Discussion
Creating a Regional Water Supply PlanSlide17
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