Jim parks - PowerPoint Presentation from the Panhandle Groundwater Conservation Districts Inaugural Texas Panhandle Water Conservation Symposium

1. Panhandle Water
Conservation Symposium
The Dollars and $ense of
Municipal Water Conservation
Jim Parks, Executive Director
North Texas Municipal Water District
February 8, 2012

2. Major North Texas Water Providers

3. NTMWD Raw Water Supply Sources

4. Development of Conservation Plans
 2003 Began workshops with Member
City staffs – Consensus Approach
 2004 NTMWD’s Model Conservation
Plan Adopted by District
 2005 Implementation of Plans by Cities

5. Implementation Challenges
City Issues
 Most cities adopted their own version of
NTMWD’s Model Plan
 Citizens wanted local & regional
consistency in Plan requirements
 Inconsistency caused confusion & relaxation of
strategies
 City Ordinances / HOA rules / Enforcement
 Often conflict with conservation goals

6. Implementation Challenges
NTMWD Issues
 Public Awareness Campaign
 Targeting the right audience
 Proper messaging
 Delivery method
 Media overlap of service areas
 High cost of broadcast messaging
 Level of Planning Uncertainty
 No assurance during dry periods that conservation
levels will hold

8. Implementation Challenges
NTMWD Issues
 Business Case
 Wholesale contract developed to support regional economic growth
 To change rate methodology requires all 13 cities to agree
 Budget developed based on cost of service to meet Cities Maximum
Annual Demand
 Fixed cost represents 75% of water rate
 Variable costs unspent are rebated back to cities each year
 Cost saving benefit to cities served results from cost avoidance of raw
water development, pumping, treatment and distribution costs
 Lower wholesale cost of service may encourage more use not less

9. Dollars & $ense of Conservation
 Cost Avoidance
Raw Water Development Pumping Treatment Distribution Benefit
$325/af $60/af $300/af $120/af $805/af
 Potential Savings
 $4.5 Million (2020) - $9.7 Million (2030)

10. Lessons Learned and Path Forward
 Take advantage of conservation gains
during drought
 Create more separation between
Conservation plan & Drought plan
 Bring all water users to the table
 Make the Business case for conservation

11. Lessons Learned and Pathforward
 Continue efforts to develop conservation
implementation tools and programs
 Continue efforts to secure a statewide
public awareness program

12. Questions