Who’sgoingtopayforthis?!?FinancingWaterResourceManagement

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UMDEnvironmentalFinanceCenter

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TheMid-AtlanCcRegion

Water Resource Financing

•  Tools and resources

•  Policy analysis

•  Direct technical assistance

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WaterResourceManagementDrivers

• ChesapeakeBayTMDL• MS4Permits• Flooding• LocalPrioriAes

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OurApproachApplyafinancinglensinawaythatis:•  Community-specific•  Bridgesvisions•  EncouragescommuniAestothinkbeyondgrantsAndlooksto:•  ReduceimplementaAoncosts•  DeliverbenefitsthatservemulAplecommunityprioriAes•  Engagetheprivatesectorandspurbehaviorchange•  Providereturnoninvestmenttolocaleconomies

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Resources:EFC’sStormwaterFinancingManual

• CreatedasaresourceandframeworkthatmirrorsourprocesswhenworkingwithcommuniAes

• ReferenceguideforcommuniAeswhohavecapacity/poliAcalwilltotakethisupontheirown

• EachcommunityisdifferentbutthereisaframeworkforimplementaAon

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StormwatermanagementandfinancecoursesandresourcesFree,self-paced,online

ReplicaCnggoodpracCcesandimprovingwaterquality.

Resources:MunicipalOnlineStormwaterTrainingCenter

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PolicyAnalysis:StateLevelFinancingStrategies

• Tailoredtoeachstate

• AssessthecapacityofexisAngrevenuestreamsandfinancingmechanisms

• RecommendaddiAonalstrategies

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DirectTechnicalAssistance:FinancingStrategyDevelopment

• ResponsibiliAesdispersed

• Largecapitalcostsandevolvinglandscape

• Longtermmaintenance

• NeedforbeMerdataandtrackingtoinformdecisions

• Requiresstaffcapacity

• NeedforstakeholdereducaAonandengagement

Waterresourcemanagementiscomplicated!

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WhydoesfinancingmaOer?

• ProvidesbackboneforimplementaAonplan

• Resonateswithdecision-makers

• Lendscredibilitywithfunders

• Yourplancannotbecomearealitywithoutit!

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ELEMENTSOFASUCCESSFULFINANCINGSTRATEGY

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ComponentsofaFinancingStrategyTendtointerweavemulApleelements

• CostreducAonstrategies• Revenuegenerators• Engagingtheprivatesector

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CostReducConStrategies

• Planning• EffecAve,enforcedregulaAons• Assetmanagement•  Integratedapproach• Partnerships

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CostReducConStrategies:CityofScranton•  Integrateallwater-resourcerelatedac1vi1es

•  Incorporatemoregreeninfrastructure

• Developassetmanagementprogram

• Developpartnerships

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RevenueGenerators• Grants,bonds,anddedicatedfees

Open Space Bond: Warrington Township, Pennsylvania

Bed Tax: Chautauqua County, New York

Stormwater Fee: Berlin, Maryland

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ChautauquaCountyBedTax

•  3% for economic development in 2004

•  Raised to 5% to include water resource management projects in 2008

•  2% capitalizes Lakes & Waterways grant fund

•  Public agencies, private organizations, Chautauqua residents

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EngagingthePrivateSector

• Schoolsystems• Corporatecampuses• Privatepropertyowners

• Faith-basedcommunity• HomeownersAssociaAons

IncenCvizingbehaviorchange

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COLLABORATIONFROMAFINANCINGPERSPECTIVE

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BenefitsofCollaboraCon

• Createefficiencies

•  Fillresourceandcapacitygaps

• TapintoexisAngresourcesandcapacity

• BecomemoreaMracAveandcompeAAvetofunders

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SpectrumofCollaboraCon

InformalcollaboraAonthroughpeer-to-peersharing

FormalregionalenAtycreated/adaptedtomanagestormwater

CollaboraAononpubliceducaAonandoutreach

MOUdevelopedfordefinedshared

acAviAesInformalsharingbetweenstaffofequipment,informaAon,

technology,andresources

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COLLABORATIVEAPPROACHES:BLAIRCOUNTY,PENNSYLVANIA

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CollaboraConwithintheContextofPennsylvania• Morethan1,000regulatedenAAes

• Opportunityvariesby• GeographiclocaAon

•  ExisAngrelaAonships

•  PoliAcalwill

• GreatestopportunityforcollaboraAonisthrougheducaAon,outreach,training

• Watershed-scaleleadstomorerobustpartnerships

MapofPennsylvania’sNPDESMS4Permi^ngProgram,PennsylvaniaDepartmentofEnvironmentalProtecAon,hMp://files.dep.state.pa.us/Water/BPNPSM/StormwaterManagement/MS4_2010_UA.pdf.

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StormwaterProgramFinanceAnalysisandDevelopment

Step1:Assesscurrentstormwaterprogram

Step2:BeginevaluaAngfutureneedsand

idenAfyprogrammaAcgaps

Step3:Determinewhereprogramfitsintolevelofserviceandevaluatecosts

Step4:Developandfinalize

proposedstormwater

programbudget

Step5:Developafinancingstrategytosupport

budgetOngoing:Developandimplement

outreachstrategy!

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BlairCountyDemographics•  24municipaliAes:

1city,15townships,8boroughs

•  527squaremiles

•  65%Forest/GameLands20%Agricultural8%ResidenAal

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Buildingacollabora.vegreeninfrastructureprogram

•  13MS4s•  MS4obligaAons•  CBPRPobligaAons•  TMDLobligaAons•  LocalWQgoals

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Assesscurrentprogram

Bringtogetherstakeholders,andidenAfy:

• CommunitysenAment

• PoliAcallandscape

• OrganizaAonalcapacity

• RegulatedacAviAes

• Localdrivers

• ExisAngresources

• ExisAngrelaAonshipsandpartnership

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IdenCfygapsandevaluatefutureneeds

Minimal

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High

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IdenCfybudgetneedsLABOR

ExisAngstaffHireaddiAonalstaff

Contractors

CAPITALEquipment

ProjectidenAficaAonLandacquisiAon

OPERATIONS&MAINTENANCE

SojwareSupplies

Equipmentmaintenance

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Determineassociatedcosts

• 90CBPRPprojects:$2.675million

• EsAmatedO&M:$12,428annually

• SharedMS4Manager:$134,431annually

Totalannualprogramcosts:$326,781

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Developafinancingstrategytosupportbudgetneeds

•  IdenAfyappropriatefundingsourcesforbudgetitems

FeeSystem•  CBPRP

projects•  Long-term

supportforasharedSWManager

•  O&M

GENERALFUND

•  Staff•  Engineering•  Monitoring

•  Assetmanagement

•  Trainingandtechnology

GRANT•  Pilotprojects•  Earlysupport

forsharedstaff

Partnership

•  EducaAonandoutreach

•  GISservices

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FinancingStrategyRecommendaCons

Costsavingstrategies

• CollaboraAon

• Greeninfrastructure

• Grantprograms

Sharedrevenuestream

• 20:30:50weightedscenario

•  Streamlength,populaAon,impervioussurface

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SpectrumofCollaboraCveApproaches

InformalcollaboraAonthroughpeer-to-peersharing

FormalregionalenAtycreated/adaptedtomanagestormwater

CollaboraAononpubliceducaAonandoutreach

MOUdevelopedfordefinedshared

acAviAesInformalsharingbetweenstaffofequipment,tools,andresources

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