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Town of BethlehemTown of Bethlehem

Department of Public WorksDepartment of Public Works

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Financial AnalysisFinancial AnalysisCapital PlanCapital PlanAsset ManagementAsset Management

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Asset ManagementAsset Management

•• A comprehensive and structured A comprehensive and structured approach to the long term management approach to the long term management of assets as tools for the efficient and of assets as tools for the efficient and effective delivery of community benefitseffective delivery of community benefits

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Why Asset Management?Why Asset Management?

•• Aging InfrastructureAging Infrastructure•• --Many assets reaching end of useful lifeMany assets reaching end of useful life•• Increased Public AwarenessIncreased Public Awareness•• --Sewer and water line failuresSewer and water line failures•• Reduced fundingReduced funding•• Plan for future demandPlan for future demand

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Asset ManagementAsset Management

•• Inventory all assetsInventory all assets•• Assess ConditionAssess Condition•• Perform Risk AssessmentPerform Risk Assessment•• Develop Integrated Management Develop Integrated Management

StrategyStrategy

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DPW AssetsDPW Assets

•• Water mains Water mains •• Over 1,000,000 feetOver 1,000,000 feet

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DPW AssetsDPW Assets

•• Water TanksWater Tanks•• Kenwood Kenwood –– 19281928•• Selkirk Selkirk –– 19641964•• Elm Ave Elm Ave –– 19791979•• Park Park –– 19841984•• New Scotland New Scotland -- 19841984

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DPW AssetsDPW Assets

•• Sewer Mains Sewer Mains •• Over 900,000 feetOver 900,000 feet

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Sewer Line InfiltrationSewer Line Infiltration

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DPW AssetsDPW Assets

•• Water Filtration Water Filtration PlantPlant--New SalemNew Salem

•• --1.1 billion gallon 1.1 billion gallon reservoirreservoir

•• --Filtration Plant Filtration Plant 5MGD , 50 years old 5MGD , 50 years old and at end of useful and at end of useful lifelife

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DPW AssetsDPW Assets

•• Water PlantWater Plant--Clapper Clapper Road Road

•• Wells with 6 MGD Wells with 6 MGD capacitycapacity

•• Filtration Plant with Filtration Plant with 6 MGD capacity and 6 MGD capacity and 12 years old12 years old

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DPW AssetsDPW Assets

•• Reservoirs and Reservoirs and DamsDams•• Vly ReservoirVly Reservoir•• Old Reservoir Old Reservoir

adjacent to New adjacent to New Salem Water TankSalem Water Tank

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DPW AssetsDPW Assets

•• Sewer Plant Sewer Plant --Dinmore RoadDinmore Road

•• 5.9 MGD permit 5.9 MGD permit capacitycapacity

•• 33 years old33 years old

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DPW AssetsDPW Assets

•• Sewer Pumping Sewer Pumping StationsStations

•• 39 stations39 stations•• Age is from over 70 Age is from over 70

years old to two years old to two years years

•• 70% are over 20 70% are over 20 years oldyears old

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Future DemandFuture Demand

•• Comprehensive Plan has identified Comprehensive Plan has identified areas where we can expect additional areas where we can expect additional water and sewer demandwater and sewer demand

•• DPW has developed a projected water DPW has developed a projected water system demand and has developed a system demand and has developed a long term plan to achieve adequate long term plan to achieve adequate supplysupply

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Capital Improvement PlanCapital Improvement Plan

•• DPW has taken a ten year look ahead DPW has taken a ten year look ahead to determine the priority needs for to determine the priority needs for water and sewer infrastructurewater and sewer infrastructure

•• The capital plan is reviewed annually to The capital plan is reviewed annually to determine if the highest priorities are determine if the highest priorities are being accomplishedbeing accomplished

•• A financial plan is necessary to support A financial plan is necessary to support the capital planthe capital plan

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FundingFunding

•• Water and Sewer Infrastructure has Water and Sewer Infrastructure has historically been paid for by residential and historically been paid for by residential and commercial developmentcommercial development

•• Federal and State funding has contributed to Federal and State funding has contributed to construction of wastewater plants in the pastconstruction of wastewater plants in the past

•• There is very limited federal and state There is very limited federal and state funding to support rebuilding infrastructure funding to support rebuilding infrastructure going forwardgoing forward

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Financial Plan AnalysisFinancial Plan Analysis

•• Operating Budgets are adequate to support Operating Budgets are adequate to support routine maintenance routine maintenance

•• Water and sewer breaks will continue to Water and sewer breaks will continue to erode operating budgets since they are not erode operating budgets since they are not planned workplanned work

•• A Rate Analysis has been performed to A Rate Analysis has been performed to determine how best to support the long term determine how best to support the long term financial requirements that support the financial requirements that support the capital investment for water and sewer capital investment for water and sewer servicesservices

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Next StepsNext Steps

•• Present long range capital planPresent long range capital plan•• Provide funding strategy to support Provide funding strategy to support

capital requirementscapital requirements•• Present Rate Analysis scenarios Present Rate Analysis scenarios


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