Transcript CMR - National Waterways Conference

America’s Water Resources:
A View to the Future
Presentation to
National Waterways Conference
Steven L. Stockton, P.E.
Director of Civil Works
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
24 September 2010
US Army Corps of Engineers
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National Water Resource Challenges
Governance
Climate
Change
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Federal Budget
Demographic
Shifts
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Legislative Changes
Persistent
Conflict
Energy
Increasing
Demand
for Water
Aging
Infrastructure
Environmental
Values
Globalization
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Declining
Biodiversity
Disaster
Preparedness
and Response
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Regional Water Resources Challenges
• Asian Carp (Great Lakes/Mississippi
River)
• Vegetation on Levees (WA, CA, TX)
• ACT/ACF Basins (GA, AL, FL)
• Everglades Restoration
• Great Lakes - Lake Levels
• Chesapeake Bay
• Bay Delta, CA
• Columbia Fish Program (OR, WA, ID)
• Columbia River Treaty
• Missouri River
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Asset Management &
Infrastructure Recapitalization
• Deliver reliable
infrastructure through use
of risk-based assessments
• Risk-informed strategy
applied to budget process
• Optimize use of limited
resources across multiple
business lines
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Net Capital Stock Estimates of Corps Civil Works Projects
1928-2009
(in 2009 dollars)
Billions of 2009 dollars
Net Capital Stock
$300
$250
$200
Flood
Navigation
$150
Multipurpose
MRT
Total
$100
$50
$0
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
The value of the Corps CW’s capital stock portfolio has declined
from a peak value of ~ $250 billion in 1983, to ~ $165 billion today, as
new investment & maintenance have not kept pace with depreciation.
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Gain or Loss in Net Capital Stock
10,000
This graph shows the annual difference between
depreciation & expenditures. For the years where
a line is above 0 axis the CW’s net capital stock is
growing, while for the years where the line is
below zero the value of the stock is declining.
8,000
6,000
4,000
Millions
Navigation
Flood
2,000
Multipurpose
MRT
Total
0
-2,000
-4,000
-6,000
1930
1935
1940
1945
1950
1955
1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
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A Risk Management Approach
to Asset Management
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The Future Will Not Look Like the Past
 Addressing user needs: Nonstationarity &
Hydrologic workshop: 13-15 Jan 2010
 The risk associated with extreme events has
been based on relatively short-term hydrologic
records – in some cases potentially affecting the
reliability of critical infrastructure during floods
and droughts.
 Planning and operations need to be re-assessed
& verified given nonstationary conditions.
 Best Practices - analytical techniques integrating
climate change into statistical evaluation of
designs & operations are needed as basis for
consistent policies on assurance of reliability.
Products thus far:
• Proceedings (summer 2010)
• Special issue JAWRA (16 papers)
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Corps Water Resources Priorities – FY10
• Transforming the Corps Civil Works Program
to meet 21st Century needs
• Flood Risk Management
• Contingency Planning & Disaster Response
• Integrated Water Resources Management Watersheds & Systems
• Knowledge Management
• Asset Management & Infrastructure
Recapitalization
• Regulatory Program
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Responding to Water Resource Challenges
1) Integrated Water Resources Management
- Focus on Sustainable Solutions Using
Watershed Perspective/Approach
2) Governance & Management
- Federal Interagency Partnerships
3) Continue Dialogue
- Increase awareness & national emphasis in
support of State water priorities
4) Collaboration
- Management of water as a collaborative
endeavor focused on shared responsibilities
5) Water Resources Investment Strategies
- Innovative Financing
6) Managing Extreme Events
- Adaptation to Climate Change
7) Knowledge & Technology Transfer
- Integrated Water Information & Services
8) State Water Resources Leadership
- Recognize Primacy of State Role
9) Communications and Education
- Active & Continuous
Engagement w/Public
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The USACE Planning Process
• A structured, rational approach to
problem solving
• A specialized discipline that
requires experience, analysis,
inspiration & intuition
• A way to identify water resources
problems and opportunities,
formulate and evaluate alternative
solutions and identify tradeoffs.
• A disciplined process to assist
decision makers in recommending
appropriate investments.
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Transforming the CW Program to
Meet 21st Century Needs
• Continue to Move Civil Works direction toward Integrated
Water Resources management (IWRM)
• Shape Principles and Guidelines revisions
► Support interagency team developing procedures and
methodologies
► Ensure recommendations are implementable
• Shape National water resources direction
► Build the public will to support water resources /infrastructure
► Raise awareness within the Administration and Congress of
water resources challenges and opportunities
► Provide data and information nation-wide to assist in planning
and management our water resources---A Federal Support
Toolbox
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Modernizing the Process
• Updating key guidance
• Improving independent external peer
review (IEPR) procedures
• Improving current pre-authorization
process
• Legislative recommendations for
alternative feasibility process that can be
achieved in 18 months
• Simplifying cost-sharing requirements
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A Picture of the Future ….
• Stronger partnerships for
collaborative problem solving
• A comprehensive strategy to
inform and educate
• Smarter regional planning
• Advocacy for critical national
water needs
• Joint efforts/resources to achieve
common goals
• Life-cycle approach from holistic
assessment through O&M
• Risk-based management
• Resilient water infrastructure
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