1. WATER for TEXAS Water for the Future
Kathleen Jackson, Director

2. OUR MISSION
To provide leadership, information, education, and support for planning, financial assistance, and outreach for the conservation and responsible development of
water for Texas.
-TWDB ultimate mission - (Texas Water Development Board – change noun to verb = “developing water for Texas”)
-”Pray for Rain, Plan for Drought”
-Goal: to address the state’s water needs to ensure a healthy & vibrant economy
-Plan for kids / grandkids
The Texas Water Development Board's (TWDB) mission is To provide leadership, information, education, and support for planning, financial assistance, and outreach for the conservation and responsible development of water for Texas.  Our mission is a vital part of Texas' overall vision and its mission and goals which relate to maintaining the viability of the state's natural resources, health and economic development.  To accomplish its goals of planning for the state's water resources and for providing affordable water and wastewater services, the TWDB provides water planning, data collection and dissemination, financial assistance and technical assistance services to the citizens of Texas.  The tremendous population growth that the state has and will continue to experience, and the continual threat of severe drought, only intensify the need for the TWDB to accomplish its goals in an effective and efficient manner.

3. PERCENT TIME IN DROUGHT

4. TEXAS DROUGHT
April 2015
vs.
April 2016

5. STATEWIDE RESERVOIR STORAGE
August 3, % full
84% full a year ago

6. PROJECTED TEXAS POPULATION GROWTH
Texas Population (Millions)
Decade

7. Brackish groundwater desal Seawater desal Aquifer storage and recovery
HOW CAN WE RESPOND TO DROUGHT & GROWTH?
Conservation
Reuse
Brackish groundwater desal
Seawater desal
Aquifer storage and recovery
Aquifers
Reservoirs

8. Conservation and REUSE
Russell Schreiber
Director of Public Works
City of Wichita Falls
Lake Arrowhead
Tom Kula
Executive Director, NTMWD
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center
Seagoville

9. REGIONAL WATER PLANNING GROUPS
Region B (North Central)
Region C (Northeast)
Local Political Subdivision serves as administrator
Public, consensus-driven
Local/regional decision making process
Region D (Northeast)

10. 2017 State Water Plan

11. Conservation - 2017 State Water Plan
Conservation makes up over one quarter of strategy supplies in 2070
Most frequently recommended strategy in the 2017 Plan
Over $4 billion in capital costs
Demand management (long-term conservation and temporary drought management restrictions) and reuse combined make up 45% of total strategy volumes.

12. ONLINE 2017 state water plan
New tool – online state water plan
Demonstrate the new interactive, online SWP that shows
-the anticipated need (shortage) by decade
-projects to address that need
-the current source of water supply

13. EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS REGION C IDENTIFIED TO ADDRESS POTENTIAL NEEDS
-projects to address that need
Most all entities are included in the state water plan. It’s important for the community to participate and have an active role in identifying current sources or supply, water needs, and strategies to address those needs or someone else will.
Pro-active is important because water supply projects cannot typically be implemented quickly on a re-active basis when running out of water
Pro-active is always cheaper than re-active
Local engineers can help communities to identify the ‘trigger point’ for initiating the project

14. STATE WATER IMPLEMENTATION FUND FOR TEXAS
Turns Planning into Projects

15. $900 million in financial assistance in 2015 (approximately)
PROGRAM YEAR 2015
$900 million in financial assistance in 2015 (approximately)
$3.9 billion in financial assistance (approximately)
20 project sponsors
30 projects
$106 million in projected savings
AAA rating
2016 SWIFT HIGHLIGHTS
795,255,000 financial assistance approved on 7/21/16 board meeting FOR 2016 program year
4.6 bill authorized to date (includes amount from 7/21 meeting)
15 additional commitments
Turns Planning into Projects

17. Communities Served
TWDB has committed over $19B in loans and grants since inception (1957)
2015/2016 SWIRFT Financial Assistance
Total Funding Commitments* (Loans and Grants) Post-SWIRFT 1957 – December 2015
Multi-Year Financial Assistance Request*
_______________
* Preliminary, subject to change
** Multi-year commitments include the 2015 financial assistance requests

18. WATER SUPPLY & INFRASTRUCTURE
Water supply is not the only issue impacting communities
Existing infrastructure is often an overlooked and neglected yet critical component to every community
Large cities often develop a capital improvement plan (CIP) that addresses timely rehab or replacement of aging infrastructure.
Our experience in meeting with smaller local communities across the State is that there often isn’t any kind of pro-active approach for replacement of infrastructure. Infrastructure replacement tends to be re-active.

19. INFRASTRUCTURE REHAB & REPLACEMENT
Have you developed a Capital Improvement Plan (CIP)?
Are you aware of existing infrastructure needs?
Are you replacing infrastructure pro-actively rather than re-actively?
INTERACTIVE SLIDE
Take a poll of communities/engineers on whether they have developed a CIP
It is incumbent on local officials and local engineers to evaluate existing infrastructure and needs associated with maintaining, rehabbing, or replacing aging distribution systems, collection systems, storage facilities, and water and wastewater treatment facilities.
Many of the local elected officials may not even be aware of issues with existing infrastructure or the useful life of that asset and as such probably have not planned for replacement
Development of CIP’s will prioritize project rehab and replacement.
Local engineers and utility officials need to be able to communicate effectively to communities on the benefits of a project and ‘trigger point’ for needing to complete the project so that a community could plan appropriately and move forward on a pro-active basis instead of a re-active basis.
Benefits can include increased revenues for the community and decreased operational costs due to improved operational efficiency, more efficient electrical equipment, less repairs and maintenance, less water loss, and accurate meter readings. These savings can offset some or most of the cost for financing the project.
Pro-active is always cheaper than re-active. If a community does have a re-active project then a community with a CIP could look at expanding the project to include some needed pro-active improvements.

20. TWDB PROGRAMS Turns Planning into Projects
Water Development Fund (DFund)
Economically Distressed Areas Program (EDAP)
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)
State Participation (SP)
State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas (SWIRFT)
TX Agricultural Water Conservation Bond Program
Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF)
Rural Water Assistance Fund (RWAF)
Mention TWDB financing programs
Describe the programs the Board has for financing these type infrastructure projects.
Note that the ALL of these programs can be accessed at any time except SWIFT and EDAP
It is important for the local engineer or utility official to know the TWDB has multiple options for financing these projects.
Turns Planning into Projects

21. TWDB Challenges in past that have now been addressed:
TWDB Changes/Improvements
One Point of Contact – Regional Teams with Team Manager
Streamlined Environmental Review
Ability to Obtain Release of Funds
Developed an online application to make it easier to apply for TWDB loans
Online State Water Plan

22. REGIONAL WATER PLANNING GROUPS & twdb regional TEAMs
OUTREACH - Changes/Improvements
-A Team Manager is their single point of contact to help discuss and guide them to the appropriate financing program(s)
Point of Contact
Communities and engineers did not have a single point of contact when trying to evaluate funding programs available from the Board.  This required the applicant and its consultants to know the benefits, incentive, and differences between the various TWDB funding options or to contact multiple people at the TWDB.  The agency reorganization has been a huge success in customer service by providing a single point of contact that can assist and guide applicants and their consultants through the multiple funding options to find the best or sometimes combined funding options for developing projects.  We can also help identify the potential cost savings for using the various programs compared to a market issue.

23. TWDB FIELD OFFICES
Lubbock
Mesquite
Harlingen
Houston

24. Streamlined Environmental Review
TWDB Changes/Improvements
Replace guidance documents with template forms
Ensure that level of review is commensurate with potential impacts
Develop new process for federal cross-cutter compliance
Clarify requirements

25. Ability to quickly Obtain Release of Funds
TWDB Changes/Improvements
Outlay Excel Template
Through the SRF programs, there were often delays in an applicant completing outlays and obtaining the release of funds.  The TWDB has updated and streamlined this process since the reorganization.  The agency now provides an outlay template (an excel spreadsheet) with instructions to each entity receiving SRF funds.  This process is used for documenting expenses and requesting the release of funds for all programs except DFund, RWAF, and SWIFT.  The TWDB is able to release funds in less than 14 days from receipt of the outlays.  This allows entities that submit outlays after receiving invoicing from contractors on construction projects to obtain the funds to pay the contractors promptly without needing to use any local funds.
TWDB releases funds in <14 days from receipt of outlays
Enables communities to pay contractors without using local funds

26. ONLINE LOAN APPLICATION
TWDB Improvements

27. TWDB Funded projects in North East Texas
Arlington
Collection System Improvements 2015
Replace 16,525 linear feet of 6 and 10-inch pipelines with 8 thru 12-inch diameter pipe in five different segments throughout the City
Proposed work is 100% eligible for Green Project funding
Clean Water State Revolving Fund; $2,439,700 loan and loan forgiveness (CWSRF)
Arlington TX

28. TWDB Funded projects in North East Texas
Fort Worth
Conservation - Advanced Metering Infrastructure Project
Planning and construction funds to implement a full scale Advance Metering Infrastructure (AMI) project along with an automated leak detection system
An annual volume of approximately 9,450 acre-feet/year is anticipated to be saved as a result
SWIFT; $ 76,000,000 loan
Fort Worth TX

29. TWDB Funded projects in North East Texas
Euless
Bear Creek Reclaimed Water System
Extend services to additional commercial and residential customers along waterline alignment
Eliminates the use of potable water for irrigation along new waterline, reducing the City’s demand for potable water
Clean Water State Revolving Fund $2,755,300 in loan and loan forgiveness (CWSRF)
Euless TX

30. TWDB Funded projects in North East Texas
Sulphur Springs
Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade
Existing WWTP required upgrades to address compliance issues and maintain treatment standards
Exceeded limitations for residual chlorine and ammonia
Project included new aeration basins and SCADA upgrades
$18,200,000 commitment through Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF)

31. TWDB Funded projects in North East Texas
Alba
Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements
Aging wastewater treatment plant
Not meeting effluent limitations
Rehabilitation includes removal of vegetation and sludge
Floating aerators and disinfection also added
$840,000 commitment through Texas Water Development Fund (DFund)
Alba TX

32. TWDB Funded projects in North East Texas
Paris
Water Line Replacement
Old, deteriorated water lines throughout distribution system
Frequent leaks and breaks require constant repair
Project replaces nearly 6 miles of water line between 40 and 100 years old
$3,400,778 project commitment through Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)
Project qualified for partial principal forgiveness

33. HOW CAN TWDB ASSIST MOVING PROJECTS FORWARD?
Concerns in using TWDB for funding of projects?
Challenges for utilities to move forward?
Need for upgraded infrastructure?
Feedback?
COME TALK TO US FIRST!
INTERACTIVE SLIDE
Direct interaction with the board members - a board member will now come to you
If want to think of responses to these questions, I will come back and meet with you individually
GOAL – COME TALK TO US FIRST if you have a project and are seeking financing. You are certainly welcome to go out on the market, but come talk to us first

34. TWDB Regional Financial assistance workshops

35. TEXASFLOOD.ORG

36. Save the date!

37. BUILDING A STRONGER TEXAS
Fort Worth
April 18, 2016
Austin
April 19, 2016
Midland
April 21, 2016
Corpus Christi
June 7, 2016
Rio Grande Valley
June 15, 2016
Lubbock – Caprock
June, 23, 2016

38. HOW TO CONTACT ME Kathleen Jackson, P.E. @twdb_kathleen 512.463.7847