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Bay Pollution Limits & Their Job Impacts

This presentation discusses the challenges and changes facing the Alexandria Sanitation Authority (ASA) regarding Chesapeake Bay pollution limits and their impact on local workforce dynamics. Historically significant transformations, from the early days of the torpedo factory to the present, reflect the ASA's investments in nutrient removal and the skilled labor demands of modern water management. The discussion emphasizes regulatory imbalances, aging infrastructure, and the urgent need for a skilled workforce in the face of increasing regulations and environmental requirements.

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Bay Pollution Limits & Their Job Impacts

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  1. Bay Pollution Limits & Their Job Impacts - One Local Perspective Presented to COG Chesapeake Bay & Water Resources Policy Committee • ALEXANDRIA SANITATION AUTHORITY • Karen Pallansch, General ManagerMarch 2012

  2. Where We’ve Come From… Torpedo Factory, Alexandria Water Front, circa 1940’s

  3. Where We’ve Come From…

  4. Where We’ve Come From…

  5. Where We’ve Come From… First ASA construction, 835 South Payne Street, circa 1953

  6. Where We Are Going… New Economic Reality High Debt Burden Capital Intensive Infrastructure Aging Workforce Regulatory Imbalances

  7. Where We Are Going… Bay TMDL Requirements 2011

  8. Where We Are Going… ASA circa 2001, $350M invested for Nutrient Removal

  9. Where We Are Going… ASA circa 2016, $150M invested

  10. Requirements & Jobs Over Time

  11. Job Results… Large Group Unskilled to semi skilled Transient Short Term Sustainable?

  12. Requirements & Jobs Over Time 20 15 10 5 Nitrogen Reduction Requirements TN Discharged 2000 1995 2005 2010 2015 2020 50 100 150 200 EMPLOYEES # of ASA Employees

  13. Water Profession Needs… Because of Increased Regulation: Highly skilled trades people Require additional annual training

  14. Water Profession Needs… Because of Increased Regulation: Researchers and Research $$ Engineers – limited pool Wastewater Fuel Cell Green Roof

  15. Water Profession Needs… Because of Increased Regulation: Business & Financial Legal

  16. Water Profession Challenges Opportunity Costs….$ spent on wastewater…

  17. Water Profession Challenges Rates…Public doesn’t understand the Value of Water…

  18. Water Profession Challenges Opportunity Costs….$ spent on wastewater and stormwater… Community Choices Limited….

  19. Water Profession Challenges Urbanization Lack of training programs Clean Water Act Competition for Limited Resources Intensive Capital Needs

  20. Additional Thoughts?

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