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TECH QUEST - APRIL 27, 2011 INFRASTRUCTURE SUMMIT

TECH QUEST - APRIL 27, 2011 INFRASTRUCTURE SUMMIT. CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ASCE LEGISLATIVE CHAIR. Robb Kalbach Civil & Environmental Engineering – Virginia Tech President of Utility Services Group (USG) PUCA (Pennsylvania Utility Contractor Association)

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TECH QUEST - APRIL 27, 2011 INFRASTRUCTURE SUMMIT

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  1. TECH QUEST - APRIL 27, 2011 INFRASTRUCTURE SUMMIT

  2. CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ASCE LEGISLATIVE CHAIR • Robb Kalbach • Civil & Environmental Engineering – Virginia Tech • President of Utility Services Group (USG) • PUCA (Pennsylvania Utility Contractor Association) • ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)

  3. Neglected Infrastructure WILL BITEPENNSYLVANIA

  4. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS NATIONAL & STATE INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT CARDS www.infrastructurereportcard.org www.pareportcard.org

  5. INFLOW & INFILTRATION REDUCES CAPACITY & CAN CAUSE POLLUTION • Impacts of I&I: • Cost to treat rainwater • WWTP Expansions • Overflows • Impact to the environment and public water • As of 2010 the PA DEP reported 1648 different CS Outfalls in PA Rain and Groundwater getting into cracked and leaky sewer pipes

  6. INFLOW & INFILTRATION RESULTS SEWER OVERFLOWS The Solution to Pollution is Dilution?

  7. LEHIGH VALLEY PA ASCE SECTIONINFRASTRUCTURE REPORT CARD William MacNair, P.E. Professional Engineer 2716 Allison Lane, Allentown PA 18104-9620 Tel: 610-248-9631 Email: billmacnair@gmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/billmacnair Michael Perlow Jr., P.E. Engineering Knowledge Management, LLC 443 Main Street, East Greenville PA 18041 Tel: 267-664-3250 & Fax: 267-612-4078 Email: mike@michaelperlowjr.com And ekmllc@michaelperlowjr.com www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-perlow-jr-p-e/15/650/73a Website: www.michaelperlowjr.com

  8. THE PROBLEM - OUR AGING UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE

  9. THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR AGING UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE

  10. FAILURE OF WATER, SEWER, STORM CAN LEAD TO A GAS MAIN FAILURE

  11. LV INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT CARDSOUTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIPLEHIGH COUNTY, PA • $120 million estimated replacement cost • $100 per capita per year - 20,000 population • No dedicated replacement funding source • No formal condition assessment program • No prioritization plan

  12. PROPOSED LV REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING & INVESTMENT MODEL • LEHIGH VALLEY 2050 Vision Statement • PAY-AS-YOU-GO Life Cycle Cost Funding Model Adopted. • Municipal Planning Organization (MPO) and Rural Planning Organization (RPO) Infrastructure Sustainability Review. Transportation, Energy and Water Resources Committees Established for each Regional Infrastructure MPO & RPO. • State & Regional Infrastructure Bank System Created to Accept Pay-Go Replacement Fee Deposits and Provide Loans for Replacement Projects.

  13. PAY-AS-YOU-GO LIFE CYCLE COSTINFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING

  14. EXISTING PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPAL (MPO) & RURAL (RPO) PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS

  15. PAY-GO REPLACEMENT COST FUNDING RESERVE ACCOUNTS SWT Pay-Go Replacement Funds Deposited in a Reserve Account SWT requests funding for an approved project from a Regional Infrastructure Bank consisting of participating LV financial institutions LV Regional Infrastructure Bank is capitalized by reserve account deposits from the 62 LV municipalities & authorities and from loan guarantees provided by the Federal Reserve

  16. INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND INVESTMENT SOLUTIONFOR ALL PA MUNICIPALITIES??

  17. LVASCE FALL 2011 INFRASTRUCTURE STAKEHOLDER CONFERENCE

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