1. Breaking Bad: The Challenge of Aging Infrastructure
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
Water System
March 7, 2018
By Andrew Linard, Director of Water Quality
Deputy Director of Water Engineering & Technical Services
Presented by the Water Association of Kern County

2. WATER SYSTEM MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Water System is to provide our customers with reliable, high quality and competitively priced water services in a safe and publically and environmentally responsible manner.
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3. WATER SYSTEM FIVE-YEAR GOALS
Manage infrastructure optimally
Achieve customer service satisfaction rating in the top quartile of comparable utilities
Diversify water supply portfolio
Provide safe, high quality water
Increase effectiveness of hiring, housing, training, retaining and developing staff, and of the Water System Safety Program.
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4. FACTS & FIGURES Largest Municipal Water & Power Utility in the U.S.
477 Square Mile Service Area
Serving 4 Million People
157 Billion Gallons Per Year
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5. WATER SUPPLY 50% Bay Delta – MWD 27% Los Angeles Aqueduct
12% Local Ground Water
9% Colorado River – MWD
2% Recycled Water
5 year average FY 2013/14 to FY 2017/18
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6. INFRASTRUCTURE 300 miles of aqueduct 7,337 miles of pipe
84 pump stations (96 service zones)
INFRASTRUCTURE
328 pressure regulating stations & reliefs
2806 large valves
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7. INFRASTRUCTURE
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8. ASSET MANAGEMENT Manage infrastructure optimally
Achieve customer service satisfaction rating in the top quartile of comparable utilities
Diversify water supply portfolio
Provide safe, high quality water
Increase effectiveness of hiring, housing, training, retaining and developing staff, and of the Water System Safety Program.
Asset management is a way to keep the assets operational for the longest time possible at the lowest total cost.
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9. ASSET MANAGEMENT Condition-based as opposed to Age-based
Level of Service
Risk
Likelihood of failure
Consequence of failure
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10. ASSET MANAGEMENT
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11. FUNDING Rates Grants Low/Zero Interest Loans
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12. RATES Community engagement Options and selection Demonstrable results
LADWP Capital Program: $1B/year over ten years
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