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BUILDING STRONG ® 1 US Army Corps of Engineers BUILDING STRONG ® 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
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BUILDING STRONG ® 2 National Water Resource Challenges Energy Persistent Conflict Aging Infrastructure Aging Infrastructure Globalization Increasing Demand for Water Increasing Demand for Water Governance Federal Budget Legislative Changes Governance Federal Budget Legislative Changes Climate Change Climate Change Environmental Values Declining Biodiversity Disaster Preparedness and Response Disaster Preparedness and Response Demographic Shifts Demographic Shifts
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BUILDING STRONG ® 3 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 Regional Water Resources Challenges
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BUILDING STRONG ® 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 4
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BUILDING STRONG ® 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. 5
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BUILDING STRONG ® 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.
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BUILDING STRONG ® A Risk Management Approach to Asset Management 7 Time
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BUILDING STRONG ® 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) The Future Will Not Look Like the Past
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BUILDING STRONG ® 9 Corps Water Resources Priorities – FY10 Transforming the Corps Civil Works Program to meet 21 st 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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BUILDING STRONG ® 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 Responding to Water Resource Challenges
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BUILDING STRONG ® 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. 11
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BUILDING STRONG ® 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 Transforming the CW Program to Meet 21 st Century Needs 12
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BUILDING STRONG ® 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 13
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BUILDING STRONG ® Stronger partnerships for collaborative problem solvingStronger partnerships for collaborative problem solving A comprehensive strategy to inform and educateA comprehensive strategy to inform and educate Smarter regional planningSmarter regional planning Advocacy for critical national water needsAdvocacy for critical national water needs Joint efforts/resources to achieve common goalsJoint efforts/resources to achieve common goals Life-cycle approach from holistic assessment through O&MLife-cycle approach from holistic assessment through O&M Risk-based managementRisk-based management Resilient water infrastructureResilient water infrastructure A Picture of the Future …. 14
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BUILDING STRONG ® 15 US Army Corps of Engineers BUILDING STRONG ®
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