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2016
NH Water Resources
Management Conference
Presented By:
Business & Industry Association of
New Hampshire
&
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
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NH’s Water Infrastructure
“The State of the State”
2016 NH Water Resources Management Conference
Business and Industry Association
Presented by
Frederick J. McNeill, PE
Chief Engineer, City of Manchester, EPD
Agenda
• Why is Water Infrastructure Critical?
• What is NH’s Water Infrastructure?
– Drinking Water
– Wastewater
– Stormwater
– Dams
• “State of the State”
• Case Study – ManchVegas “State of the City”
• Questions
Why water infrastructure is critical
to NH’s economy and quality of life
• Public health/safety
– Safe drinking water
– Healthy ecosystems
– Flood protection
• Clean recreational waters
– Tourism
– Creates jobs
– Increased local tax revenues
• Fire Protection
NH’s Drinking Water Systems
• 122 municipal
systems
• 578 private
community systems
• Serving 56% of
population
• 1,000s miles of pipe
• $$ Billions in assets
NH’s Wastewater Systems
• 98 Municipal WWTFs
• Serving 35%
of population
• 1000’s of
miles of sewers
• $$ Billions in assets
NH’s Storm Water Systems
• Every community has
stormwater systems
• 1,000s miles of pipe
• Detention/retention
ponds, headwalls, outfalls
• $$ Billions in assets
NH’s Dams
• 278 State owned
• 358 Municipal owned
• $$ Billions in assets
“State of the State”
• Aging and failing Infrastructure
• Increased regulatory requirements
• Climate Change
• Lack of sustainable funding
ASCE’s 2011 National
Infrastructure Report Card
Drinking Water
Wastewater
Dams
What does a “C-”
grade look like?
CCC-
Front Page of the Union Leader
November 7, 2014
Failure of 1923 Cast Iron Water Main
Goffe Street, Manchester
November 6, 2014
Goffe Street Water Main Failure
“Up close and personnel”
Water Main Break
Kennard Road, Manchester
January 10, 2015
Water Main Break
Kennard Road, Manchester
January 10, 2015
Water Main Break 2012
Existing Regulatory Requirements
• NPDES Permits
• Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Abatement
– Manchester Phase II $165 million
– Lebanon
– Nashua
– Portsmouth
Increased Regulatory Requirements
WWTP Nitrogen Reductions
– Dover $12 million
– Exeter $55 million
– Newmarket $14 million
– Newington $10 million
– Portsmouth $80 million
WWTP Phosphorus Reductions
– Manchester $35 million
– Nashua ????
Increased Regulatory Requirements
• Stormwater – MS4 Permit
• Metals
– Copper
– Lead
– Aluminum
• Incinerator Emissions
• CMOMs
Regulatory Requirements
• Based on Sound Science
• Reasonable and rational
• Cost effective
• Realistic implementation schedules
Climate Change
Central High School Flooding
October 16, 2014
Commercial Street Flooding
October 16, 2014
Commercial Street Flooding
October 16, 2014
Hurricane Irene - 2011
Loon Mountain Bridge
Hurricane Irene - 2011
“Lack of Sustainable Funding”
• Most Infrastructure is Hidden from the Public
– Buried pipes
– WTP/WWTP away from public
• Funding is not a priority
– Schools
– Police/fire
• Uneducated consumers
– Cable TV
– Internet
“How do we Achieve Sustainable
Funding?”
• Educate the public
• Engage our politicians
• Sustainable business practices
– Asset management
– Energy efficiency
– Educated work force
“State of the State”
• Aging and failing Infrastructure
• Increased regulatory requirements
• Climate Change
• Lack of sustainable funding
SB 60 Findings
Big Investment Needs!
Infrastructure Type
10 Year Need
Wastewater
$1,710,000,000
Stormwater
$272,000,000
Drinking Water
$857,000,000
Dams – State Owned (278)
$18,000,000
Dams- Municipal (358)
$40,000,000
Total $2,897,000,000
Case Study - City of Manchester
• Largest City North of Boston - 109,000 population
• Settled in 1725
• Evolved from Agricultural
to Industrial: 1725 - 1815
• Amoskeag Mills: Largest
single mill in the world 1915
• Post Industrial Depression: 1935 – 1980’s
• Revitalization: 1990 to Present
• Revitalization = “ManchVegas”
Manchester’s Wastewater Infrastructure
• 10 Pumps Stations
• 375 Miles of Sewer
- 55% “combined” system
- 11,000 SMHs
- 13 CSO outfalls
- 100 miles over 100 years old
Manchester’s Stormwater Infrastructure
Pipelines
• 175 miles of drains
• 14,000 CBs
• 3,000 DMHs
Manchester’s Wastewater Infrastructure
WWTP
• 1975 – 26 mgd
• 1994 – Upgrade to 34 mgd
• 2015 – Upgrade to 42 mgd
• Serves four communities
• Bedford
• Goffstown
• Londonderry
• Manchester
• Metro pop. 172,000
Manchester’s Water Infrastructure WTP
• 1974 – 40 mgd
• 2006 – Upgraded to 50 mgd
• Serves six communities
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Bedford
Derry
Goffstown
Hooksett
Londonderry
Manchester
• Metro area of over 200,000
Manchester’s Water Infrastructure
Pipes, Pump Stations, and Reservoirs
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500 miles of pipelines
9 Pump stations
5 Storage tanks
2 Reservoirs
“State of the City”
• Greatest amount of water infrastructure in the
state
• Aging and failing infrastructure
– Over 200 miles of pipe over 100 years old
• Systems stressed
– Not designed for this population
– Not designed for new regulations
– Not designed for this amount of impervious area
– Not designed for climate change
CIP Infrastructure Investments
– WTP upgraded in 2006
– WWTP upgraded in 2014
– Two new water storage tanks
– Cohas Brook Sewer Project -
$32 million
$22 million
$8 million
$30 million over 10
years
– CSO Separation projects
– Phase I: West side 1999 to 2009 $58 million
– Phase II: East side 2012 to 2016 $20 million
Utilities are Pro-active in
Maintenance
• Cleaning/lining - $0.50 million annul.
• Water main replacement - $1.5 million annul.
• CMOMs - $3.25 million annual.
“State of the City”
• Aging and failing Infrastructure
• Increased regulatory requirements
• Climate change
• Lack of sustainable funding
Questions ????
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Thomas Burack, Commissioner
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
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