HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015.05.04 CC PowerPoint Water Reuse and LCCMR GrantWater Reuse Update and
LCCMR Grant Application
City Council Meeting
May 4, 2015
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Water Reuse Projects Status Update
Rice Creek Watershed District Credit Coordination
Beaver Ponds:
Water balance finalized
Final design in progress
Water's Edge and CSAR 8:
Water balance drafted
Source ponds to be surveyed
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Water Reuse Projects Schedule
Beaver Ponds — Summer 2015 Construction
Water's Edge — Fall 2015 Construction
CSAR 8 — Fall 2015 Construction
All Systems In -Service — 2016 Water Season
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Water Reuse Projects Next Steps
Annual Monitoring
RCWD Credit Verification
Operations Optimization
Infrastructure Funding/User Rate Study
MCES 2018 Comprehensive Water Resource Planning
Incorporation
Additional Water Reuse System Implementation
System Operation Agreements/Possible Ordinance
Revisions
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Legislative -Citizen Commission
on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR)
Grant from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust
Fund
Money for Research, Acquisition, and Implementation
Activities Surrounding Natural Resource Innovation and
Conservation
Provided $425 Million in Funding Since 1991
2015 Funding:
152 Applicants totaling $126.3 million
65 Recommended applicants totaling $46.3 million
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Legislative -Citizen Commission
on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR)
Application Schedule:
Final Applications Due — May 11, 2015
LCCMR Application Evaluation — Sept -Oct 2015
Finalize Allocation Decisions — October 21, 2015
Develop Project Work Plans — November -December
2015
LCCMR Recommendations to Legislature — January -
May 2016
Funds Available — July 1, 2016
No local match required
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Integrated Water Management Plans
Planning document that encompasses both implementation
and policy links between:
Drinking water
Surface water
Groundwater
Stormwater
Wastewater
Links include storm water reuse and treatment,
groundwater recharge, and treated effluent reuse
MCES is looking into IWM for comprehensive planning
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Benefits to Hugo - Direct
Monitoring Water Reuse System Performance
Funds for Reuse Improvements
Contaminant Sampling and Reduction Strategies
Development of an Irrigation Utility
Quantification of Infrastructure Benefits of Water Reuse
Analysis of Aquifer Recharge
Policy Revision Recommendations
Incorporate Plan into City's 2018 Comprehensive Water
Resource Plan by Reference
Approximately $200,000 for Water Resource Management
Initiatives
-� o cost to the City to submit
the Application
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Benefits to Hugo - Indirect
Continued Leadership in Sustainable Water Resource
Management
Improvements in Local and Regional Water Quality and
Aquifer Recharge
Informed Policy Development at the Local Level
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Recommendations/Next Steps
Finalize the Grant Application Cooperatively:
Hugo
Lino Lakes
Rosemount
Cooperative Application Benefits:
Increase awareness at Legislature
Creates an urgency/need
Letters of recommendations
Adopt Resolution to Submit the Project Application to the
LCCMR for 2016 Funding
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