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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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National Water Resource Challenges
EnergyEnergy
Persistent Conflict
Persistent Conflict
AgingInfrastructure
AgingInfrastructure
GlobalizationGlobalization
IncreasingDemand
for Water
IncreasingDemand
for Water
Governance
Federal Budget
Legislative Changes
Governance
Federal Budget
Legislative Changes
ClimateChangeClimateChange
Environmental ValuesEnvironmental Values
Declining BiodiversityDeclining Biodiversity
Disaster Preparednessand Response
Disaster Preparednessand Response
DemographicShifts
DemographicShifts
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• 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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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
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1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020$0
$50,000,000,000
$100,000,000,000
$150,000,000,000
$200,000,000,000
$250,000,000,000
$300,000,000,000
Net Capital Stock Estimates of Corps Civil Works Projects 1928-2009
(in 2009 dollars)
Flood Navigation
Multipurpose MRT
Total
Net
Cap
ital
Sto
ck
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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1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Mill
ions
Gain or Loss in Net Capital Stock
Navigation
Flood
Multipurpose
MRT
Total
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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A Risk Management Approachto Asset Management
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Time
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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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Corps Water Resources Priorities – FY10• Transforming the Corps Civil Works Program
to meet 21st 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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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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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.
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• 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 21st Century Needs
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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
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• Stronger partnerships for collaborative problem solving
• A comprehensive strategy to inform and educate
• Smarter regional planning• Advocacy for critical national
water needs • Joint efforts/resources to achieve
common goals• Life-cycle approach from holistic
assessment through O&M• Risk-based management• Resilient water infrastructure
A Picture of the Future ….
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