West Harris County Regional Water Authority Fall 2012 Town Hall PowerPoint - www.whcrwa.com

1. 2012 TOWN HALL
NOVEMBER 7, 2012
The Authority makes no representations or warranties regarding the amount of its future fees or water rates,
conditions of service, terms of its Groundwater Reduction Plan, terms of its future orders or rules, or any other
matters set forth in this presentation.

2. Status of Facilities
Status of Conversion
Ongoing Issues
2020 System
Finances
Q&A

3. 53 miles of pipelines in operation
Pump Station #1
15 MG storage
Upgraded Control/SCADA System

4. 5 active contracts
8.4 miles of pipelines
Connections to 3 Water Plants
Upgrade to supply metering station

6. STATUS OF CONVERSION
§ Surface Water to 50 Water Plants
§ 39 Districts converted
§ 2 more Districts with 2 Water
Plants by end of 2012
§ 30.1 percent converted in 2011
(extreme drought)
§ 35.3 percent converted to date

7. SW PURCHASED FROM CITY OF HOUSTON

8. CITY OF HOUSTON FY
ITEM 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Treated Water 0.3584 0.3799 0.6187 0.4341 0.3754 0.5489 0.4882
Costs
Untreated Water 0.1054 0.1260 0.1224 0.1170 0.1109 0.1444 0.1343
Costs
Major Rehab -- -- 0.2140 0.1468 0.0158 0.1667
Total Water Cost 0.4638 0.5059 0.9551 0.6979 0.5021 0.6932 0.7891
per 1000 Gallons
Figures for FY2007 through FY 2011 are based on true-up costs. FY 2012 and FY 2013
are based on City of Houston estimated O&M cost prior to true-up.

10. Contracts 39 & 40
§ Design 90 percent complete
Acquiring easements for
Contracts 33, 34 & 49

11. Start with Census Bureau 2010 Census
2010 Census equal to projections for 2020
Compared with projections for HGSC
Approximately 2 percent per year until 2020

13. Water level dropped 85 feet
Recovered only 40 feet

15. For use of untreated surface water or wastewater effluent
Credit equal to 50 percent of then current pumpage fee
Credit for up to 10 years
For recovery of construction cost of project
Currently have one project:
Pine Forest Country Club

16. § Drought of 2011
§ City of Houston draft revised plan
§ Authority to re-evaluate plan
§ Districts need to consider modifying plans

17. § HGSD, FBSD, LSGWCD joint study
§ Improved groundwater model
§ Updated population projections
§ Study completed by end of 2012
§ Potential regulatory plan changes

18. $41,965,000 WIF Loan
Interest rate approximately 1.1667 %
For Second Source Transmission Lines
Preliminary Engineering
Surveying
ROW Acquisition
Environmental
Permitting

19. Luce Bayou
COH Treatment Plant Capacity
North-South Second Source Project
East-West Second Source Project
Repump Station
Central Pump Station
CIP Distribution Lines
Connections to MUDs

22. § Expansion of NEWPP
§ 8-10 years to plan, design, construct
§ Participants include COH, WHCRWA,
NHCRWA, NFBWA, CHCRWA
§ Initial evaluations in progress

24. North-South and East-West routes
Joint WHCRWA/NFBWA
Projected 39 miles of 96 pipe
Environmental Studies in progress
Permitting ongoing
Acquiring additional easements

25. Sites acquired
Sites platted and recorded
Permit for Repump issued
Joint WHCRWA/NFBWA

26. Approximately 75 miles
Evaluating alternate routes
75 MILES
Acquiring easements
Designing and constructing
sections
Close loops DELIVER EVAL
Deliver contract IN WINTER ROUTES
supply in winter
DESIGN ACQUIRE
&
CONSTRUCT EASEMENTS

27. YTD BUDGET YTD ACTUAL
Revenues $32,796,271 $27,634,071
Expenditures
Operating Fund $ 9,228,972 $ 6,663,239
Bond Debt Service Fund $16,572,409 $18,094,493
Transfer
Construction Fund $11,735,797 $14,497,497
(from Bond Proceeds)
Second Source Project $2,932,500 $1,597,755
(from Bond Proceeds)

28. Revenues $36,557,286
Expenditures
Operating Fund $10,392,150
Bond Debt Service $25,811,530
Fund Transfer
Construction Fund $16,563,500
(from Bond Proceeds)
Second Source $11,100,000
(from Bond Proceeds)

29. SURFACE WATER GROUNDWATER
WHCRWA $2.15 $1.75
NHCRWA $2.20 $1.75
NFBWA $1.85 $1.50

30. SURFACE WATER GROUNDWATER
CURRENT $2.15 $1.75
2013 ? ?
HGSD Disincentive Fee
$5.00 per 1,000 gallons

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