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Halifax Water Integrated Resource Plan
IRP Implementation Plan
Table 7.2
Recommended IRP Expenditures 2013 -2015 ($2012 million)
Category FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 Total
Water $28.2 $30.9 $32.3 $91.4
Wastewater $129.2 $65.8 $44.3 $239.3
Stormwater $2.5 $3.2 $3.0 $8.7
Enterprise Programs (1) $13.5 $5.6 $4.8 $23.9
Total Expenditure $173.4 $105.5 $84.4 $363.3
Five-Year Plan Capital Plan $90.7 $49.7 $29.9 $170.3
Notes:
1. Enterprise programs include the SCADA Master Plan, Energy Management Plan, Asset Management Assessment
as well as other enterprise-wide programs.
The Five-Year Capital Plan budget values have been included for reference purposes.
Under the Recommended IRP, proposed expenditures would more than double over the
three-year timeframe. Nearly, $100 million of the total in both the Recommended IRP
budget and the Five-Year Capital Plan is associated with major wastewater treatment
upgrades at Aerotech, Eastern Passage and BLT, a major wastewater storage facility at
Glendale Rd, JD Kline WSP upgrades and a number of water transmission main projects.
An additional approximately $135 million of the Recommended IRP budget is associated
with the proposed enhanced annual asset renewal program. The remainder consists of
projects and programs with an approximate value of $128 million.
Current asset renewal expenditures based on the Five-Year Capital Plan are about $22.4
million/yr. with wastewater representing 44% of expenditures, water 48% and
stormwater the remaining 8%. In contrast the proposed asset renewal program is about
$45 million/yr. with wastewater representing 63% and water the remainder.
Asset renewal estimates, originating from the asset renewal model, project an expected
level of investment for asset renewal based on a range of assumptions. These values,
however, do not imply a level of understanding of where specifically the expenditures
are required. A significant amount of additional effort will be required to identify the
specific asset renewal priorities including implementing the Asset Management
Assessment program and a number of activities related to asset inventory and condition
assessment.
This increase in expenditure levels for the three-year period will be challenging. Major
capital projects are already underway to varying degrees, as are a number of the other
infrastructure projects. Any flexibility in timing and required expenditure would likely be
associated with overall asset renewal and some of the other programs. The updated
AMA program outlined in the “roadmap” is still emerging and currently relies on Halifax
Water’s existing available resources. Even with accelerated implementation, it will
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