volume 1 - Halifax Regional Municipality

Halifax Water Integrated Resource Plan
Appendices
TOR Requirement
4. IRP will consider supply-side and demandside
management.
5. IRP will consider economic constraints of the
long term servicing needs.
6. IRP will consider environmental constraints
of the long term servicing needs.
7. IRP will use a minimum 30-year planning
horizon, recognizing that a longer planning
horizon may be required to address some
service and funding requirements.
IRP Reference
Sections
3.4, 3.5, and 7.0
Volume 1
Appendix F and H
Volume 3
Appendices A, B
and E
RWWFP
Section
7
Section
4.3
Sections
1 and 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
and 7.8
Volume 1
Appendix H
Volume 3
Appendix E
The above (No. 3) discussed the IRP approach to demand-side management. The supply-side
management assessment involved the review of water and wastewater facility needs in Volume 3
Appendices A and B and in the RWWFP as well as the development of the Enhanced Asset Renewal
Program in Volume 3 Appendix E. Specifics of supply-side projects and programs are presented in
Sections 3.4, 3.5, 7.0 and in Volume 1 Appendices F and H.
The economic constraints of the long term servicing needs for Halifax Water’s water, wastewater, and
stormwater infrastructure are outlined in Section 7. Under the recommended IRP proposed expenditures
would more than double over the three-year timeframe, would be approximately $989 million in the
2016-2022 timeframe, approximately $1,427 million in the 2023-2032 timeframe, and would be about
$1,143 million in the 2033 to 2042 timeframe. These constraints will be further considered in the
subsequent Halifax water debt study and rate analysis, which will follow the preparation of the IRP.
This section outlines the long term environmental needs and regulatory compliance constraints of the
water, wastewater, and stormwater systems.
Halifax Water prepared this IRP in order to define its overall program and resource needs for the next
thirty years, 2013 -2043 (Section 1).
Sections 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4 present the specific program/project expenditures for the 30-year period.
Volume 1 Appendix H presents the 30-year financial plan. Volume 3 Appendix E discusses the need for
long-term planning in relation to asset renewal.
IRP recommendations included finalizing the overall integrated planning approach and future schedule
(i.e. Regional Plan, master plans and asset renewal, and financial planning) within the IRP framework and
to periodically update the IRP, assuming the initial update in 3 years and every 5 years afterwards
(Section 7.8).
Revision: 2012-10-29 Integrated Resource Plan –Appendices G-2
October 31 2012 Page 214 of 272