volume 1 - Halifax Regional Municipality
volume 1 - Halifax Regional Municipality volume 1 - Halifax Regional Municipality
Halifax Water Integrated Resource Plan Integrated Resource Planning 1. INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANNING The Halifax Regional Water Commission (HWRC) known as Halifax Water is a publicly owned utility charged with providing water, wastewater and stormwater services to the residents of Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). Halifax Water embarked on the preparation of an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) in order to define its overall program and resource needs for the next thirty years (2013 - 2043). The IRP responds to the combined requirements of regional growth, present and expected regulatory compliance and asset renewal. The IRP is being prepared at the direction of the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (NSUARB). Quoting directly from the NSUARB regarding the purpose of the IRP: 10 • ‘First, the plan will provide the framework for HRWC (Halifax Regional Water Commission) to comprehensively evaluate alternative planning scenarios for its water, wastewater and stormwater services in an integrated fashion and identify the most efficient means of achieving its service goals while meeting all environmental requirements. • Second, it will provide long-term direction for HRWC and be a platform for comprehensively assessing alternative generic facility and programmatic investment options. • Third, it will serve as an umbrella under which more detailed, facility- or program specific capital investment analyses can take place. • Fourth, the plan will explicitly identify and plan for the management of risks facing HRWC. • Fifth, the plan will provide the Board with the information and context it needs to make fully informed decisions about proposed future capital investments, revenue requirements and rates. ‘ The detailed Terms of Reference for the IRP is presented in Volume 1 Appendix A of the IRP report. Figure 1.1 presents an overview of the IRP development process linked to the contents of the Volume 1 report. 10 In The Matter Of An Application By Halifax Regional Water Commission for Approval of a Schedule of Rates and Charges and Schedules of Rules and Regulations for the Provision of Water, Public and Private Fire Protection, Wastewater and Stormwater Services, (252) Nova Scotia Utilities and Review Board, 2010 Revision: 2012-10-29 Integrated Resource Plan 1 October 31 2012 Page 34 of 272
Halifax Water Integrated Resource Plan Integrated Resource Planning Integrated Resource Planning Section 1 Stakeholder Outreach Section 2 IRP Planning Context and Levels of Service Section 3 IRP Drivers Section 4 Alternative Resource Plan Formulation and Evaluation Section 5 Recommended IRP Section 6 NSUARB Compliance Section 8 IRP Implementation Plan Section 7 Figure 1.1 Overview of IRP Development Process The IRP was developed collaboratively with the NSUARB consultants led by the Tellus Institute. The Tellus Team Statement with regard to the IRP is presented in Appendix I. The IRP development process considerably benefitted from the engagement with a wide range of stakeholders on five occasions in Technical Conferences and through numerous one‐on‐one interactions. The IRP is a high level plan prepared under considerable time constraint. Plan development strove for completeness. Where data or other information was not available, the best professional judgment of the study team was employed. This resulted in a number of assumptions, which are documented throughout the report. The lack of data in some cases does represent a risk that new information may require adjustments to proposed programs and costs. This is an invariable aspect of all major planning undertakings, particularly those that look 30 years into the future. Revision: 2012‐10‐29 Integrated Resource Plan 2 October 31 2012 Page 35 of 272
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<strong>Halifax</strong> Water Integrated Resource Plan<br />
Integrated Resource Planning<br />
1. INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANNING<br />
The <strong>Halifax</strong> <strong>Regional</strong> Water Commission (HWRC) known as <strong>Halifax</strong> Water is a publicly<br />
owned utility charged with providing water, wastewater and stormwater services to the<br />
residents of <strong>Halifax</strong> <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Municipality</strong> (HRM). <strong>Halifax</strong> Water embarked on the<br />
preparation of an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) in order to define its overall program<br />
and resource needs for the next thirty years (2013 - 2043). The IRP responds to the<br />
combined requirements of regional growth, present and expected regulatory<br />
compliance and asset renewal. The IRP is being prepared at the direction of the Nova<br />
Scotia Utility and Review Board (NSUARB).<br />
Quoting directly from the NSUARB regarding the purpose of the IRP: 10<br />
• ‘First, the plan will provide the framework for HRWC (<strong>Halifax</strong> <strong>Regional</strong> Water<br />
Commission) to comprehensively evaluate alternative planning scenarios for its<br />
water, wastewater and stormwater services in an integrated fashion and identify the<br />
most efficient means of achieving its service goals while meeting all environmental<br />
requirements.<br />
• Second, it will provide long-term direction for HRWC and be a platform for<br />
comprehensively assessing alternative generic facility and programmatic investment<br />
options.<br />
• Third, it will serve as an umbrella under which more detailed, facility- or program<br />
specific capital investment analyses can take place.<br />
• Fourth, the plan will explicitly identify and plan for the management of risks facing<br />
HRWC.<br />
• Fifth, the plan will provide the Board with the information and context it needs to<br />
make fully informed decisions about proposed future capital investments, revenue<br />
requirements and rates. ‘<br />
The detailed Terms of Reference for the IRP is presented in Volume 1 Appendix A of the<br />
IRP report.<br />
Figure 1.1 presents an overview of the IRP development process linked to the contents<br />
of the Volume 1 report.<br />
10 In The Matter Of An Application By <strong>Halifax</strong> <strong>Regional</strong> Water<br />
Commission for Approval of a Schedule of Rates and Charges and Schedules of<br />
Rules and Regulations for the Provision of Water, Public and Private Fire Protection,<br />
Wastewater and Stormwater Services, (252) Nova Scotia Utilities and Review Board,<br />
2010<br />
Revision: 2012-10-29 Integrated Resource Plan 1<br />
October 31 2012 Page 34 of 272
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