Our October 2021 Water and Wastewater Market Recap is a snapshot of water industry insights. We share industry drivers, notable projects, recent mergers and acquisitions, interesting reads, and updates on upcoming meetings and conferences.
Our data team tracks new and updated industry drivers. Here are some recent drivers we have been following this month:
Status: Effective
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Summary: On October 18, 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency released its Strategic Roadmap for confronting PFAS contamination.
The Roadmap lays out:
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Status: Proposed
Organization: California Department of Water Resources
Summary: On October 19, 2021, the California Department of Water Resources opened a 45-day public comment period for its Regional Flood Management Program Draft Guidelines. The program will provide funding to local public agencies willing to work with stakeholders in their region to pursue local funding mechanisms and regional consolidation. Following the close of the public comment period at 5 p.m. on December 3, 2021, and review of public comments, the department will release the Final Guidelines and hold three online public workshops.
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Status: Effective
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Summary: On October 26, 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it is acting upon a petition from New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham asking that PFAS be identified as hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The agency said it is initiating two new rulemakings, one that proposes adding four PFAS chemicals as RCRA Hazardous Constituents under Appendix VIII and another that would clarify in its regulations that the RCRA Corrective Action Program has the authority to require investigation and cleanup for wastes that meet the statutory definition of hazardous waste, as defined under RCRA section 1004(5).
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Status: Effective
Organization: California Department of Water Resources
Summary: On October 28, 2021, the California Department of Water Resources released the final Guidelines and Proposal Solicitation Package for the Urban and Multibenefit Drought Relief Funding Program. Under the program, the department will provide $190 million in grants:
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Here are some recent, notable Capital Improvement Programs (CIPs). FirmoGraphs has deconstructed the CIPs into data elements, along with available project descriptions. Please feel free to request a meeting and review the data live in our business intelligence application.
The Moulton Niguel Water District FY 2021-2022 10-Year Capital Improvement Program allocates $610.9 million to projects, up 15% from $533.2 million in the district’s FY 2020-2021 10-Year CIP. The table below shows the types of projects the district plans to undertake and the amounts it allocated for them in its last two capital plans.
The most expensive project in the FY 2021-2022 10-year CIP is the Pipeline Rehabilitation and Replacement Program – PW, which has $100 million allocated to it, all in fiscal years 2024-25 to 2030-31. It’s followed by the SOCWA Capital PC 17 Program, which has $88 million allocated to it, including $63.6 million in fiscal years 2024-25 to 2030-31; ; and the Vertical Assets Rehabilitation and Replacement Program - PW, which has $37 million allocated to it, including $24.6 million in fiscal years 2024-25 to 2030-31.
The City of Boulder, Colorado, has issued its Recommended 2022-2027 Capital Improvement Program, which details capital spending of $683.6 million, an increase of 1.2% from the $675.6 million in capital spending detailed in its 2021-2026 CIP. Boulder allocated $431.6 million to its Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater & Flood utilities in its most recent CIP. The table below breaks down the spending in both CIPs by business areas and departments.
According to Boulder’s 2022-2027 CIP, the city’s Water Utility plans to spend $47.3 million on capital enhancement projects and $103.7 million on capital maintenance projects; its Wastewater Utility plans to spend $28.4 million on capital enhancement projects and $111.1 million on capital maintenance projects; and its Stormwater & Flood Management Utility plans to spend $120.9 million on capital enhancement projects and $10.8 million on capital maintenance projects.
Here are some recent articles our team has been reading:
Organizations have shifted their event strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are tracking these changing meeting plans.