Invisible to Invaluable: Harriet Festing Presentation
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Invisible to Invaluable: Harriet Festing Presentation
- 1. Harriet Festing Director, Water Program Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) One Water leadership Summit 2013
- 2. Presentation Overview • Who we are • Research • Building the case for policy changes • 3 Lessons
- 3. Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) • National Non-Profit • Areas of Focus: • Transportation, Energy, Climate Change & Water • Working with Communities on Urban Sustainability: • Data & Research • Tools & Transparency • Collaboration • Policy Advocacy
- 5. Smart Water for Smart Regions The Great Lakes States are our testing ground for shaping the decisions of cities across the United States
- 7. The Problem
- 8. Drought
- 11. Research
- 12. Urban Flooding The Issues Water Loss Photo: Flickr/ian boyd
- 13. • 48 most populous cities in the Great Lakes region • 30 responded: 63% • They serve 23% of the total population of the Great Lakes states and province Survey Sample: Urban Flooding
- 14. • 100% receive complaints • 87% characterize them as ‘medium’ to ‘large’ • Half have no plans for tackling it • Two-thirds have no targets • 80% do not track the costs of flood damage Findings: Urban Flooding
- 15. • 80 water supply utilities • 10 largest in each Great Lakes state • 68% response rate • 500 municipalities • 9.8 million people • Over 63,000 miles of pipe Survey Sample: Water Loss
- 16. • Pipes average 50 years old • Leak an estimated 66.5 billion gallons of water each year • Could supply water to 2.2 million Americans for a year • 71% have no policy • 51% have no goal • 67% do not publicly report Findings: Water Loss
- 17. • Residents in communities are directly affected • Leadership faces real obstacles • They want help In Summary
- 18. Building the Campaign Case
- 19. Building the Case for dry basements
- 20. Our Homes & Businesses are Flooding
- 23. Stormwater in Your Home
- 24. Which also Causes…. CSO Pollution Flooded Basements Flooded Streets Eroded Streams
- 25. We need Solutions •Improved mapping of flood risks •Retrofit programs and development standards to protect your property •Federally backed insurance & •mitigations funding
- 26. Building the Case: for fixing the leaks
- 27. Water Rates on the Rise CNT Map based on data from article: Water costs gush higher, USA TODAY September 29, 2012
- 28. Infrastructure Report Card = D
- 29. Your money is going down the drain! Fixing the Leaks – A Good Idea • Create Jobs • Drive Economic Development • Protect Human Health • Reduce Energy Use • Preserve Water Resources
- 30. We need… •Clear standards & targets for water loss •Plan of action •Public reporting & transparency
- 31. What Have We Learnt? • 1. Policy tools exist – but need adjustments, promotion & peer-to-peer training
- 32. What Have We Learnt? 2. The Cost of Doing Nothing – a Radical Paradigm Shift
- 33. What Have We Learnt? 3. The Public are ALREADY arguing for change
- 36. 4. BUILDING A COALITION
- 37. We Welcome Your Support
Hinweis der Redaktion
- The issues: We picked two specific issues - urban flooding and water-loss - because they resonate with the public, and tell a broader story about need for water infrastructure investment. Urban flooding – for the purposes of this survey, refers to. more routine flooding the comes from too much rain falling on too much impervious surfaces: soggy basements, streets and backyards. Water-loss, refers specifically to leaks within water supply infrastructure.
- Urban flooding (cover of GL urban flooding report) 48 most populous cities in the Great Lakes region 30 responded: 63%. They serve 23% of the total population of the Great Lakes states and province
- Overall findings So what does our research tell us: Residents in communities are directly affected. Urban flooding and water-loss are substantial challenges that directly affect the public. It’s not something we can leave for the professionals alone to worry about Leadership faces real obstacles: Without common standards and targets, and dedicated budgets, water professionals lack the tools they need to fix the problems. They’re looking for help: 60%+ want to collaborate to improve best practice.