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What’s So Great About Kentucky…

Learn about the contributing factors that have made Kentucky's water and wastewater utilities rank among the top in the country. This presentation discusses climate, laws and regulations, funding, and more.

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What’s So Great About Kentucky…

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  1. What’s So Great About Kentucky… Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources & Energy August 6, 2018 Presented by Gary Larimore, Executive DirectorKentucky Rural Water Association

  2. 7 Contributing Factors for Kentucky’s Water & Wastewater Utilities to rank Among the Best in America!

  3. 7 Contributing Factors Climate/Geography Federal Laws State Laws & Regs Federal Funding State Funding/Planning KRWA Natural Consolidation

  4. Natural Consolidation Kentucky YEAR 1974 1979 1989 1999 2009 2018 TNCWS 1058 805 400 199 49 25 NTNCWS 252 252 215 85 26 14 CWS 868 755 639 497 409 361 PWS 2178 1812 1254 781 484 400 CHANGE -17 % -31 % -38 % -38 % -17 %

  5. Wisconsin 11,426 PWSCWS 10,711 562 VERY SMALL 525 305 SMALL 109 101 MEDIUM 77 77 LARGE 4 4 VERY LARGE 1,049 PWSCWS 53 20 VERY SMALL 118 112 SMALL 130 130 MEDIUM 96 96 LARGE 3 3 VERY LARGE Kentucky 400 361

  6. How Much Progress Have We Made? Pike County

  7. Pike County Public Water Systems - 1974 Non-Transient NCWS Bevins Elementary Brass Kettle Kingdom Hall Sovereign Coal Kentucky Carbon Trailer Park Blackberry Elementary Brushy Creek Baptist Church Kinney MHP Spotlite Drive In M & M Trailer Park Brushy Elementary Canada Coal/Hurricane Creek Knox Creek Snack Bar Stella’s Rest Majestic MHP Canada Coal Canada Coal/Layne’s Branch Kentucky Carbon/Roadfork Sue’s Cake & Pizza Marrowbone Creek Canada Coal #4 Caney Branch Coal Kentucky Power Suzann’s Drive In Martin MHP Canada Coal Office CB’s Pizza L & L Coal Mart Sycamore Convenient Mayo Village Chisholm Coal Coleman’s Restaurant Lin-Corb MHP T & T Gulf & Restaurant Mother Nature Dorton Kindergarten Cornerstone Freewill Baptist Little Queenie Drive Inn Thacker Building Mother Nature Spring Water Dorton School COE/Fishtrap Marina Loder House Inn Turkey Creek Elementary Mountain View Trailer Park Doug Charles MHP COE/Grapevine Lodestar Energy Varney Elementary Mountain Water District Druthers Restaurant COE/WaterboyLoftis Coal Viking Grill Mountain Water District #2 Feds Creek HS Country Café Long Fork Freewill Baptist Virgie Dairy Bar Mountain Water District #3 Freeburn Elementary Dairy Hut Lookout Grade School Virgie Drive In Phelps Coal & Land Grapevine Elementary Dale McNeeley MHP M & D Apartments Virgie Happy Mart Phelps Medical Center Greasy Creek School Deano’s Pizza Mayo Trail Restaurant Virgie HS Phelps MHP Jackson Rowe Elementary Breaks Interstate Park MC Mining Wanda’s Restaurant/Pizza Pikeville Water Department Johns Creek Elementary Donna’s Café Millard HS Warren Dotson Trailer Park Pond Creek Water District Johns Creek HS El Producto Mining Mullins Trailer Park Webb Grocery Pond Creek (1) Kimper Elementary Falcon Motel O K Lunch Willa’s Restaurant Pond Creek (2) Lodestar Energy Family Fun Bowling Papa Jack’s Restaurant Y Drive In Pond Creek (3) Majestic School Flannary’s Custard Stand Patricia’s Restaurant Pond Creek (4) Mine 29 Ford’s Restaurant Paul’s Restaurant Community Water Systems Pond Creek (5) Phelps Elementary Gene Bentley Pizza Phelps BP Mart Ponderosa MHP Phelps HS George Johnson Elementary Phelps MHP Adkins Trailer Park Potter’s Trailer Park Roadfork Development Giovanni’s Pizza Pollyanna Drive In Theater Aflex Water System Potter’s Water System Roadfork/Calloway Hager Grocery Prater MHP Allen Properties Rawl Sales Tall Timber Sun Glow Coal #1 Hall-Adkins Coal R/R MHP Branham MHP Roadfork Development Sun Glow/Sycamore Hellier Elementary Ratliff MHP #1 C & O Railway Scott’s MHP Sun Glow Coal #2 Herford Campbell MHP Ratliff MHP #2 Coolidge Johnson MHP Shaheen’s MHP Sycamore Elementary Hornet’s Restaurant Rita Coal Donald Ray MHP Shelby Valley Water District Tuscaloosa Energy IGA Foodline Rita Coal/LA 5 Eastern Coal Slaters MHP Upper Levisa Health Clinic Island Creek Coal #1 Robinson Creek Elementary Elkhorn City Stonecoal MHP #1 Island Creek Coal #2 Runyon Elementary Elkens MHP Stonecoal MHP #2 Transient NCWS J’s Drive Inn Shelbiana Elementary Green Mountain MHP Stratton MHP Jan’s Restaurant Shelby Valley Truck Stop Griffey Trailer Park White Acres MHP Alberta King’s Pizza Johns Creek Elkhorn Coal Sidney Coal Indian Reservation MHP Baker’s Truck Stop Johnson MHP Silver Spoons Family Restaurant J & R Snack Bar Belfry HS Judy’s Kozy Kitchen Slater Brothers Mining Jack Deskins Trailer Park Beth Elkhorn Mine Kentucky Carbon #1 Snack Shack Jerry’s MHP Bonnies Rest Kimper L&M Market South Side Mall Keene’s Village 189 Public Water Systems

  8. Pike County Public Water Systems - 2018 Non-Transient NCWSTransient NCWSCommunity Water Systems CLOSEDElkhorn City 49 Restaurants/Motels Pikeville Water & Sewer Department 39 Mobile Home Parks Mountain Water District 35 Coal Mines 28 Schools 5 State/Federal Properties 4 Churches 3ActivePublic Water Systems

  9. Community Water Systems - 2018 3 1.24 M <1 % = POPULATION SERVED 404 <1 % 138 M > 100,000 30 % 114 2.23 M 7 % 3,696 109 M 10,001 - 100,000 361 CWS 32 % 116 750,000 29 M 9 % 4,785 3,301 - 10,000 50,144 CWS 32 % 115 218,000 27 % 13,491 20 M 501 - 3,300 5 % 18 4,500 5 M 56 % 27,768 25 - 500 PERCENTAGE

  10. Percentage Served in Kentucky • Average Population Served 95.4% • 103 out of 120 Counties > 90% Serviceable • Only 5 Counties < 75% Serviceable Least Served Counties Hickman 37.6% 1,921 out of 5,104 people Carlisle 38.6% 1,891 out of 4,902 people Ballard 46.8% 3,859 out of 8,249 people Calloway 69.1% 25,694 out of 37,191 people Graves 67.8% 25,174 out of 37,121 people All five counties are in the Purchase Region where groundwater is abundant.

  11. Average Residential Water Rates - 2016 Water Districts & Associations by Area Development District (Based on 5000 gallons usage) Kentucky $43 Western $39 Central $40 Bluegrass $44 Northern $45 Eastern $48 NK $48 BT FI $45 $59 KI $39 GA $43 BS BG $48 LT $44 $38 KR GR $52 $34 CV PE BR LC $47 $50 $40 $42 PU $30 Source: KY Public Service Commission Tariff Library

  12. Average Residential Water Rates - 2015 Municipalities by Area Development District (Based on 5000 gallons usage) Kentucky $32 Western $32 Central $32 Bluegrass $31 Northern $32 Eastern $33 NK $32 BT FI $33 $34 KI $29 GA $32 BS BG $36 LT $31 $31 KR GR $35 $33 CV PE BR LC $29 $36 $35 $28 PU $24 Sources: KIA, KRWA, Cannon & Cannon

  13. Water Rate Comparisons - 2015 5000 gallons Average Median Outside All Cities (186) $32 $31 $41 Small Cities (90)$37 $36 $48 (under 1,000) Medium Cities (53)$31 $29 $40 (1,000 – 4,600) Large Cities (43)$25 $23 $33 (over 4,600) Water Districts/Associations (133)$43 $43 - All Utilities (321) $36 $35 - Sources: KIA, KRWA, Cannon & Cannon

  14. Average Residential Sewer Rates - 2015 All Utilities by Area Development District (Based on 5000 gallons usage) Kentucky $36 Western $36 Central $30 Bluegrass $41 Northern $41 Eastern $34 NK $42 BT FI $46 $41 KI $36 GA $32 BS BG $37 LT $41 $31 KR GR $33 $35 CV PE BR LC $29 $40 $30 $29 PU $32 Source: KIA, KRWA, Cannon & Cannon Survey

  15. Sewer Rate Comparisons - 2015 5000 gallons Average Median Outside All Cities (204) $35 $33 $41 Small Cities (122) $37 $36 $44 (under 1,050) Medium Cities (41) $32$31 $39 (1,051- 2,799) Large Cities (40)$31 $29 $41 (over 2,800) Other Utilities (89)$37 $35 All Utilities (293) $35 $34 Source: KIA, KRWA, Cannon & Cannon Survey

  16. Aging Infrastructure - • Celebrating 50 + year anniversaries • Average Age of Water Plants – 37 years • Average Age of Water Tanks – 26 years • 10,000 miles of Water Lines > 51 years • 3,434 miles of water lines > 70 years • 17,000 + miles > 30 years < 50 years • Estimated Funding Needs - $ 8.2 Billion

  17. Aging Infrastructure - • Average Age of Wastewater Plants – 30 years • 5,200 miles of Sewer Lines > 51 years • 2,100 miles of Sewer lines > 70 years • 4,700 miles > 30 years < 50 years • Estimated Funding Needs - $ 2.03 Billion • Projects from 0 to 5 years - $ 1.67 billion • Projects from 6 to 10 years - $ 359 million

  18. Now is a Good Time to Borrow $$ • Interest Rates at Historic Lows! • Rural Development : • KIA: Fund A & F • Open Market Rate: 8/03/2016 3.83% 25 years Estimated 25 year borrowing Waiting on Grants Can Cost you Money!25 year borrowing rate as of 8/3/16:

  19. Is Debt A Dirty Word! • Public debt has allowed utilities to expand and improve services. • Few utilities have been able to expand without borrowing money. • KY utilities carry $3.93 billion in current water and wastewater debt. (Equates to $2,300 for every household in Kentucky) • The Top 5 publicly owned water and wastewater utilities account for 64% of total debt. • $2,300 amortized over 30 years = $100 per KY household or 15% average annual bill

  20. Appoint Good People! • To Utility Boards and Commissions who: • Serve for the right reasons; • Have no hidden agendas; • Place the interest of the customer and utility first; • Will hire qualified managers and provide needed support; • Pay fair wages, provide good benefits; and • Foster and encourage a good work environment.

  21. What’s So Great About Kentucky… Questions? Presented by Gary Larimore, Executive DirectorKentucky Rural Water Association

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