AWWA SOURCES66471

This powerpoint presentation begins by providing a brief overview of Decision Support Systems (DSS), and DSS applications to water supply. Project drivers for DSS are provided, along with the Bluegrass Water Supply Consortium's (BWSC's) Regional Water System Feasibility Study (2004) that included 17 water utilities and agencies in central Kentucky. The comprehensive study addressed: additional source and treatment; transmission / delivery; new organization; financing plan for $260 million program; and, extensive public outreach. Project objectives included: highly reliable sources of supply; available within three to five years; optimize regional water supplies through a grid network; implement a management/ownership approach which is fair and flexible; affordable financial plan that fairly apportions costs; and, effectively communicate the process and findings. Project highlights included: comparing raw water sources against projected demands; developing and evaluating 40 raw water supply alternatives for permitting; producing detailed engineering studies for most feasible alternatives; developing grid network; identifying financing plan; and, extensive regulatory agency interaction.