Progress and Factors Influencing Kentucky's Water Utilities
The presentation by Gary Larimore, Executive Director of the Kentucky Rural Water Association, highlights the factors contributing to Kentucky's water and wastewater utilities ranking among the best in America. Factors such as climate, laws, regulations, funding, and consolidation play a crucial role. The visual representation of data from Kentucky and Wisconsin showcases the progress made in public water systems, particularly in Pike County, Kentucky.
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Whats So Great About Kentucky Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources & Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources & Energy Energy August 6, 2018 August 6, 2018 Presented by Presented by Gary Larimore, Executive Director Gary Larimore, Executive Director Kentucky Rural Water Association Kentucky Rural Water Association
7 Contributing Factors for Kentucky s Water & Wastewater Utilities to rank Among the Best in America!
7 Contributing Factors Climate/Geography Federal Laws State Laws & Regs Federal Funding State Funding/Planning KRWA Natural Consolidation
Natural Consolidation Kentucky YEAR TNCWS NTNCWS CWS PWS CHANGE 1974 1058 252 868 2178 1979 805 252 755 1812 -17 % 1989 400 215 639 1254 -31 % 1999 199 85 497 781 -38 % 2009 49 26 409 484 -38 % 2018 25 14 361 400 -17 %
Wisconsin PWS PWS CWS CWS 10,711 10,711 525 525 562 562 VERY SMALL VERY SMALL 305 305 SMALL SMALL 11,426 109 109 101 101 MEDIUM MEDIUM 77 77 77 77 LARGE LARGE 1,049 4 4 4 4 VERY LARGE VERY LARGE PWS PWS CWS CWS Kentucky 53 53 118 118 20 20 VERY SMALL VERY SMALL 112 112 SMALL SMALL 130 130 130 130 MEDIUM MEDIUM 96 96 96 96 LARGE LARGE 400 361 3 3 3 3 VERY LARGE VERY LARGE
How Much Progress Have We Made? Pike County
Pike County Public Water Systems - 1974 Non-Transient NCWS Bevins Elementary Blackberry Elementary Brushy Elementary Canada Coal Canada Coal #4 Canada Coal Office Chisholm Coal Dorton Kindergarten Dorton School Doug Charles MHP Druthers Restaurant Feds Creek HS Freeburn Elementary Grapevine Elementary Greasy Creek School Jackson Rowe Elementary Johns Creek Elementary Johns Creek HS Kimper Elementary Lodestar Energy Majestic School Brass Kettle Brushy Creek Baptist Church Canada Coal/Hurricane Creek Canada Coal/Layne s Branch Caney Branch Coal CB s Pizza Coleman s Restaurant Cornerstone Freewill Baptist COE/Fishtrap Marina COE/Grapevine COE/Waterboy Country Caf Dairy Hut Dale McNeeley MHP Deano s Pizza Breaks Interstate Park Donna s Caf El Producto Mining Falcon Motel Family Fun Bowling Flannary s Custard Stand Kingdom Hall Kinney MHP Knox Creek Snack Bar Kentucky Carbon/Roadfork Kentucky Power L & L Coal Mart Lin-Corb MHP Little Queenie Drive Inn Loder House Inn Lodestar Energy Loftis Coal Long Fork Freewill Baptist Lookout Grade School M & D Apartments Mayo Trail Restaurant MC Mining Millard HS Mullins Trailer Park O K Lunch Papa Jack s Restaurant Patricia s Restaurant Sovereign Coal Spotlite Drive In Stella s Rest Sue s Cake & Pizza Suzann s Drive In Sycamore Convenient T & T Gulf & Restaurant Thacker Building Turkey Creek Elementary Varney Elementary Viking Grill Virgie Dairy Bar Virgie Drive In Virgie Happy Mart Virgie HS Wanda s Restaurant/Pizza Warren Dotson Trailer Park Webb Grocery Willa s Restaurant Y Drive In Community Water Systems Adkins Trailer Park Aflex Water System Allen Properties Branham MHP C & O Railway Coolidge Johnson MHP Donald Ray MHP Eastern Coal Elkhorn City Elkens MHP Kentucky Carbon Trailer Park M & M Trailer Park Majestic MHP Marrowbone Creek Martin MHP Mayo Village Mother Nature Mother Nature Spring Water Mountain View Trailer Park Mountain Water District Mountain Water District #2 Mountain Water District #3 Phelps Coal & Land Phelps Medical Center Phelps MHP Pikeville Water Department Pond Creek Water District Pond Creek (1) Pond Creek (2) Pond Creek (3) Pond Creek (4) Mine 29 Phelps Elementary Phelps HS Roadfork Development Roadfork/Calloway Sun Glow Coal #1 Sun Glow/Sycamore Sun Glow Coal #2 Sycamore Elementary Tuscaloosa Energy Upper Levisa Health Clinic Transient NCWS Alberta King s Pizza Baker s Truck Stop Belfry HS Beth Elkhorn Mine Bonnies Rest Ford s Restaurant Gene Bentley Pizza George Johnson Elementary Giovanni s Pizza Hager Grocery Hall-Adkins Coal Hellier Elementary Herford Campbell MHP Hornet s Restaurant IGA Foodline Island Creek Coal #1 Island Creek Coal #2 Paul s Restaurant Phelps BP Mart Phelps MHP Pollyanna Drive In Theater Prater MHP R/R MHP Ratliff MHP #1 Ratliff MHP #2 Rita Coal Rita Coal/LA 5 Robinson Creek Elementary Runyon Elementary Pond Creek (5) Ponderosa MHP Potter s Trailer Park Potter s Water System Rawl Sales Tall Timber Roadfork Development Scott s MHP Shaheen s MHP Shelby Valley Water District Slaters MHP Stonecoal MHP #1 Stonecoal MHP #2 J s Drive Inn Jan s Restaurant Johns Creek Elkhorn Coal Johnson MHP Judy s Kozy Kitchen Kentucky Carbon #1 Kimper L&M Market Shelbiana Elementary Shelby Valley Truck Stop Sidney Coal Silver Spoons Family Restaurant Slater Brothers Mining Snack Shack South Side Mall Green Mountain MHP Griffey Trailer Park Indian Reservation MHP J & R Snack Bar Jack Deskins Trailer Park Jerry s MHP Keene s Village Stratton MHP White Acres MHP 189 189 Public Water Systems
Pike County Public Water Systems - 2018 Non-Transient NCWS Transient NCWS Community Water Systems CLOSED 49 Restaurants/Motels 39 Mobile Home Parks 35 Coal Mines 28 Schools 5 State/Federal Properties 4 Churches Elkhorn City Pikeville Water & Sewer Department Mountain Water District 3 Active Public Water Systems
Community Water Systems - 2018 3 1.24 M <1 % Very Large = POPULATION SERVED 404 <1 % 138 M > 100,000 30 % 114 2.23 M Large 7 % 3,696 109 M 10,001 - 100,000 361 CWS 32 % 116 750,000 Medium 3,301 - 10,000 Kentucky 29 M 9 % 4,785 United States 50,144 CWS 32 % 115 218,000 Small 501 - 3,300 27 % 13,491 20 M 5 % 18 4,500 Very Small 5 M 56 % 27,768 25 - 500 PERCENTAGE 0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Percentage Served in Kentucky Average Population Served 103 out of 120 Counties Only 5 Counties 95.4% > 90% Serviceable < 75% Serviceable Least Served Counties Hickman Carlisle Ballard Calloway Graves 37.6% 38.6% 46.8% 69.1% 67.8% 1,921 out of 5,104 people 1,891 out of 4,902 people 3,859 out of 8,249 people 25,694 out of 37,191 people 25,174 out of 37,121 people All five counties are in the Purchase Region where groundwater is abundant.
Average Residential Water Rates - 2016 Water Districts & Associations by Area Development District (Based on 5000 gallons usage) Kentucky $43 Western Central Bluegrass Northern Eastern $48 $39 $40 $44 $45 NK $48 BT FI $45 GA $59 KI $39 $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
Average Residential Water Rates - 2015 Municipalities by Area Development District (Based on 5000 gallons usage) Kentucky $32 Western Central Bluegrass Northern Eastern $33 $32 $32 $31 $32 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
Water Rate Comparisons - 2015 Average 5000 gallons Median Outside All Cities (186) $32 $31 $41 Small Cities (90) (under 1,000) $37 $36 $48 $31 $29 $40 Medium Cities (53) (1,000 4,600) $25 $23 $33 Large Cities (43) (over 4,600) Water Districts/Associations (133) $43 $43 - All Utilities (321) Sources: KIA, KRWA, Cannon & Cannon $36 $35 -
Average Residential Sewer Rates - 2015 All Utilities by Area Development District (Based on 5000 gallons usage) Kentucky $36 Western Central Bluegrass Northern Eastern $34 $36 $30 $41 $41 NK $42 BT FI $46 GA $41 KI $36 $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
Sewer Rate Comparisons - 2015 Average 5000 gallons Median Outside $35 $33 $41 All Cities (204) $37 $36 $44 Small Cities (122) (under 1,050) $32 $31 $39 Medium Cities (41) (1,051- 2,799) $31 $29 $41 Large Cities (40) (over 2,800) $37 $35 Other Utilities (89) $35 $34 All Utilities (293) Source: KIA, KRWA, Cannon & Cannon Survey
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
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
Now is a Good Time to Borrow $$ Interest Rates at Historic Lows! Poverty: Intermediate: Market: 2.375% 3.125% 40 years 3.875% Rural Development : KIA: Fund A & F Hardship: Non Standard: Standard: 0.50% 1.750% 20 years 2.750% 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:
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
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.
Whats So Great About Kentucky Questions? Presented by Presented by Gary Larimore, Executive Director Gary Larimore, Executive Director Kentucky Rural Water Association Kentucky Rural Water Association
