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Smithfield Water Supply Board Water Supply System Management Plan Volume I REPORT Pare Project No. 03066.40 SMITHFIELD WATER SUPPLY BOARD WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PLAN VOLUME I PREPARED FOR: Town of Smithfield 64 Farnum Pike Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917 PREPARED BY: Pare Corporation 8 Blackstone Valley Place Lincoln, Rhode Island 02865 FINAL VERSION FEBRUARY 2017 Contents Executive Summary Section 1 Statement of Goals ………………………………………………………………….1-1 1.1 General ………………………………………………………………………...1-1 1.2 State Guide Plan Element 721 – Rhode Island Water 2030 …………………..1-2 1.3 RIWRB Strategic Plan ………………………………………………………...1-2 1.4 Comprehensive Plans ………………………………………………………….1-3 Section 2 Water Supply System Description ………………………………………………….2-1 2.1 Legal Structure and Organization…………………………………………….2-1 2.2 System Overview …………………………………………………………….2-4 2.2.1 Water Supply Sources ……………………………………………….2-4 2.3 Infrastructure Components……………………………………………………2-4 2.3.1 Treatment Facilities ………………………………………………….2-4 2.3.2 Storage Facilities …………………………………………………….2-5 2.3.3 Pump Stations ……………………………………………………….2-6 2.3.4 Transmission Mains …………………………………………………2-8 2.4 Interconnections………………………………………………………………2-8 2.5 Service Area ………………………………………………………………….2-9 2.5.1 Geographic Area …………………………………………………….2-9 2.5.2 Present and Historic Water Services ……………………………….2-11 2.5.3 Present Population Served………………………………………….2-11 2.5.4 Population Demographics ………………………………………….2-11 2.6 Source and Distribution Metering …………………………………………..2-12 2.6.1 Master (Source) Meters …………………………………………….2-12 2.6.2 Distribution Meters…………………………………………………2-12 2.7 System Production Data …………………………………………………….2-13 2.8 System Water Use …………………………………………………………..2-13 2.8.1 System-Wide and Per Capita Water Use…………………………...2-13 2.8.2 Water Use by Category …………………………………………….2-14 2.8.3 Major Users ………………………………………………………...2-15 2.8.4 Non-Billed Water and Fire Fighting ……………………………….2-15 2.8.5 Water Conservation Programs ……………………………………..2-16 2.9 Water System Deficiencies and Needed System Improvements……………2-16 Pare Corporation Section 3 Water Quality Protection Component ………………………………………………3-1 Section 4 Supply Management ………………………………………………………………..4-1 4.1 General ……………………………………………………………………….4-1 4.2 Anticipated Future Demands …………………………………………………4-1 4.2.1 Projected Water Demand ……………………………………………4-1 4.2.2 Population and Economic Impacts on Demand ……………………..4-3 4.2.3 Legal Obligations ……………………………………………………4-3 4.2.4 Category & Subcategory and Major Users Future Demand…………4-4 4.2.5 Non-Account Water Use …………………………………………….4-4 4.2.6 Non-Potable Water Use ……………………………………………..4-5 4.3 Available Water………………………………………………………………4-5 4.4 Alternate Supply ……………………………………………………………...4-6 4.5 Supply Augmentation Studies ………………………………………………..4-6 Section 5 Demand Management ………………………………………………………………5-1 5.1 General ……………………………………………………………………….5-1 5.2 Demand Management Strategy (2012) ………………………………………5-1 5.2.1 Goals…………………………………………………………………5-1 5.2.2 Residential Average Annual Per-Capita Water Use…………………5-2 5.2.3 Efficient Water Use ………………………………………………….5-3 5.2.4 Full Accounting of Non-Billed Water ………………………………5-4 5.2.5 Leakage………………………………………………………………5-4 5.2.6 User Metering and Billing …………………………………………..5-4 5.3 Residential Retrofit Program …………………………………………………5-5 5.4 Major Users Technical Assistance Program………………………………….5-5 Section 6 System Management ………………………………………………………………..6-1 6.1 General ……………………………………………………………………….6-1 6.2 Meter Installation, Maintenance, and Replacement (MIMR) Plan …………..6-1 6.2.1 Maintenance and Replacement Schedule…………….…………….. 6-1 6.2.2 Major User Meters…………………………….…………………… 6-2 6.2.3 System Interconnections/Master Meters…………………………… 6-2 6.3 Leak Detection and Repair Program/Meter Improvement Program….……. 6-2 6.4 Preventative Maintenance Plan……………………………………….……. 6-3 Section 7 Emergency Management……………………………………………………………7-1 Pare Corporation Section 8 Drought Management ………………………………………………………………8-1 8.1 General ……………………………………………………………………….8-1 8.2 Drought Management Procedures ……………………………………………8-2 Section 9 Plan Implementation………………………………………………… ……………..9-1 9.1 General………………………………………………………………………..9-1 Section 10 Financial Management… ………………………………………………………….10-1 10.1 General………………………………………………………………………10-1 10.2 Current Financial Management Practices ………………………………….10-1 10.2.1 Summary of Operating Income and Expenses ……………………..10-2 10.2.2 Current Water Rate Structure ………………………………………10-3 10.2.3 Frequency of Billing and Collections………………………………10-4 10.3 Future Revenue Sources …………………………………………………….10-4 10.3.1 Town of Smithfield General Obligation Bonds ……………………10-4 10.3.2 Rhode Island Clean Water Finance Agency ……………………….10-4 10.3.3 Rhode Island Water Resources Board ……………………………..10-4 10.4 Assessment of Rates……………………………. …………………………..10-5 10.5 Billing….……………………………………………………………………10-5 10.5.1 Joint Billing ………………………………………………………...10-6 Section 11 Coordination ………………………………………………………………………11-1 11.1 Consistency with Comprehensive Plans ……………………………………11-1 11.1.1 Smithfield Comprehensive Plan ……………………………………11-1 11.1.2 North Providence Comprehensive Plan ……………………………11-2 11.2 Coordination with Other Water Suppliers ………………………………….11-3 11.3 Coordination with Wastewater Collection Systems ………………………...11-4 11.4 Coordination with Local Fire Departments …………………………………11-4 Pare Corporation List of Figures Figure 2-1 SWSB Organizational Structure ………………………………………………………2-3 List of Tables Table 4-1 Anticipated Future Water Demand …………………………………………………….4-2 4-2 Anticipated Future Wholesale & Non-Account Water ………………………………...4-3 8-1 SWSB Drought Conditions Response Actions ………………………………………...8-3 9-1 Implementation Schedule ………………………………………………………………9-2 10-1 SWSB Total Revenue & Expenses (2011-2013) ……………………………………..10-1 Attachments Attachment No. 1 SWSB Water System Appendices Appendix A WSSMP Worksheets Appendix B SWSB Rules & Regulations Appendix C SWSB Wholesale Agreements Appendix D Consumer Confidence Report (2013) Appendix E Operational Evaluation Reports (OERs) Appendix F Hydraulic Model Update/System Buildout Analysis Appendix G Water System Mutual Aid Agreement Appendix H Audited Financial Summary Appendix I Town Planner Coordination Letters Appendix J SWSB Capital Improvement Plan Pare Corporation EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Water Supply System Management Plan (WSSMP) has been prepared as required under Rhode Island General Laws 46-15.3, as amended and titled “The Water Supply System Management Planning Act” (Act). The legislative authority to effectuate the goals and policies of this Act has been conferred to the Rhode Island Water Resources Board (RIWRB). To this end, the RIWRB has promulgated the Rules and Regulations for Water Supply System Management Planning (“Rules”), last revised in October 2002, as amended to implement the provisions of the Act. The Smithfield Water Supply Board (SWSB), as a water purveyor supplying over 50 million gallons (MG) of water per year, is responsible for updating its WSSMP every 5 years. This document is the 2015 Update of the WSSMP for the SWSB. The WSSMP has been prepared to be consistent with the goals of the Rules as well as the strategies and goals articulated in the RIWRB’s 2012 Strategic Plan and the RIWRB’s Water Use and Efficiency Rule for Major Water Suppliers. It is also consistent with the goals of State Guide Plan Element No. 721 – RI Water 2030 and the goals stipulated in the Comprehensive Plans for the Towns of Smithfield and North Providence. Introduction The SWSB’s primary objective is to operate a water system for the benefit of, and to meet the legitimate needs of, the customers in its service area. In accordance with that objective, the SWSB’s specific goals are to: 1. Promote the efficient use of water through: - conservation and efficient operation of the system in accordance with industry and State standards; and - effective metering and public information programs that encourage water conservation. 2. Comply with all applicable laws and regulations. 3. Protect the integrity of its existing source of supply connection to the Providence Water Supply Board (Providence Water). 4. Cooperate with the overall goals of the Town of Smithfield and the Town of North Providence as outlined in their respective Comprehensive Plans. 5. Provide for service to all locations within its service area. 6. Conform to the overall goals for water suppliers established in State Guide Plan Element No. 721 – Rhode Island Water 2030. Pare Corporation - i - Background The Town of Smithfield, through the SWSB, owns and operates a public water distribution system in a non-exclusive territory, serving portions of the Towns of Smithfield and North Providence. The SWSB was developed from a subsequent Water Supply Commission enacted by the Town of Smithfield. This Commission was authorized and established by Chapter 1676, 1930 Public Laws of Rhode Island with the purpose of developing “an accurate and comprehensive study of the water supply of the Town of Smithfield”. Today, the Town Council acts as the Board of Water Commissioners for the SWSB. Water system management and day-to-day operations are the responsibility of the Water Commissioner and SWSB staff. Mr. Charles Walsh is the Acting Water Commissioner, as well as Deputy Director of Public Works for the Town of Smithfield. The SWSB has two other full time employees, both identified as “Field Observers”. The SWSB operates out of the Smithfield DPW facility at the following location: 3 Spragueville Road Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917 Telephone Number: 401-233-1034 The SWSB’s mailing address is at the Smithfield Town Hall, as follows: 64 Farnum Pike
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