VALUE TO THE NATION FAST FACTS USACE WATER SUPPLY 2017 DIVISION REPORT Great Lakes & Ohio River Water is a necessity to human life. Many USACE projects play an integral part in fulfilling and sustaining this daily need. The following are facts related to USACE’s role of helping to manage the water supply in Great Lakes & Ohio River. WATER SUPPLY DESCRIPTION USACE Division: Great Lakes & Ohio River Water Supply Project(s): Alum Creek Lake, OH; Barren River Lake, KY; Berlin Lake, OH; Brookville Lake, IN; Caesar Creek Lake, OH; Carr Creek Lake, KY; Cave Run Lake, KY; Center Hill Lake, TN; Dale Hollow Lake, TN/KY; Grayson Lake, KY; Green River Lake, KY; J. Percy Priest Dam & Reservoir, TN; John W. Flannagan, VA; Laurel River Lake, KY; Monroe Lake, IN; Mosquito Creek Lake, OH; Nolin Lake, KY; North Fork of Pound River Lake, VA ; Paint Creek Lake, OH; Paintsville Lake, KY; Patoka Lake, IN; Rough River Lake, KY; Stonewall Jackson Lake, WV; Summersville Lake, WV; Tom Jenkins Dam, OH; Tygart, WV; William H. Harsha Lake, OH; Youghiogheny River Lake, PA State(s): Indiana; Kentucky; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Tennessee; Virginia; West Virginia Watershed(s): Barren; Caney; Gauley; Hocking; Licking; Little Miami; Little Sandy; Lower East Fork White; Lower Levisa; Mahoning; North Fork Kentucky; Obey; Paint; Patoka; Rough; Stones; Tygart Valley; Upper Cumberland; Upper Green; Upper Levisa; Upper Scioto; West Fork; Whitewater; Youghiogheny USACE District(s): Huntington District; Louisville District; Nashville District; Pittsburgh District Number of Agreements: 55 STORAGE SPACE PROJECT YIELD Under Contract: 553,132 acre-feet Yield from Contracted Storage: 572 MGD Not Under Contract: 7,060 acre-feet Total Project Yield: 587 MGD Total: 560,192 acre-feet ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC DATA Water Supply Economic Benefit Estimate (2017 dollars): 671.7 million Average Cost of Water in US (2017 dollars): $ 3,216.95 per MGD BENEFITS IN PERSPECTIVE Water is essential for life and a critical input into virtually all economic activity. Although the importance of water is evident, estimating its value is a complex process. Consequently, there is great variability in available estimates. For example, a 2013 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report (EPA, 2013) estimates a range of value from $1 to $4,500 per acre foot of water [$3 to $13,800 per millions of gallons per day (MGD)] for publicly and privately provided water. USACE's primary role in the water supply industry is to provide water supply storage in partnership with state and local interests. The value of USACE's contribution to the nation's municipal and industrial (M&I) water supply is not in the form of finished water at the tap ready to be consumed. The USACE's partners provide finished water. The primary National Economic Development (NED) benefit of USACE Water Supply efforts would be measured by the resource cost of the alternative most likely to be implemented in the absence of the storage provided by USACE's reservoirs. Given resource and information constraints, the data needed to measure cost of the most likely alternatives on a national level are not currently available to USACE. Therefore, the Value to the Nation water supply benefit estimate presented here does not Source: US Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources https://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/Missions/Value-to-the-Nation/ represent an NED benefit estimate; rather, it is an attempt to quantify the value of water stored within USACE reservoirs. The primary benefit of USACE water supply projects is that they provide the ability to store large amounts of water. Water Supply storage and agreement information noted here is based on the FY 2016 Municipal, Industrial and Irrigation Water Supply Database Report. How these numbers were calculated. Source: US Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources https://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/Missions/Value-to-the-Nation/ .