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Guiding Questions
a. Is this goal right?b. Are the key issues the right key issues?
c. Are the indicators meaningful and useful?
d. Are there numeric targets for this goal that make sense?
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BE3-WATER SUPPLY
0 Ensure adequate water supply and quality for all users.
Key Issue - Why do we care? What is the problem?
1 Adequate water supply is needed to accommodate infill and redevelopment in areas planned for growth
1 Water supply is good.
Key Indicators - How are we doing?
1 Champlain Water District has a capacity of up to 25 MGD (million gallons per day)
0 Champlain Water District's excess capacity at peak is __ MGD
0 The City of Burlington has a capacity of up to 7.5 MGD
0 Burlington's excess capacity at peak is 1.3 MGD
Other Supporting Indicators
0 Average annual daily water use
0 A recent employer survey revealed that water capacity rated the highest of 12 utility and telecommunication system factors.
0 Both utilities have won excellence awards from the USEPA's Partnership for Safe Water program.
Is the only area of concern
Is the only area of concern centralized systems? IS the gross capacity the key? Isn't it more import to focus on efficiency? available capacity? quality?
seriously? do you mean the
seriously? do you mean the quality is good/high now and to degrade it will cause health or other impacts?
many more existing users than
many more existing users than future users, at least for foreseeable future, given anticipated rates of growth
Seems we need an Indicator
Seems we need an Indicator that relates to capacity in specific growth areas?
Add cost as an indicator with
Add cost as an indicator with the focus being on treated drinking water.
Under Key Indicators - How
Under Key Indicators - How Are We Doing Modify CWD language as follows:
"Champlain Water District has a reliable capacity of 20 mgd (million gallons per day)"
"Champlain Water District's excess capacity at peak is 6.5 mgd"
Under Other Supporting Indicators where it says "Average annual daily water use" - this sentence could be completed by adding - "per person in Chittenden County is 60% of the national average"
Also the last sentence needs to be reworded for accuracy purposes as:
"Both Utilities have received Phase III Director's Awards from the USEPA"s Partnership for Safe Water Program, and Champlain Water District was the first in the United States to receive the Phase IV Excellence in Water Treatment Award in 1999, and is one of 11 in the US to presently maintain this award status following required annual reviews.
Thank you, Jim Fay
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