volume 1 - Halifax Regional Municipality

Halifax Water Integrated Resource Plan
Executive Summary
ES 6.
ES 6.1
ES 6.2
PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
Existing Halifax Water projects and programs as well as new or refined programs and
projects proposed through the IRP process were key ingredients in the preparation of
the alternative IRP plans.
Existing Programs and Projects
The existing projects and programs included in the IRP were obtained from three
principal sources.
The Halifax Water Five-Year Business Plan 8 , which provided a projected Five-Year Capital
Plan for the period 2012 to 2017, was the first source. Since the FY 2012 - 2013 was already
underway during the preparation of the IRP, only the final four years were included at a
value of approximately $200 million. The individual projects were programmed into the IRP
with the same timing as in the original Five-Year Capital Plan.
Projects, which in many cases were continuations of programs and projects initiated in
the Five-Year Business Plan period, were allocated to 2018 and beyond. This included
about $410 million in additional projects that were further refined through the IRP as to
both capital requirement and timing.
The recently completed draft Regional Wastewater Functional Plan (RWWFP) 9 with an
estimated cost of $645 million was also incorporated into the IRP. The RWWFP provides
Halifax Water with a wastewater servicing plan addressing both the needs for future
growth and offsetting the impact of growth on wastewater overflows. The RWWFP
examined a wide range of alternatives settling on a regionalized wastewater strategy.
The projects originating in the RWWFP were incorporated into the IRP with the same
timing and capital requirement as the RWWFP.
New or Refined Programs
In addition to the existing programs and projects, a number of new projects and
programs were developed. As well, some of the existing programs were refined through
the work performed during the preparation of the IRP and incorporated into the
alternative IRP plans. Table ES-3 summarizes these programs.
2
Halifax Water Five-Year Business Plan 2012-2013 to 2016-2017, Halifax Water,
December 2011
3
Regional Wastewater Functional Plan, Halifax Water, June 2012
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