volume 1 - Halifax Regional Municipality
volume 1 - Halifax Regional Municipality
volume 1 - Halifax Regional Municipality
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<strong>Halifax</strong> Water Integrated Resource Plan<br />
Executive Summary<br />
associated with the proposed enhanced asset renewal program. The remainder consists<br />
of additional projects and programs with an approximate value of $128 million.<br />
Asset renewal estimates, originating from the asset renewal model, project an expected<br />
level of investment for asset renewal based on a range of assumptions. These values,<br />
however, do not imply a level of understanding of where specifically the expenditures<br />
are required. A significant amount of additional effort will be required to identify the<br />
specific asset renewal priorities including implementing the Asset Management<br />
Assessment program (“roadmap”) and a number of activities related to asset inventory<br />
and condition assessment.<br />
This increase in expenditure levels for the three-year period will be challenging. Major<br />
capital projects are already underway to varying degrees, as are a number of the other<br />
infrastructure projects. Any flexibility in timing and required expenditure would likely be<br />
associated with overall asset renewal and some of the other programs. The updated<br />
AMA program outlined in the “roadmap” is still emerging and currently relies on <strong>Halifax</strong><br />
Water’s existing available resources. Even with accelerated implementation, it will<br />
require at least 2 to 3 years to have adequate data and systems in place to obtain strong<br />
returns from scaled-up asset renewal expenditures.<br />
The three-year outlook will be in large measure determined by funding availability. It<br />
expected that the <strong>Halifax</strong> Water capital planning process would determine the<br />
project/program priorities once funding levels have been established.<br />
ES 8.4<br />
Recommended IRP Implementation Schedule<br />
The master IRP schedule is presented in Figure ES-5. The figure is organized around the<br />
drivers and objectives for each of the three systems. Specific projects are indicated in<br />
the timeline as well as on-going programs. The overall plan spans the period 2013 to<br />
2043.<br />
Revision: 2012-10-29 Integrated Resource Plan – Executive Summary ES-18<br />
October 31 2012 Page 20 of 272
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