Combined Sewer Overflows-Guidance for Financial Capability Assessment and Schedule Development

By Environmental Protection Agency

Book Id: WPLBN0000048173
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 2.4 MB
Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Combined Sewer Overflows-Guidance for Financial Capability Assessment and Schedule Development
Author:	Environmental Protection Agency
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Ecology, Natural resource issues, Environemtal protection
Collections:	Environmental Awareness Library Collection
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Publisher:	United States Environmental Protection Agency


Citation APA MLA Chicago Agency, E. P. (n.d.). Combined Sewer Overflows-Guidance for Financial Capability Assessment and Schedule Development. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Excerpt: Because CSOs contain untreated domestic commercial and industrial wastes, as well as surface runoff many types of contaminants can be present. Contaminants may include pathogens. Oxygen-demanding pollutants.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 . INTRODUCTION Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . History of CSO Policy . . . . . . Key Elcmcnts of the CSO Policy . . . . . . . . . . . Guidance to Support irnplen~cntat~oonf the CSO Polic! . Coal of this Cu~dancc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Organization of Guidance . . . . . Audicncc . . . . . . . [ I . CSO FINANCIAL CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT APPROACH 11c Ttvo-Phase hpproacl~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial Benchmarks and lnformar~onal Sourccs Ill . PHASE ONE: THE RESIDEKTIAL INDICA'TOR . ~ . I2 Devcloplng CPH Est~matcs . . . . . . . . 12 Developing the MHI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Developing thc Rcs~dcnt~Ianld ~cator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Analyzing tlic Rcsidcnt~alI ndicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 IV . PHASE TWO: PERMITTEE FINANCIAL INDICATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Dcbt Indicators . . . . . . . . . ~ ~ . . . . ~ ~ . . 21 Bond Ratlng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Ovcrall Net Dcbt as a Pcrccnt of Full Market Propcrty Value . . . . . . . . . . 24 Soc~occonorn~Iocd tcators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Uncrnploymcnt Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Median Household lncon~c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Financial Management Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Propcrt? . Tax Revenues as a Perccnt of Full Markct Propcrr !. Vnluc . . . . . . . 32 Property Tax Rcvcnue Collcct~onR ate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Analyzing Pcrmittcc Financ~al Capability lnd~cators . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 The Financial Capability Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 V CSO SCHEDULE DEVELOPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Environmcntal Considerations . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Discharges to Sensitive Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Usclmpa~rn~en.t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Prima? Financial Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Financial Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Secondan Financ~alC onsidcrat~ons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Grant and Loan A\. ailability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 SewcrUserFees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Other Viable Funding Mcchan~srns and Sources of Financ~ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Scheduling Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 ACRONYMLIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 STATE DATA CENTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53