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C.I.P. Process and Planning Tool

Presentation at the NCAWWA-WEA U-Pick workshop December 3, 2013 Pfafftown, NC

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User-Friendly C.I.P. Tool for Water & Wastewater Utilities

Free, simplified CIP tool using only MS Excel, developed by the Environmental Finance Center at UNC

Tool development was funded by the Public Water Supply Section

• f DWR/

NCDENR and partly by the USEPA

Download the latest version at http://efc.sog.unc.edu Go to Resources / Tools, then scroll to find it

For more resources on capital planning, at the EFC website: Go to Programs / Drinking Water & Wastewater / Capital Planning Resources for Water & Wastewater Utilities

How Quickly are Costs Related to Capital Rising?

• Instead of

looking at Consumer Price Index, look at Construction Cost Index (CCI).

• ~3%/year.

‐1% 0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9%

1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 %/year

Annual Changes to CPI‐U ("Inflation") and Construction Cost Index: 1984 ‐ 2012

Inflation (Annual Change in the CPI‐U) Annual Change in the Construction Cost Index

Data Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Engineering News-Record ENR.com, InflationData.com, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Services

http://efc.web.unc.edu/2012/09/26/using-an-index- to-help-project-capital-costs-into-the-future/

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Acknowledgement

• Public Water Supply Section

(Division of Water Resources, NC DENR)

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