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Water Resources Protect and Monitor 4 Great Lakes 11,000 inland lakes 36,000 river miles 6.5 million acres of wetlands 70,000 acres of coastal dunes For swimming, fishing, drinking water, and aquatic ecosystems. Water

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Water Resources

  • Protect and Monitor

– 4 Great Lakes – 11,000 inland lakes – 36,000 river miles – 6.5 million acres of wetlands – 70,000 acres of coastal dunes For swimming, fishing, drinking water, and aquatic ecosystems.

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Michigan is defined and driven by water

Water Vision

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Water is Important

  • States – Water’s Importance in Economic

Development

  • #1 Issue Identified by States
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Water is Important

  • World Economic Forum
  • Water Crises is Top Global Risk
  • Most Serious Threat to Business and

Society

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Water and Economy

  • How much of Michigan’s economy is

related to water?

  • We don’t know.
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Water and Economy

  • Fishing Expenditures = $2.4 billion
  • Great Lakes Fishing = $7 billion
  • Boating = $4 billion
  • Agriculture = $92 billion
  • Manufacturing = $58 billion
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What is Water Worth?

  • Water is Free
  • Pay to Pump It, Deliver It, and Treat It
  • Zero Price but Infinite Value
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Enterprise Budget for Water

  • How much money is collected (revenue)

and spent (expense) across the state in support of drinking water, storm water management, and wastewater management?

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Figure 16

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Relative Amounts

  • Federal

$160 million

  • State

$260 million

  • University

$80 million

  • Local

$3,200 million

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Per Person Costs

  • Infrastructure
  • $550/Year
  • 60% of Population
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Needs

  • Drinking Water, Storm Water, Wastewater
  • 60 to 70% of Sewer System Near End of

Useful Life

  • $20 Billion Over 20 Years
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Subsidies

  • Why subsidize thru federal and state

taxes?

  • Could we fund more efficiently at the local

level, without federal and state subsidies?

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History

  • Construction Grants
  • State Revolving Fund
  • Next Step? - Local funding? End of

subsidies?

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Preference

  • Willingness to Fund Drinking Water

Projects

  • Less Willing to Fund Wastewater Projects
  • Immediate Benefit Not Seen
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Next steps

  • Michigan Blue Ribbon Panel
  • Address Infrastructure Funding Gap
  • Need to also finish enterprise budget,

including other water infrastructure such as dams, harbors, and county drains.