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ACE2012 Observations from the Expo Hall

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I spent the morning touring the expo hall here in Dallas for the AWWA Annual Conference – ACE 2012. I like spending time on the expo floor because the world’s water industry is there showcasing its latest and greatest innovations and services. You can learn a lot by being here. One of the things I’ve noticed this year is the wide trend in two areas: 1) in smart metering and related technology to improve the efficiency of water transmission and distribution; and 2) prioritization and/or optimization of infrastructure replacement. Many of the vendors are moving in to both areas. Both of these trends show a recognition by the industry that cost pressures are starting to take hold, and they are doing what they can to offer solutions.

I’ll be on Twitter while I’m here in Dallas, you can follow me @jgmumm or use the #ace12 hashtag.

Don’t forget to visit us today at 2pm for our first of two presentations. Today, we talk about the complexities of regional partnerships and finding equitable cost-sharing solutions. On Wednesday, we will provide some examples of how regionalization can offer the potential for reduced costs and lower rates for many communities.

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  • Kees Corssmit says:
    June 11, 2012 at 12:08 pm

    Jason,
    Good luck with your two presentations.
    Re importance of regionalization and equitable cost sharing I am looking forward to see your latest articles.
    One idea I have been thinking about to underline the importance of the equity portion of that thesis is the quantification of contract costs of having a very tight interregional cost sharing arrangement versus a sloppy arrangement. This would specifically pertain to Outside City user contracts. If Outside users are confident that the Owner will not engage in monopolistic scheming in the future to extract more than normal profits from them they could calculate a life cycle cost. But if the agreement leaves too much doubt about the tightness of future cost/pricing arrangements the nonowners should assign a higher cost to future years of use. The difference could be calculated in NPV. Since I believe that the Utility Basis for ratemaking was developed to promote the long term equity factor for users I would be inclined to assign a higher cost factor to agreements that deviate from the Utility Basis for ratemaking.
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