Solid Waste Financial Module
The EFC developed financial modules for communities threatened and/or impacted by adverse environmental conditions. There is a module for each of three community components—Water, Wastewater and Solid Waste. These modules focus on the financial information needed to help a community with the decision of whether to defend and adapt-in-place, or instead to relocate. First, each module consists of questions for a community to consider that help in the decision-making process. The Drinking Water and Wastewater modules also include online resources to help answer the questions, including federal and state agency resources for Alaska, Oregon and Washington. Last, each module includes example budget templates in spreadsheet documents to help with estimating costs for the different scenarios, and an online inflation calculator to update budget estimates developed in prior years.
- Questions to consider and resources
First there are overall, general questions to consider and resource materials to help answer the questions. These may be specific to the type of utility or facility, such as drinking water, or general so that they can be used for any type of utility or facility. This is followed by four scenarios that a community may want to consider, and example budget templates in a spreadsheet format to assist in beginning to estimate the cost of one or more of these scenarios. - Scenario 1: Defend and adapt in place
This includes considerations and planning for existing utilities and facilities, such as restoration, renovation and/or expansion of an existing facility. - Scenario 2: Relocate to a new land base
This scenario includes considerations and planning for site close-out and clean-up costs at the current location, and where needed, questions and resources for the planning and construction of new facilities and utilities. - Scenario 3: Relocate to an existing community
While this scenario may simpler than the others, there are still questions to consider, and planning to be done. - Scenario 4: Do nothing
Lastly, if a community cannot choose one of the previous options, then what must be considered and prepared for while the residents stay in place. - Example budget templates and inflation calculator
Questions to consider and resources
Landfill Specific
- Does your landfill flood?
- Is the landfill barrier eroding?
- Can the landfill be protected by a barrier?
- Has an environmental assessment been completed?
- Preliminary Engineering Report completed?
- Will water sources (source & ground) be protected from landfill run-off?
- Is source water protected?
Scenario 1: Defend and adapt in place
1.1 Do you know what type of facility you will need?
1.2 Do you have permits in place?
1.3 Do you know what funding is available?
1.4 Do you possess Land access & acquisition?
1.5 Do you have the required Equipment needed?
1.6 Do you have properly trained personnel?
1.7 Do you have administrative capacity to manage a SW facility?
1.8 Can you pay for O & M of a SW facility?
1.9 Do you have Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan in place?
1.10 Road access in place and secure?
1.11 Is source water protected?
Scenario 2: Relocate to new land base
2.1 Do you know what type of facility you will need?
2.2 Do you have permits in place?
2.3 Do you know what funding is available?
2.4 Do you possess Land access & acquisition?
2.5 Do you have the required Equipment needed?
2.6 Do you have properly trained personnel?
2.7 Do you have administrative capacity to manage a SW facility?
2.8 Can you pay for O & M of a SW facility?
2.9 Do you have Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan in place?
2.10 Road access in place and secure?
2.11 Is source water protected?
Scenario 3: Relocate to existing community
3.1 Do you know what type of facility you will need?
3.2 Do you have permits in place?
3.3 Do you know what funding is available?
3.4 Do you possess Land access & acquisition?
3.5 Do you have the required Equipment needed?
3.6 Do you have properly trained personnel?
3.7 Do you have administrative capacity to manage a SW facility?
3.8 Can you pay for O & M of a SW facility?
3.9 Do you have Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan in place?
3.10 Do you MOA/MOU’s in place?
3.11 Road access in place and secure?
3.12 Is source water protected?
Scenario 4: “Do nothing”
4.1 Do you know what type of facility you will need?
4.2 Do you have permits in place?
4.3 Do you know what funding is available?
4.4 Do you possess Land access & acquisition?
4.5 Do you have the required Equipment needed?
4.6 Do you have properly trained personnel?
4.7 Do you have administrative capacity to manage a SW facility?
4.8 Can you pay for O & M of a SW facility?
4.9 Do you have Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan in place?
4.10 Road access in place and secure?
4.11 Is source water protected?