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Division presents agency plans and prioritization approach for Unified Water Infrastructure Plan
Summary
Staff summarized technical memorandum and the draft relevant‑agency plans that will feed the Unified Water Infrastructure Plan (UWIP). The initial intake included roughly 3,664 projects (255 entities) with five‑year state funding requests estimated at about $380 million for water resources projects.
Eric Dixon summarized the technical memorandum prepared by consultants Bowen Collins and Brown & Caldwell and explained how the relevant‑agency plans (water resources, water quality and drinking water) will form the basis of the Unified Water Infrastructure Plan (UWIP).
Dixon said the intake produced approximately 3,664 submitted project entries from 255 entities across multiple categories (water supply, off‑farm conveyance, secondary water, drinking water and water quality). The combined project cost submissions totaled about $17.56 billion; state funding requests in the first five years for the water resources portfolio were estimated at roughly $380 million.
The technical memorandum lays out multi‑criteria decision analysis (MCDA) scoring criteria that align with HB 280 requirements and WDCC guidance. Each project is assigned scores by the submitting entity and reviewed by the relevant agencies; provisional scores can be adjusted by agency review before priorities are finalized. Agency plans were due June 30 and will be incorporated into the UWIP draft scheduled for next March.
Staff said the process is iterative and that agency plans include 1–2 year and 3–5 year breakouts, plus an assessment of small community needs that may not yet have long‑range plans. The board was told that the UWIP will be used to inform potential future legislative appropriations and fee study recommendations.
Ending: Staff will finalize the agency plans, share them with the Water Development Coordinating Council, and return to the board with UWIP materials as they are prepared.
