Capital Improvement Program

Overview

The District’s Capital Improvement Program commands the largest portion of budgeted expenditures, and as such, is planned strategically and in great detail for all infrastructure projects in excess of the $15,000 infrastructure capitalization threshold. The District updates its ten-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) annuallytocomplywithstateregulatoryandbondorderrequirements.Objectivesofconstructingthesecapital projects include replacing and rehabbing structurally defective sewer lines, handling wet-weather flow conditions,improvingtheperformanceatthewastewatertreatmentplant,andpreparingthesystemtohandle expectedfuture wastewater flows overtheupcoming decade.

The process begins with engineering staff developing projects, which often originate from problem areas identified by field crews during emergency and preventative maintenance procedures and includes considerationofthoseprojectsoutlinedinthe20-yearWastewaterSystemMasterPlan.Engineersevaluateand prioritize each proposed project based upon the District’s short-term requirements and long-term mission. Engineeringstaffthenpreparecostestimatesforidentifiedprojectsandaproposedtimetableforconstruction.

Once the CIP is drafted, the CIP Committee, consisting of representatives from the member agencies, meet to review the costs, locations, and necessity of proposed projects and make a recommendation to the District’s Board.A copy of the CIP summary sheets follows in thesucceeding pages of this budget document. A separate documentcompilingindividualpagesforeachprojectwithdetailedcostsandlocationmapaspresentedtothe CIP Committee and may be obtained upon request to Hunter Carson, Director of Engineering at (828)225-8241 or hcarson@msdbc.org.

The District maintains a Ten-Year CIP and rehabilitates approximately 40,000 Linear Feet (LF) of the collection systemeveryyear.Theten-yearCIPprioritizesprojectsidentifiedbytheBoardasfulfillingtheDistrict’smission butdoesnotobligateDistrictresources fortheirconstruction pasttheend ofthecurrentbudget year.