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UNITED WATER NEW YORK SYSTEM OVERVIEW

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UNITED WATER NEW YORK AT A GLANCE

Water Supply Sources:

– Wells: 70%

– 60 Operating Wells

– System Wells, Ramapo Valley Well Field, and Potake Pond

– Surface Water: 30%

– Letchworth Reservoir: 180 million gallons

– Lake DeForest Reservoir: 5.6 billion gallons

Water Delivered: – Total 2014: 10.51 billion gallons

– 2014 Average day: 28.55 million gallons

– 2014 Peak day: 36.29 million gallons

Groundwater

(Wells) 70%

Surface Water 30%

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Service Area Facilities

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Regulatory Agencies

NYDEC

– Regulates environmental compliance

NYPSC

– Regulates business activities, establishes rates

NYDOH

– Regulates Safe Drinking Water Act

Rockland DOH

– Enforces regulations to assure safe drinking water

USEPA

– Establishes regulations to assure safe drinking water

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Facts and Figures

Service area population 303,381

Customer connections 74,973

Employees 113

Water delivered in 2014 10.51 billion gallons

Average daily demand in 2014 28.55 million gallons

Peak daily demand in 2014 36.29 million gallons

Miles of mains 1,053 miles

Hydrants 6,330

Size of watershed 26 square miles

Operating wells 60

Lake DeForest Reservoir system capacity 5.6 billion gallons

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Lake DeForest Facts

Lake Deforest Dam was built from 1954 to 1956

Lake Deforest Plant was built in 1964

Capacity = 20 MGD

Safe Yield of Reservoir - 19.75 MGD (10 for Rockland, 2 for Nyack, 7.75 for UWNJ)

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Surface Water Treatment Process

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ISO Certifications Lake DeForest

ISO 14001: 2004

– Environmental Management System

ISO 9001: 2008

– Quality Management System

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Ground Water Treatment Process

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Protecting Our Environment Sustainably

Reduce carbon footprint

Biodiversity program

Beneficial reuse of water treatment residuals

ISO Program drives a continuous improvement process

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Educating Our Customers--Conservation Program

Aggressive Program

– National per capita usage: 90 - 100 gpd

– Rockland per capita usage: 66 gpd

Summer/Winter Rates

Cable TV Conservation Spots

Project WET School Program

Evapo-Transpiration (ET) Lawn Watering Program

EPA Water Sense Program

Xeriscape (Conservation) Landscaping

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Water Is A Good Value

Water Costs About One Penny per Gallon

– Collected, treated, tested, stored and delivered.

– Significantly less than the cost of one gallon of bottled water.

US Congressional Budget Office:

– Combined water and sewer bills average about 0.5% of household income.

– Average gas and electric bill represents about 7% of income.

Annual Conservation Guide