Potomac Highlands Watershed School

WV Potomac Tributary Strategy:

Overall Cost of Implementation

Excerpted with Permission from the WVPTS Final Version – August 2005

 

The estimated total cost of implementing West Virginia’s Potomac Tributary Strategy is $873,546,759 (Table 5).   Costs are based on estimates in 2004 dollars.  In order to put the cost for each load sector into perspective, Table 6 provides estimated nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment loads associated with each major source category. 

 

Table 5.  Estimated costs associated with implementing West Virginia’s Potomac Tributary Strategy.

SECTOR

Capital Costs

Annual Costs per Year

2005-2010

Total

2005-2010 Costs

Urban and Mixed Open

 

 

 

BMP Implementation

$159,621,530

$23,904,599

$303,049,124

Technical Assistance, Outreach, and Administration

N/A

$488,847

$2,933,082

Urban and Mixed Open Total

$159,621,530

$24,393,446

$305,982,206

Point Source

 

 

 

Domestic Wastewater Facilities

$125,988,750

$2,509,000

$141,042,750

Industrial Facilities

$138,720,000

$2,498,400

$153,710,400

Point Source Total

$264,708,750

$5,007,400

$294,753,150

Agriculture

 

 

 

BMP Implementation

$178,747,525

$3,073,393

$197,187,883

Technical Assistance, Outreach, and Administration

N/A

$619,920

$3,719,520

Agriculture Total

$178,747,525

$3,693,313

$200,907,403

Forestry

 

 

 

BMP Implementation

N/A

$11,424,000

$68,544,000

Technical Assistance, Outreach, and Administration

N/A

$560,000

$3,360,000

Forestry Total

N/A

$11,984,000

$71,904,000

 

 

 

 

Total Costs - WV Potomac Tributary Strategy

$603,077,805

$45,078,159

$873,546,759

Table 5.  Estimated costs associated with implementing West Virginia’s Potomac Tributary Strategy.

SECTOR

Capital Costs

Annual Costs per Year

2005-2010

Total

2005-2010 Costs

Urban and Mixed Open

 

 

 

BMP Implementation

$159,621,530

$23,904,599

$303,049,124

Technical Assistance, Outreach, and Administration

N/A

$488,847

$2,933,082

Urban and Mixed Open Total

$159,621,530

$24,393,446

$305,982,206

Point Source

 

 

 

Domestic Wastewater Facilities