Supporting Documents (Data and Analysis) - Satellite Beach

withdrawal rate (on an annual average daily basis) is 18.7 MGD. The maximum permitted single day
withdrawal rates from surface and ground waters are 25.0 MGD and 8.2 MGD, respectively, for a
total of 33.2 MGD.
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has issued all necessary current permits and
regulates the city's water treatment and distribution facilities.
Satellite Beach as a customer has no control over the cost, quality, or levels of service for potable
water; but has a vital interest in its water supply and must continue to maintain surveillance over the
water resources of South Brevard County and participate in programs to improve the supply. Even
though it has no control over the supply, the City has a vested interest in the quality and quantity of
water delivered by Melbourne under the franchise agreement. The average demand for water service
on the Melbourne system is 100 gallons per person per day. This has resulted in a demand for the
Satellite Beach of 1.03 MGD in 2000 and will require 1.20 MGD in 2010. As a proportion of the
system service area, this is 6.8 percent and 7.5 percent, respectively. The current demand on the
Melbourne system is 1.0 MGD or 6.5 percent of the total population served.
Potable Water Level of Service is ≤ 110 gallon per capita per day (gpcpd) for residential connections
and ≤ 110 gallon per capita per day (gpcpd) for non-residential connections.
However, recognizing that the City is located in an area that the SJRWMD identifies as a “priority
water resource caution area”, the City shall maintain a community per capita usage of potable water
at or below 110 gallon per capita per day (gpcpd) and should continue to work with the City of
Melbourne and the SJRWMD to reduce the need for potable water within the City.
Generally, water use projections can be forecast by multiplying the population of the service area by
the gross per capita rate. Projections for the Melbourne’s future water supply requirements were
estimated using population information received from the St. Johns River Water Management
District (SJRWMD). A review of more recent data indicated that the actual growth in population
slightly exceeded the SJRWMD Projections. Therefore, the percent increase in population was
calculated for 2007, and all subsequent population projections were increased by that amount. The
City of Satellite Beach populations were interpolated using data from the University of Florida’s
Shimberg Center for Housing for the years 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020. In regards to per capita
demand, a review of the historic data indicated a per capita demand of a little over 100 gallons per
day. However, the first two years of the historic data (1999 & 2000) were drought years, which
resulted in uncharacteristically high per capita demands. The average was then calculated for the last
seven years of the historic data (2001 – 2007), with an average per capita demand of 99 gallons per
day as a result. Therefore, the 99 gallons per capita per day (gpcpd seems to reflect that the City of
Satellite Beach maintains excellent water conservation practices.
Melbourne’s total service area average daily water demand was forecast by multiplying the projected
service area populations by the gross per capita rate as shown in the Table 4-4, Population and Per
Capita Demand.
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