Tampa Bay Region - Southwest Florida Water Management District
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SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT<br />
FY2014 COOPERATIVE FUNDING INITIATIVE APPLICATION FORM<br />
Project Name<br />
Construction - Clearwater - 5 MGD Brackish <strong>Florida</strong>n Aquifer RO System<br />
Project Number N176<br />
Cooperator<br />
City of Clearwater<br />
Department<br />
Contact Person Elliot Shoberg<br />
Address<br />
100 South Myrtle Ave.<br />
City Sate Zip Clearwter, FL 337585520<br />
Phone # 727-562-4748<br />
Email<br />
elliot.shoberg@myclearwater.com<br />
Project Type:<br />
X <strong>Water</strong> Supply X <strong>Water</strong> Quality Flood Protection Natural Systems<br />
Strategic Initiatives:<br />
X <strong>Water</strong> Quality Maintenance and Improvement <strong>Water</strong> Quality Monitoring<br />
X Alternative <strong>Water</strong> Supply Conservation<br />
Reclaimed <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Region</strong>al <strong>Water</strong> Supply Planning<br />
Emergency Flood Response Floodplain <strong>Management</strong><br />
Minimum Flows and Level Establishment and Monitoring Minimum Flows and Levels Recovery<br />
Natural Systems Conservation and Restoration Natural Systems Identification and Monitoring<br />
Indicate All Counties to Benefit From Project:<br />
Charlotte Citrus Desoto Hardee Hernando Highlands Hillsborough Lake<br />
Levy Manatee Marion Pasco X Pinellas Sarasota Sumter Polk<br />
Project Description:<br />
This alternative water supply project will develop a brackish groundwater wellfield to provide potable water to the City of Clearwater.<br />
The project includes design and construction of a 8.0 mgd brackish wellfield and a reverse osmosis treatment plant to produce up<br />
to 6.4 mgd of potable water (5.0 mgd annual average daily produced). This project will utilize local sources of brackish water that is<br />
otherwise unusable. The City will also be using concentrate/brine effluent from its existing water treatment plant as a feed source<br />
for this new plant reducing the demand from the new brackish wellfield. Project components include: pilot plant testing, brackish<br />
wellfield construction, treatment facilities, byproduct treatment and discharge. <strong>Water</strong> produced by this project will be used to replace<br />
up to 6.4 mgd that the City of Clearwater currently purchases from Pinellas County through an existing interlocal agreement.<br />
The City of Clearwater is currently purchasing approximately 7.0 mgd from Pinellas County. This water is supplied from <strong>Tampa</strong> <strong>Bay</strong><br />
<strong>Water</strong>’s various water supply systems. By producing potable water locally from brackish water sources, the City of Clearwater can<br />
become more self-sufficient and reduce their contribution to stress on the regional water supply system.<br />
The City of Clearwater is requesting funding for a multi-year project with an estimated cost of $34,800,000. Of this total project cost,<br />
the request is for 44% funding from the <strong>District</strong> ($15,216,890). For FY2014, the total budget is for $12,000,000 with the <strong>District</strong><br />
assuming 50% ($6,000,000) and will cover costs associated with wellfield and treatment plant construction activities. Prior efforts<br />
funded solely by the City included a feasibility study and test production wells with associated monitoring well clusters that will<br />
become part of the new wellfield. Cooperatively funded efforts to date have included design and permitting of the wellfield,<br />
treatment plant and initial phases of construction on the injection well.<br />
Describe your organizations efforts in developing, implementing and enforcing water conservation and flood protection<br />
ordinances.<br />
The City of Clearwater has an impressive track record of developing, implementing and enforcing water conservation measures.<br />
The City has met the requirements of the Northern <strong>Tampa</strong> bay <strong>Water</strong> Use Caution Area stipulations included in its <strong>Water</strong> Use<br />
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