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Status of Regional Water Supply Plan Updates

Status of Regional Water Supply Plan Updates. John Mulliken Director, Water Supply Planning Division Water Supply Department Water Resources Advisory Commission May 4, 2006. Today’s Topics. Background Recent workshops Issues. Kissimmee Basin. Upper East Coast. Lower West Coast.

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Status of Regional Water Supply Plan Updates

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  1. Status of Regional Water Supply Plan Updates John Mulliken Director, Water Supply Planning Division Water Supply Department Water Resources Advisory Commission May 4, 2006

  2. Today’s Topics • Background • Recent workshops • Issues

  3. Kissimmee Basin Upper East Coast LowerWest Coast LowerEast Coast FourWater Supply Plan Regions

  4. Background • Senate Bills 444 & 360 • Linkage with Local Government Comprehensive Planning Process • Plans to be updated by July 2006

  5. Updated Water Supply Plans • Planning period: 2005 to 2025 • Updated population and water supply demands projections • Traditional water sources can not meet future needs • List of water resource projects • List of alternative water supply projects to meet 2025 demands

  6. Recent Meetings • WRAC Issues Workshops • Late April – all regions • Issues • Finalize demand projections • Regional water availability • Recommended projects

  7. Water Supply Plan Documents • New Look • Concise (< 100 pages) • Enclosed CD • Technical reports • Data and information for local governments • Reader-friendly plan • Deliver take home messages for public and decision-makers

  8. Alternative Water Supply Projects • Nine months collecting and analyzing information from water suppliers • Proposed projects • Supporting data • Some utilities have not yet participated • Showing gaps between projected growth and proposed capacity in some areas

  9. Public Water SupplyProjected Demands and Proposed Projects

  10. Proposed Non-Potable Projects

  11. Comparison of Non-Potable Capacity to Potable Shortfall

  12. Linking Water Supply & Land Use Planning Within 12 months of District notification local governments tell SFWMD what projects that it will implement Within 6 months local governments are notified of projects recommended in plans Within 18 months after Regional Water Supply Plans are approved, local governments submit 10-year water facilities plan to DCA SFWMD Regional Water Supply Plans are updated January 2008 July 2006 November 2008 January 2007 Local governments report annually to the SFWMD by Nov. 15 on progress implementing projects

  13. Local Government Impact • Formal response • 10 year facilities plan • Comp Plan Update • DCA review for consistency • Comp plan amendments • DRIs • Facilities plan

  14. Staff Proposal • Incorporate annual plan amendment process for next three years • Allow utilities to finish on-going feasibilities study's and to propose projects • Give agricultural community more time to identify actual projects • Time amendment to integrate with annual AWS funding process

  15. Public & DEP Review of Drafts • Distribute documents when complete • Submit plans to DEP • Hold regional WRAC Issue Workshops in May and June • Present plans and workshop results to WRAC in May and plans in June

  16. Next Steps • Distribute draft documents to public and DEP as soon as possible • Develop process for annual plan amendments to update project lists in 2007, 2008 and 2009 • Identify “recommended” projects for water suppliers with inadequate future capacity

  17. Questions

  18. Percent Increase Population -2005 to 2025

  19. Population by Region 2025 Total Population = 10.3 Million 2025 Total PWS Demand = 1.9 BGD

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