TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Peter D. Lear, CPA, CGMA, Interim City Manager
TITLE: Cooperative Funding Agreement No. 17CF00000449 between the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) and the City of North Port for "Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Permanent Facilities" (N833)".
Recommended Action
Approve Cooperative Funding Agreement No. 17CF00000449 between the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) and the City of North Port for "Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Permanent Facilities" (N833)".
Background Information
The City's ASR well project began in 1998 with cooperative funding from the SWFWMD. Since that time, the City has applied for continued cooperative funding each year for the project, providing a project work plan, funding availability, and schedule of tasks and deadlines to completed each fiscal year. The information provided in each cooperative funding application forms the basis upon which each Cooperative Funding Agreement is based. The design and construction of the Permanent ASR Facilities was submitted to SWFWMD for cooperative funding consideration in October, 2015, with design to be completed in June of 2017 so permitting and bidding can be performed for construction to be completed in July 2018. The timing of the work plan is critical to the performance of Cycle Test 6, so the injection of water into the ASR well can be done during the rainy season for subsequent recovery. SWFWMD has finalized the Cooperative Funding Agreement for this phase of the project.
Diversifying raw water sources is important for water supply reliability. With respect to costs of treatment, the treatment of brackish groundwater sources is more costly than for surface water. With respect to availability, surface waters are more readily available during the summer rainy season as opposed to the winter dry season when seasonal populations and water demands are at their highest. An aquifer s...
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