TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA
TITLE: Approve the Twenty (20) Year Projected Water Demand Report for Submittal to the Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority (PRMRWSA).
Recommended Action
Approve the twenty (20) year projected water demand report for submittal to the Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority (PRMRWSA).
Background Information
Pursuant to the Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority (PRMRWSA) Master Water Supply Contract (MWSC), Section 11, each customer of the PRMRWSA is asked to submit a report by January 15th of each year that identifies the following:
? Total projected water demand by Contract Year for the next 20 years;
? That portion of the total 20 year demand the customer requires the PRMRWSA to fulfill in terms of Annual Average Daily Quantity, Peak Month Average Daily Quantity and Maximum Daily Quantity;
? The basis for each projection.
This information is used to develop future total regional demands and is used as the basis for future development of sources. The PRMRWSA will use the projections as the basis for the planning and cost sharing for new water supply, storage, and treatment capital projects.
Staff recommends keeping the projected water needed from PRMRWSA at the current 2.865 mgd through contract year 2044. These numbers are reflected on the 2023 Annual Water Demand/Supply Sources Projections attached. The number is found in the column with the heading "Peace River Schedule B (MGD)". It is also recommended to keep the City's future water request from PRMRWSA at zero. This number can be found on the same attachment in the column with the heading, "Peace River Schedule C (MGD)". Keeping this number at zero does not lead to a financial commitment by the City to develop a future water supply with PRMRWSA.
Pursuant to Section 11.2 of the PRMRWSA Master Water Supply Contract, the PRMRWSA is not obligated to ac...
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