TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Peter D. Lear, CPA, CGMA, City Manager
TITLE: First Amendment to the Agreement 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 the First Amendment to the 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 be 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 and resulted in a Cooperative Funding Agreement which was approved by the City Commission on May 10, 2017. Permitting and bidding has been completed and the City is moving forward with construction anticipated 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.
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 storage a...
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