Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Our water situation

The problem:

The City's existing water permit expires on January 11, 2011 and has a current allocation of 2,765 MGY for water from the Surficial Aquifer which was reduced to 2,124 MGY. The South Florida Water Management District further reduced our withdrawals to 5.28 MGD but we use 6.2 MGD's a day on average.

Our well field is located one mile west of the Intracoastal Waterway and we have the potential for saltwater intrusion.

What to do?

Build our own Reverse Osmosis System. There is a Grant available from Stimulus money in the amount of $2.5 million and we have a chance at it. In order to get this Grant, the Commission must vote on going forward with our RO system at the next Commission meeting as it must be submitted by July 12 in order to qualify for any grant money.

Also, the Safe Yield Study must be done and will be key to the renewal of the City's Water Withdrawal Permit. Brown and Caldwell won that bid for $49,928.

The citizens already conserve on Phase III restrictions and we can't expect them to reduce further.

PB Post article

Irrigation schedule for Lake Worth

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