Laurence McNamara, a member of our Planning & Zoning Board, spoke during public commentary at last night's city commission meeting. The City is always looking for suggestions to bring revenue into the City. In fact, they gave the Financial Advisory Board that mission. Here is a city getting into the act. Lake Worth has always been known for good tasting water but now with our own Reverse Osmosis, it will be out of this world. We could make millions. Think about it. It will be like Alaska and their oil...well, that might be stretching it some. :)Mr. McNamara's comment:
With our Reverse Osmosis plant coming on-line we will have the capacity to produce 4.5 million gallons per day of high quality drinking water. I suggest we create a bottling facility capable of processing one percent of this capacity, 45 thousand gpd.
Wholesale pricing for this life sustaining commodity is in the $0.40 per gallon range. This can result in well over $4 million annual gross profit, assuming a 5 day work week, or over $6 million annually for a 7 day week operation, and, will create new local jobs. The start-up costs can be paid back within one year.
In addition, we can set aside 10% of our output on a regular basis for Belle Glade and our sister city in Haiti to alleviate their lack of access to clean drinking water.
Part of the Thies facility (the old beer distribution building) can be used as a storage and distribution center for the product(s). The labeling can include our city logo and our new 1921 Casino to encourage tourism.
The new Sustainability, Economic Development, and Marketing/Communications managers can make a joint effort to put Lake Worth on the map in a good way and more than pay for their salaries with this significant revenue producing project.
My proposal will provide substantial benefits for all Lake Worth residents and I submit it for your serious and immediate consideration.
Laurence McNamara
Chairman, Save The Waterfront & Town
Chairman, Citizens Come First
Note: This was Mr. McNamara's public commentary at the City Commission meeting last night and what I believe is a great idea.
12 comments:
It really is a great idea and I am wondering why I never thought of it myself.
Stupid idea. We don't need more plastic plus you can go to your tap and fill up your own glass of water! Why pay more for in and add more plastic to the environment?
All the earthlings and hippy environmentalists and Cara's people will be now surfacing to say what a bad idea this is. Keep Lake Worth poor. We like it that way.
Bottle the water and ship it down to Haiti? They have a natural water source coming out of the mountains and they cant figure out how to bottle it.
Shipping water is ok but they have to pay just like anyone else. This will be a viable business to make money for our city. Now people have us giving it away before we make a cent. It's time to get business oriented and make some money with what we have. This is not Hugo Chavez. Maybe we can get all these immigrants with green cards to bottle it.
If I remember correctly and I could be wrong We use 7.5 million gallons a day the RO Plant is going to produce 4.5 million gallons a day. Where will we get the water we bottle? From West Palm Beach, or the County? Also we have No Idea what the RO water will taste like. We have to add chemicals to give it a taste. So I am all for making money for the City. I think This is a poor idea.
this will be like anything else in Lake Worth. It will go no where. It should be given to the marketing task force to pursue. We need a visionary though.
Well, it's just a suggestion. I understand that bottled water is Coca Cola's most profitable bottled drink.
Can anyone tell anyone what the cost is in energy to produce this water? I think we will all be quite surprised when we find out.Maybe that 40 cents a gallon might have to be a bit higher.
For the gutless wonder who just tried to post a denigrating personal attack against Laurence Mcnamara, post how you think he lied in his election campaign. And give your name, if you want any credibility, soemthing you said he had none of. You people are without a doubt, the worst bunch of sleaze in this City. You are everything that is wrong with it.
Do you know how to pick up a phone and ask?
Great idea all around-The city makes money and local people get jobs.Way to go , Laurence!
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