Wednesday, December 05, 2012 - Regular Planning ... - Polk County

POLK COUNTY
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE
STAFF REPORT
DRC Date October 4, 2012 LEVEL: Level 4
PC Date: December 5, 2012 TYPE: Conditional Use
BOCC Date: January 8, 2013 CASE #: CU 12-21
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56115 (Edgehill WTP)
A county initiated request to expand the Edgehill Water Treatment
Facility, a Class III Utility, to ±1.1 MGD by adding an additional
raw water well and an additional 2.01± acres of land.
Gary Fries, Director, Polk County Utilities
Polk County
The site is located east of U.S. Highway 27, at 101 Cottonwood
Drive in Section 29, Township 26, Range 27.
2.01± acre expansion, 5.95± acres total
Residential Medium (RMX)
North Ridge Selected Area Plan
Transit Supportive Development Area (TSDA)
The nearest municipality is the City of Haines City, Over one mile
to the south.
Erik Peterson, AICP
This is a request to recognize the Edgehill water treatment plant and approve the addition of a
second well and additional acreage. The addition of this raw water well along with
improvements on the system at the Loma Linda plant will render an additional 642,000 gallons
per day of capacity to the northeast Regional Public Water System. The Edgehill Water
Treatment Plant is currently producing approximately 527,600 gallons per day (GPD) with one
well. The additional well will increase production to 1,055,000 GPD. In addition to the added
capacity, the project provides operational improvements and redundancy to ensure more
consistent pressure throughout the system and backup in the event of emergencies. The
proposed expansion and additional well will not require any external modifications to the water
treatment plant.
Approval of this plant expansion has little or no discernible impacts on the area’s infrastructure
and services. However the expansion will potentially enable another 1,800 dwelling units to be
developed within the Northeast Utility Services Area (NERUSA). The NERUSA potable water
system is made up of eight (8) different water treatment plants (WTPs) interconnected through
one master network of transmission lines. Some plants have additional raw water wells feeding
into them, as is the case with the proposed improvement to Edgehill. The system has been
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