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SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
FY2014 COOPERATIVE FUNDING INITIATIVE APPLICATION FORM
Project Name
Construction - Clearwater - 5 MGD Brackish Floridan Aquifer RO System
Project Number N176
Cooperator
City of Clearwater
Department
Contact Person Elliot Shoberg
Address
100 South Myrtle Ave.
City Sate Zip Clearwter, FL 337585520
Phone # 727-562-4748
Email
elliot.shoberg@myclearwater.com
Project Type:
X Water Supply X Water Quality Flood Protection Natural Systems
Strategic Initiatives:
X Water Quality Maintenance and Improvement Water Quality Monitoring
X Alternative Water Supply Conservation
Reclaimed Water Regional Water Supply Planning
Emergency Flood Response Floodplain Management
Minimum Flows and Level Establishment and Monitoring Minimum Flows and Levels Recovery
Natural Systems Conservation and Restoration Natural Systems Identification and Monitoring
Indicate All Counties to Benefit From Project:
Charlotte Citrus Desoto Hardee Hernando Highlands Hillsborough Lake
Levy Manatee Marion Pasco X Pinellas Sarasota Sumter Polk
Project Description:
This alternative water supply project will develop a brackish groundwater wellfield to provide potable water to the City of Clearwater.
The project includes design and construction of a 8.0 mgd brackish wellfield and a reverse osmosis treatment plant to produce up
to 6.4 mgd of potable water (5.0 mgd annual average daily produced). This project will utilize local sources of brackish water that is
otherwise unusable. The City will also be using concentrate/brine effluent from its existing water treatment plant as a feed source
for this new plant reducing the demand from the new brackish wellfield. Project components include: pilot plant testing, brackish
wellfield construction, treatment facilities, byproduct treatment and discharge. Water produced by this project will be used to replace
up to 6.4 mgd that the City of Clearwater currently purchases from Pinellas County through an existing interlocal agreement.
The City of Clearwater is currently purchasing approximately 7.0 mgd from Pinellas County. This water is supplied from Tampa Bay
Water’s various water supply systems. By producing potable water locally from brackish water sources, the City of Clearwater can
become more self-sufficient and reduce their contribution to stress on the regional water supply system.
The City of Clearwater is requesting funding for a multi-year project with an estimated cost of $34,800,000. Of this total project cost,
the request is for 44% funding from the District ($15,216,890). For FY2014, the total budget is for $12,000,000 with the District
assuming 50% ($6,000,000) and will cover costs associated with wellfield and treatment plant construction activities. Prior efforts
funded solely by the City included a feasibility study and test production wells with associated monitoring well clusters that will
become part of the new wellfield. Cooperatively funded efforts to date have included design and permitting of the wellfield,
treatment plant and initial phases of construction on the injection well.
Describe your organizations efforts in developing, implementing and enforcing water conservation and flood protection
ordinances.
The City of Clearwater has an impressive track record of developing, implementing and enforcing water conservation measures.
The City has met the requirements of the Northern Tampa bay Water Use Caution Area stipulations included in its Water Use
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