Water Supply Plan - City of Miami

City of Miami
Water Supply Facilities Work Plans
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POTABLE WATER
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Policy PW-1.1.1: Since the potable water network is an interconnected, countywide
system, the City departments of Public Works and Planning will cooperate with Miami-
Dade County WASA Water and Sewer Department (MDWASD) to jointly develop
methodologies and procedures for biannually updating estimates of system demand and
capacity, and ensure that sufficient capacity to serve development exists. (See Natural
Resource Conservation Policy NR-2.1.4.)
Objective PW-1.2: The City shall coordinate with the MDWASD to ensure adequate levels
of safe potable water are available to meet the needs of the city. (See Natural Resource
Conservation Objective NR-2.1.)
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Policy PW-1.2.2: Pursuant to Chapter 163.3177(6)(c), F.S., the City shall adopted a
Potable Water Supply Facilities Work Plan (contained in Appendix PW-1 of the MCNP) for
a 20-year planning period that is consistent reflects coordination with the current South
Florida Water Management District’s Lower East Coast Water Supply Plan Update
approved by the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) on February 15,
2007, and the current adopted County Water Supply Facilities Work Plan by August 15,
2008, and if not, as soon as possible before the end of the calendar year, 2008. (The work
plan will be updated, at a minimum, every 5 years and within 18 months after the South
Florida Water Management District’s approval of an updated Lower East Coast Regional
Water Supply Plan. (See Natural Resource Conservation Policy NR-2.1.7.)
Policy PW-1.2.3: The City will cooperate and participate to the fullest extent possible with
Miami-Dade County to maintain procedures and programs to monitor levels of service of
each water supply, water treatment and wastewater treatment facility for use by agencies
that issue development orders or permits. Such procedures may include the establishment
of water and wastewater allocation processes to assure that adequate water supply, and
water and wastewater transmission and treatment capacity is available prior to issuance of
development orders or permits pursuant to Chapter 163.3180(2)(a), F.S.
Policy PW-1.2.4: The City will continue to coordinate through the Planners Technical
Committee and Miami-Dade County on annual bases to utilize, expand and pursue the
development of new potable water wellfields and alternative water supplies to meet the
City’s existing and future water supply needs. Such coordination efforts will include the
transmittal of information for large-scale future land use changes, population and demand
projections, water supply needs, implementation of alternative water supply projects,
establishment of level of service standards, and servicing of newly annexed areas.
Policy PW-1.2.5: In the development of its future potable water supplies, the City shall, to
the maximum extent feasible, utilize methods which preserve the integrity of the Biscayne
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