MANASOTA & PEACE RIVER BBDs Meeting Notebook 10-21-09.docx

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Manatee County Rain Sensor Installation Project
Project Type Cooperative Funding
AOR(s)
Water Supply
Basin(s) Manasota
Cooperator(s)
Manatee County
Project Manager MCGOOKEY, SCOTT
Task Manager(s)
Status Ongoing
Description
This project provides incentives to encourage existing Manatee County homeowners and businesses who use potable
water as a landscape irrigation source to install a rain sensor device on their existing automatic irrigation system.
Manatee County Board of County Commissioners has initiated a Water Conservation Rebate Incentive Program
targeted on reducing or eliminating the use of potable water for landscape irrigation. This program addresses the
Manatee County Comprehensive Plan policies on water conservation and is supported by increased rates for potable
water use in landscape irrigation. The Rain Sensor Shut-off Device rebate provides a cost share program (50% of cost
up to $50) to any eligible customer who installs a rain sensor device on their automatic irrigation system. Recipients
must provide documentation of cost and are subject to a site verification. Project participants must receive their
potable water from and be billed by Manatee County Utilities Operations which includes the western unincorporated
service area of Manatee County and the cities of Anna Maria, Bradenton Beach and Holmes Beach. It is estimated
there will be 250 sensors installed at a cost of $50 each.
Benefits
Saving 100 gpd per site (based upon the water savings data of a 1997 Hernando County Utility Department study).
The estimated water savings is 25,000 gallons per day.
Costs
The total project cost is $12,500 and the Manasota Basin Board Budgeted $6,250 in FY2006.The cost benefit, based
on the total cost amortized at 8% interest over 5 years, is $0.33 per thousand gallons saved.
Prior
Funding
Cumulative FY 2009 FY2010
Transfers Funding Funding
District Budgeted - Ad Valorem Based
Revenue
021 Manasota Basin 12,035 0 1,670
0
0 13,705
Project Funds Not Budgeted by the
District
Manatee County 6,250 0 0
0
0 6,250
Total:
Future
Funding
Total
Funding
$19,955
Critical Project Milestones Projected Amended Actual
Draft Agreement to Contract Administration: 1/31/06 2/28/06
Draft Agreement returned from Contract Administration: 2/28/06 3/20/06
Contract Executed: 8/31/06 1/24/07
Notice to Proceed: 9/1/06 1/25/07
Program Implementation: 12/31/06 12/31/06
Basin Board Notification: 4/11/07 4/11/07
Rebates Complete: 12/31/07 8/1/09 8/25/09
Contract Termination: 12/31/09
Status As Of: August 25, 2009
The Manatee County Extension Service has distributed program fliers/applications at several classes and community
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