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

L608
Palmetto Reclaimed Water ASR
Project Type Cooperative Funding
AOR(s)
Water Supply, Water Quality
Basin(s) Manasota
Cooperator(s)
Palmetto
Project Manager MCGOOKEY, SCOTT
Task Manager(s)
Status Ongoing
Description
This project consists of the design, construction, permitting, ultraviolet (UV) disinfection, cycle testing, and operational
permitting for a 1.2 mgd reclaimed water Aquifer Storage Recovery (ASR) well for the City of Palmetto. The ASR well
will be located at the City's Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF). This ASR well will help reduce the demands on
potable water supplies and eliminate the need for surface water discharge of excess reclaimed water to Terra Ceia
Bay.
Benefits
This reclaimed water ASR well will store an estimated 144 million gallons of reclaimed water during wet weather
periods to help offset approximately 276,000 gallons per day (gpd) of future groundwater supply. The City is projecting
a new irrigation demand of 2.2 million gallons per day (mpd) from approximately 3,696 additional residential units from
planned developments by 2010. Reclaimed water flows normally discharged from the City's WWTF to Terra Ceia Bay
will be stored in the ASR well.
Costs
The total project cost is $2,340,000 and the District's share is requested to be $1,134,000. The Manasota Basin
contributed $389,000 in FY2007 and $272,000 in FY2008. The WPSTF contributed $72,000 in FY2007 and $136,000
in FY2008. The Manasota Basin will asked to provide $405,000 in additional funds in FY2011. The cost, amortized at
8 percent over 30 years is $2.05 per 1000 gallons offset, assuming the City will require the new developments to fund
the connection to the City's reuse system. The future funds identified for the project are contingent upon approval of
such amounts by the District Governing and Basin Boards in the annual budget(s).
Additional Information
The City of Palmetto completed a reclaimed water ASR feasibility study in October 2005 that recommended the City
develop a reclaimed water ASR to provide wet weather storage at the Palmetto WWTF site. The City is prepared to
move forward with the construction and permitting of a test well. If this ASR well is successful, one additional
reclaimed water ASR well is planned at the WWTF site. The City has been in communication with Manatee County
and the City of Bradenton about the future development of a regional system and, depending on the results of those
communications, this project could ultimately be an integral part of a more regional system. Of the total project cost of
$2,340,000, approximately 79 percent ($1,850,000) is expected to be needed for construction, and the remainder
($490,000) for design and administration.
District Budgeted - Ad Valorem Based
Revenue
021 Manasota Basin 669,318 0 3,661 3,820
0 676,799
District Budgeted - Outside Revenue
Water Protection & Sust T.F.
(Alternative Wtr)
Prior
Funding
Cumulative FY 2009 FY2010
Transfers Funding Funding
208,000 0 0
0
0
208,000
Project Funds Not Budgeted by the
District
City of Palmetto 661,000 0 0
0 405,000 1,066,000
021 - Manasota Basin 290
Total:
Future
Funding
Total
Funding
$1,950,799