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

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(Withdrawn) City of Venice Plumbing Rebate and Retrofit
Project Type Cooperative Funding
AOR(s)
Water Supply
Basin(s) Manasota
Cooperator(s)
City of Venice
Project Manager MCGOOKEY, SCOTT
Task Manager(s)
Status Withdrawn
MCGOOKEY, SCOTT
Description
This project consists of offering financial incentives to potable water customers for replacing conventional toilets and
urinals with water-conserving equivalents, and installing rain sensors on automatic irrigation systems . For customers
that participate in the program, the City will also provide approximately 500 water conservation kits (consisting of items
such as low-flow showerhead, bath and/or kitchen faucet aerators, a toilet tank dam or tummy, toilet flapper valve,
toilet tank leak detection dye tablet, and water conservation educational materials.) This project will target the
replacement of approximately 300 conventional toilets and 100 urinals with low-flow toilets and urinals, which use up to
1.6 gallons per flush (gpf). The project will also target the installation of approximately 100 rain sensor devices. The
City will provide a $100 credit to the customers' water bill upon low-flow toilet or urinal installation and inspection and a
$50 credit for the purchase and installation of a rain sensor. In order to assure that the replaced conventional toilets or
urinals will not be reinstalled at another location, the City will require permanent disposal of the conventional toilet or
urinal as a condition of the rebate.
Benefits
This project is anticipated to save an estimated 34,860 gallons of water per day, based on weighted savings and
lifespans of the various water conserving devices.
Costs
The total cost of this project is estimated to be $94,000, of which the Manasota Basin is requested to fund 50 percent,
or $47,000. Funding in the amount of $47,000 has been budgeted in FY2009. The cost-benefit is $1.39/1,000 gallons,
amortized over 30 years at eight percent interest.
Additional Information
In addition to providing financial assistance for the installation of low- flow toilets and urinals, a goal of this project is to
educate all program participants on methods of indoor water conservation and proper maintenance practices to
ensure low flow toilets and urinals remain a water conservative fixture. Educational materials on flapper replacement
and other water conservation techniques will be disseminated to all program particpants.
Prior
Funding
Cumulative FY 2009 FY2010
Transfers Funding Funding
District Budgeted - Ad Valorem Based
Revenue
021 Manasota Basin 0 0 50,298
0
0 50,298
Project Funds Not Budgeted by the
District
City of Venice 0 0 47,000
0
0 47,000
Total:
Future
Funding
Total
Funding
$97,298
Critical Project Milestones Projected Amended Actual
Execute Agreement 3/31/09
Program Implementation 3/31/09
Distribution Report 10/31/09
Final Report 10/31/10
Contract Closeout 5/31/11
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