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

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Manatee County Indoor Water Conservation 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
MCGOOKEY, SCOTT
Description
This project consists of offering financial incentives to single-family, multi-family, and commercial customers for
replacing conventional toilets (3.5 gallons per flush or greater) with water-conserving equivalents. This project will
target the replacement of approximately 900 conventional toilets with ultra-low volume (ULV) toilets, which use up to
1.6 gallons per flush (gpf) or High Efficiency Toilets (HET's) that use up to 1.28 gpf. The project will provide rebates for
toilets at $100 per fixture with a maximum of two toilets per unit. This proposed project is the third phase to the
Manatee County Indoor Water Conservation Project originally funded in FY2007.
Benefits
This FY2009 project is estimated to save 20,079 gallons per day (gpd), or 7,328,835 gallons per year.
Costs
The total project cost is $126,144. The Manasota Basin Board has funded 50 percent, or $63,072, in FY2009.
Manatee County's share is $63,072. The cost amortized at 8 percent over 20 years, is $1.46 per thousand gallons.
The savings is calculated using a weighted average due to the varying life expectancies of the different water saving
equipment.
Additional Information
Manatee County currently services over 90,000 potable water accounts and anticipates continued growth over the
next 20 years. This program is an indoor conservation component to Manatee County's existing Water Conservation
Incentive Program for the County's retail water customers. The program also addresses the Manatee County Board of
County Commissioner's policies on water conservation and is supported by the Utilities recent development of a
conservation based tiered rate structure for potable water. One year of account-level metered water-use data prior to
and one year of metered water use after the retrofit installation will be collected as the raw data for the final savings
analysis. Manatee County Utilities will provide actual billing data and ensure 100 percent fixture inspection. This
project will also institute an educational program designed to assist customers in long-term maintenance related to
water savings, such as selecting parts for repairs, leak detection and choosing proper replacement flapper models for
their HET or ULV toilets. This effort will ensure the retrofit fixture will remain a water-conserving fixture for its
life-expectancy. Bi-monthly status reports will be provided to the District to update project accomplishments.
Prior
Funding
Cumulative FY 2009 FY2010
Transfers Funding Funding
District Budgeted - Ad Valorem Based
Revenue
021 Manasota Basin 0 0 64,792 5,366
0 70,158
Project Funds Not Budgeted by the
District
Manatee County 0 0 63,072
0
0 63,072
Total:
Future
Funding
Total
Funding
$133,230
Critical Project Milestones Projected Amended Actual
Execute Agreement 5/1/09 5/1/09
Start Rebates 5/18/09 5/15/09
Final Distribution report 8/31/10
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