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

B099
Quality of Water Improvement Program - Peace River Basin
Project Type Basin Initiatives
AOR(s)
Water Supply, Water Quality, Natural Systems
Basin(s) Alafia River, Hillsborough River, Northwest Hillsborough, Pinellas-Anclote River, Peace River,
Manasota
Cooperator(s)
Project Manager STOVER, KEVIN
Task Manager(s)
Status Ongoing
Description
Pursuant to F.S. Ch. 373.206, any abandoned artesian well having a detrimental impact on the District's water
resources must be properly plugged. The District's Quality of Water Improvement Program (QWIP) provides funding
assistance to landowners to come into compliance with the statute. To increase landowner cooperation and the
number of abandoned artesian wells plugged annually, without increasing staff levels, the District's Governing Board
has allocated matching funds to augment the Alafia River, Hillsborough River, Northwest Hillsborough,
Pinellas-Anclote River, Peace River, and Manasota Basins QWIP budget to maintain the Funding Assistance Initiative
since January 1, 1994. The Funding Assistance Initiative was designed to reimburse landowners up to 100 percent of
the cost to have their abandoned artesian wells plugged, with a maximum District reimbursement of $5,000 per well
and $15,000 annually per landowner. This incentive has increased landowner cooperation and the number of wells
plugged annually. Under the 50/50 cost sharing program, QWIP plugged an average of 50 wells per year. Under the
Funding Assistance Initiative, the QWIP has reimbursed an average of approximately 200 wells per year.
Prior
Funding
Cumulative FY 2009 FY2010
Transfers Funding Funding
District Budgeted - Ad Valorem Based
Revenue
010 General Fund (Districtwide) 1,027,270 76,810 389,793 659,341
0 2,153,214
011 Alafia River Basin 489,957 29,850 113,808
0
0 633,615
013 Hillsborough River Basin 185,860 10,000 29,498
0
0 225,358
014 Northwest Hillsborough Basin 126,551 0 10,067
0
0 136,618
016 Pinellas-Anclote River Basin 100,746 0 11,703
0
0 112,449
020 Peace River Basin 858,005 36,960 157,143
0
0 1,052,108
021 Manasota Basin 1,483,799 0 200,434 10,000
0 1,694,233
Status As Of: August 25, 2009
Total:
Future
Funding
Since the last update ten wells have been plugged. Since the inception of the program in the mid-1970s, 777 wells have
been plugged in the Peace River Basin. There are 23 additional wells that have been inspected and approved for
plugging. Wells plugged since the last update are as follows: Polk County (1) Sir Richard Giodano - four inch well casing
to unknown depth with a total well depth 272 feet - plugging for a well no longer in use - District reimbursement $1,648;
(2) Polk County Govt. - ten inch well casing to 180 feet with a total well depth 75 feet - plugging for a well no longer in use
- District reimbursement $6,000; (3) Polk Co. Parks & Rec. - four inch well casing to 100 feet with a total well depth 397
feet - plugging for a well no longer in use - District reimbursement $2,219; (4) MSD-Mattie - eight inch well casing to 200
feet with a total well depth 434 feet - plugging for a well no longer in use - District reimbursement $4,466; (5) Polk Co.
Utilities - ten inch well casing to 160 feet - total well depth 625 feet - plugging for a well no longer in use - District
reimbursement $6,000; (6) Castro Oakbridge Venture - four inch well casing to unknown depth with a total well depth 141
feet - plugging for a well no longer in use - District reimbursement $1,118; (7) Farmer Nursery - four inch well casing to
unknown depth with a total well depth 137 feet - plugging for a well no longer in use - District reimbursement $1,096; (8)
Irma Tomlinson - four inch well casing to 203 feet with a total well depth 288 feet - plugging for a well no longer in use -
District reimbursement $2,018; 9) Edward Hines - four inch well casing to unknown depth with a total well depth 88 feet -
plugging for a well no longer in use - District reimbursement $827; Highlands County - 1) Mink Associates - twelve inch
020 - Peace River Basin 80
Total
Funding
$6,007,595