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

H069
PR/MRWSA Reg Loop System Ph 1A
Project Type WS&R Dev.
AOR(s)
Water Supply
Basin(s) General Fund (District), Peace River, Manasota
Cooperator(s)
Project Manager FERGUSON, JOHN
Task Manager(s)
Status Ongoing
Peace River/Manasota Regional Water Supply Auth.
ARMSTRONG, BRIAN, GOODWIN, AUDRIE
Description
The Regional Integrated Loop System project is a series of transmission pipelines that will be developed to regionally
transfer and deliver water from existing and future alternative supplies to demand centers within the Peace River
Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority's four county region. This project will connect the water supply systems of
the Authority, Charlotte County and the City of Punta Gorda so that the additional water from the recently expanded
facility on Shell Creek can be shared regionally. Construction of the interconnect consists of approximately 12 miles of
a 24 inch diameter line interconnecting the Shell Creek facility to the Peace River facility, and includes a sub-aqueous
crossing of the lower Peace River. The project will have a minimum design capacity of 6 million gallons a day.
Benefits
Development of this project will integrate regional resources; maximize surface water for public supply; provide
rotational capacity and the ability to rest sources; provide for reserve capacity for emergency transfers; provide
alternatives to the development of groundwater in the Southern Water Use Caution Area (SWUCA); and better match
supply, demand, and financial investment on a regional basis.
Costs
The total estimated cost for the Phase 1A project is $19,015,000, with the requested District's share being
$12,007,500. The District funding is divided between the Governing Board, $6,003,750 (50%); the Manasota Basin
Board, $4,382,738 (36.5%); and the Peace River Basin Board, $1,621,012 (13.5%). Ad Valorum shares were
budgeted in FY2008, and funding received from the West Central Florida Water Restoration Action Plan (WRAP) was
applied in FY2009.
$5,000,000 in WRAP funding was budgeted in FY2009 in place of Ad Valorum funding. When the availablity of
the WRAP funding was evident, the District's FY2008 project budget was reduced from a total of $7,407,410 to
$7,007,500. This reduction is not represented in the funding table below. The actual FY2008 shares were: Governing
Board $3,503,750, Manasota Basin $2,557,738, Peace River Basin $946,012.
Additional Information
The Phase 1A pipeline was designed as an alternative to two separately proposed pipelines, the Authority's Integrated
Regional Loop system Phase 1 (H050) and Charlotte County's Emergency Interconnect (L636). The original Phase 1
route was designed to interconnect the Peace River and Shell Creek water treatment plants via an extension of the
DeSoto County Regional Transmission System southward along US-17. Charlotte County was also planning to
construct an emergency interconnect consisting of a sub-aqueous crossing of the Peace River, to interconnect the
water supply systems of Charlotte County and Punta Gorda. Discussions were initiated in 2006 to combine the
projects and achieve the benefits of both pipelines. The revised and expanded pipeline (H069), was approved by both
Charlotte County and the Authority Board in June 2006. This expanded pipeline is designed to transfer up to 6 MGD
between the Authority, Charlotte County, and Punta Gorda. In creating this interconnect, water provided by Punta
Gorda to Charlotte County will offset the County's demand on the Peace River facility. This offset can then be made
available to other Members of the Authority or placed into storage to create additional reliability for the regional
system.
The PRMRWSA Board awarded the design consultant contract to DMK Associates for Phase 1A in September 2007.
Subsequently in October 17, 2007, the project was issued a notice to proceed. In February 2008, DMK presented the
Preliminary Engineering Report which District staff reviewed. In June 2008, the Authority presented a draft of the Basis
of Design Report to the District for review. District staff attended a meeting on the BODR, during which the pipeline
route options were accepted. Also discussed was additional monitoring and treatment for water blending between
treatment plants. The Cooperative Funding Agreement between the District and Authority was executed in September
2008. The contract period is back-dated to July 25, 2007 and remain in effect through February 2012.
In February, 2009, the Authority submitted a draft amendment to the existing interlocal agreement with Charlotte
County and the City of Punta Gorda to reflect the current project. The amendment includes the sale transfer of the
interconnect's northern segment. Charlotte County has already installed and put into service this 3000' long segment,
which runs from the DeSoto/Charlotte County border southward to a connection by a new shopping center. The
Authority intends to purchase this segment and anticipates the cost to be eligible for funding. South of the Peace
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