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

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Winter Haven Toilet Rebate Project
Project Type Cooperative Funding
AOR(s)
Water Supply
Basin(s) Peace River
Cooperator(s)
Winter Haven
Project Manager BADER, TAMMY
Task Manager(s)
Status Ongoing
Description
The City of Winter Haven has proposed a water fixture retrofit project to offer incentives for water efficient fixtures,
including low flow toilets and retrofit kits. This project will target the replacement of approximately 1,000 conventional
toilets with low-flow toilets, which use up to 1.6 gallons per flush (gpf). Rebates of up to $100 will be offered to
single and multi-family customers (maximum two per customer) that replace an older high water use toilet with a low
flow toilet. Single-family customers can replace up to two toilets per household, while multi-family establishments will
be encouraged to replace all toilets at one time. All toilets will be inspected by the City of Winter Haven. At the time of
inspection, the customer will be provided with a water conservation kit, which includes low flow showerheads and
faucet aerators, along with educational materials on leak detection and proper flapper replacement specific to the
make and model of the low-volume toilet.
Benefits
This project is anticipated to save an estimated 24,175 gallons of water per day. The various devices to be installed for
this project have different life spans, and so the estimated water savings was calculated using a weighted average
based on the total benefit for the life of the project.
Costs
The total project cost is $107,500, and the Peace River Basin Board approved funding in the amount of $53,750 in
FY2009. The cost amortized at 8 percent over 20 years, is $1.22 per thousand gallons saved (calculated using a
weighted average based on the total benefit for the life of the project).
Additional Information
There are approximately 18,384 single family residences in the City of Winter Haven, which are all eligible participants
for the project. The project is proposing to provide low-flow toilets to 1,000 of those homes.
Prior
Funding
Cumulative FY 2009 FY2010
Transfers Funding Funding
District Budgeted - Ad Valorem Based
Revenue
020 Peace River Basin 0 0 55,684
0
0 55,684
Project Funds Not Budgeted by the
District
City of Winter Haven 0 0 53,750
0
0 53,750
Total:
Future
Funding
Total
Funding
$109,434
Critical Project Milestones Projected Amended Actual
Draft Agreement to Contracts Administration 10/31/08 11/24/08
Draft Agreement returned from Contracts Administration 11/30/08 12/4/08
Contract Executed 12/31/08 2/19/09
Notice to Proceed 1/30/09 2/24/09
Rebates Commence 3/28/09 2/24/09
Rebates Complete 4/1/10
Contract Termination 12/31/11
020 - Peace River Basin 332