House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1658

Reclaimed Water Expansion for City of Fort Myers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Charles Fletcher

Organization:

Lee County Regional Water Supply Authority

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

Reclaimed Water Expansion for City of Fort Myers

Date Submitted:

01/28/2000 11:51:26 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District Member:

Bruce Kyle

Service Area:

City/Town

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties Affected:

Lee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Lee County  Regional Water Supply Authority

Contact:

Charles Fletcher

 

2180 W. First Street, Ste. 208

Contact Phone:

(813) 229-2775

 

 

Fort Myers 33901

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To help supply the regional demand for reclaimed water, and reduce nutrient loading to the Caloosahatchee River at Billy Creek, which is listed in the Florida Department of Environmental Protection 303(d) list. The City's reclaimed water system will be expanded in two ways: 1) Production of more reclaimed water, and 2) increased distribution and storage capacity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Provided/Benefit to State:

 

 

 

 

 

The project will produce reclaimed water and reduce nutrient loadings to the Caloosahatchee River at Billy Creek.  This reuse project is also an environmentally sound method of reducing new water needs is to develop reclaimed water systems.  Public demand in Lee County if projected to increase by more than 30 mgd (a 75% increase) over the next 20 years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

The project will increase the City's production of reclaimed water by 2 mgd and reduce the discharge of wastewater effluent to the Caloosahatchee River by the same amount.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$2,890,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$7,334,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?

 

Yes

 

 

Cash Amount:

$722,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

Yes

 

 

Amount:

$2,977,200

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purpose for future year funding:

 

YesNon-recurring Construction

 

 

Will this be an annual request?

 

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?

 

No

 

Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a documented need for this project?

 

Yes

 

 

Documentation:

Water Advisory Board Application

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

Yes

 

 

Hearing Body:

Lee County Regional Water Supply Authority

 

Meeting Date:

12/16/1999