09-2028 Addendum to 2007 Water Supply Facilities Work Plan

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CITY OF CASSELBERRY WATER FACILITIES WORK PLAN I. Introduction The traditional source of drinking water for Central Florida has been the Floridan aquifer, an artesian aquifer that covers approximately 100,000 square miles and supplies all of the State of Florida with its potable water. As with all sources of fresh water, the Floridan aquifer is not an unlimited resource. Due to the unprecedented growth seen throughout the state, four of the five water management districts have acknowledged there is soon to be a significant shortage between the potable water demand and available supply. As a result, the Florida Legislature enacted bills in 2002, 2004 and 2005 that essentially require confOmllty between all future land use planning and water supply planning. As a result of this legislation, all local governments subject to a regional water supply plan must revise their comprehensive plans within eighteen months after the approval of the regional water supply plan. Seminole County lies within the St. John's River Water Management SJRWMD (SJRWMD) and has been designated a Priority Water Resource Caution Area (PWRCA). The 2005 Priority Water Resource Caution Area, District Water Supply Plan was approved by the SJRWMD Governing Board on February 7, 2006. Therefore Seminole County and all municipalities located within must prepare their 10-year water supply facilities work plan and have their comprehensive pia\! updated by August 7, 2007. This document has been prepared to satisfy the Gty of Casselberry's requirement for the water supply plan. Land Design Innovations, Inc. was commissioned to assist Gty staff with the preparation of this ten-year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan, and to incotporate it into the Gty's Comprehensive Plan. The Casselberry Water Supply Plan must: o Project the Gty's water needs for at least a ten-year period; o Identify and prioritize the water supply facilities, primary source and alternate source(s) of water needed to meet the projected demand; o Include the capital improvements needed for the first five years, including financially feasible revenue sources; and o Include a ten-year Capital Improvements schedule. II. Water Supply and Facilities This section identifies the Gty of Casselberry's potable water service area, the potable water sources and the capacities of the welliields, plants, and distribution lines. A Permitted Capacity On July 28, 2000, the SJRWMD issued a Consumptive Use Pemllt (CUP) for the Gty of Casselberry (Pemllt Number 8284). This CUP authorizes the use of 2,563.0 million gallons per year of ground water from the Floridan aquifer to supply an estimated population of 50,152 people with water for household, commercial, industrial, irrigation, and water utility uses with a maximum daily allocation of 21.8 million gallons per day (rngd) for essential use (fire protection) in the year 2020. The CUP allocation for each year is provided below in Table 1. i:ana 1Jw3" ?nnOf/afiom, ?nc. Page I