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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1551 |
| Tampa Bay Water System Configuration II Regional Treatment Facility Expansion |
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| Requester: |
David L. Moore, Executive Director |
Organization: |
Southwest Florida Water Management District |
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| Project Title: |
Tampa Bay Water System Configuration II Regional Treatment Facility Expansion |
Date Submitted |
1/4/2008 9:50:57 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Crist |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| More than 2.4 million people currently live in the rapidly growing northern Tampa Bay region. The Tampa Bay Water System Configuration II project is the second phase of an alternative water supply project to meet the growing water needs of the region. Our region's fast-growing population is expected to reach nearly 2.8 million over the next 10 years. While our present water supply infrastructure can adequately serve the area's population near term, new environmentally sustainable water supplies must be online by 2011 to protect our region's economic vitality and treasured natural resources. |
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| Recipient: |
Southwest Florida Water Management District |
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Contact: |
David Rathke, Dir. Community & Legislative Affairs |
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2379 Broad Street |
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Contact Phone: |
(352) 279-2834 |
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Brooksville 34604 |
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Contact email: |
david.rathke@swfwmd.state.fl.us |
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| Counties: |
Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| This project is the second phase of an alternative water supply development project in the Tampa Bay region. The System Configuration II project involves an expansion of Tampa Bay Water's successful Surface Water Supply System by implementing enhancements to the surface water system that will provide a median yield of 25 million gallons per day (MGD) of additional drinking water supply. A core component of the project is an expansion of the Regional Treatment Facility capacity to 99 MGD. The Regional Treatment Facility utilizes innovative treatment techniques to process surface water from the Hillsborough River, Tampa Bypass Canal, Alafia River, and the C.W. Bill Young Reservoir into drinking water that meets and exceeds all state and federal requirements. The surface water that provides the water supply for this project is withdrawn when river flows are above minimum levels and only after all environmental needs are met. This ensures that the nationally significant Tampa Bay estuary is protected. The project includes the construction of withdrawal, transmission, pumping and treatment facilities. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| This project, proposed by Tampa Bay Water (a regional wholesale water supplier) and the Southwest Florida Water Management District, would expand a successful alternative water supply system. It will utilize surface water in an environmentally sustainable manner to meet drinking water needs for a projected 2.8 million residents in the Tampa Bay region. The project will result in 1) a median increase in treated drinking water of 25 MGD, 2) enhancement of the use of the existing Surface Water System by augmenting the C.W. Bill Young Regional Reservoir with increased wet season surface water, 3) protection of minimum flows in the lower Hillsborough River, and 4) provide further demonstration of a successful regional partnership model to provide an alternative water supply. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$10,000,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$232,000,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local |
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Cash Amount |
$10,000,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$10,000,000 |
To Fund: |
Construction |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
Southwest Florida Water Management District Regional Water Supply Plan |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Pasco County Legislative Delegation |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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Yes |
| Is the project eligible under section 403.885(2),F.S. to protect public health or the environment; and implement plans developed pursuant to the Surface Water Improvement and Management Act created in part IV of Chapter 373,F.S., other water restoration plans required by law, management plans prepared pursuant to 2.403.067,F.S., or other plans adopted by local government for water quality improvement and water restoration? |
Yes |
| Is your project addressed in a state, regional or local plan (such as a SWIM Plan, Comprehensive Plan, Local Master Plan, etc.)? |
Yes |
| Name the plan and cite the pages on which the project is described: |
| Southwest Florida Water Management District Regional Water Supply Plan, pages 128 - 132. |
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| Are requesting funding for a stormwater, surface water restoration, or other water management project? |
Yes |
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| In which Water Management District is your project located? |
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Southwest Florida Water Management District |
| Have you provided at least 50% match (that is, one-half the total project cost identified in this request? |
Yes |
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Match Amount: |
10000000 |
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Match Source: |
SWFWMD and Tampa Bay Water |
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| Will this project reduce pollutant loadings to a water management district designated 'priority' surface water body? |
Yes |
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Name of water body: |
Tampa Bay |
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| Describe, specifically, how it will reduce loadings, identify anticipated load reductions for total suspended solids, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, and other contaminants, and specify the practices that will be used to reduce loadings: |
| The water withdrawals from the Hillsborough River and Tampa Bypass Canal will reduce the pounds of nitrogen and phosphorus flowing to Tampa Bay. The Tampa Bay Estuary Program has identified the water withdrawals by Tampa Bay Water as one of the components of their strategy to reduce nutrient loadings to Tampa Bay. |
| Is the project under construction? |
Yes |
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| Are you requesting funding for a wastewater project? |
No |
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| Are you requesting funding for a drinking water project? |
Yes |
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| Have you received or applied for funding for this project from DEP's State Revolving Fund (SRF) program under section 403.8532,F.S.? |
No |
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| Is the project under construction? |
Yes |
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| Have you provided a match? |
Yes |
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Amount: |
10000000 |
Source: |
SWFWMD and Tampa Bay Water |
