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Approved Date
10/12/2010
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2010-252A (9)
Agenda Item Number
10.A.3
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Comprehensive Plan
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EAR based Amendment 2030 Comprehensive Plan
Chapter 8 Conservation Element
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Comprehensive Plan Conservation Element <br />Although total daily water consumption has decreased, it is anticipated that water consumption will <br />increase in the future as non -citrus agricultural uses, including possible bio -fuel crop production, <br />become established. For this reason, the county should develop policies to ensure that future water <br />demand is adequately addressed. These policies should be incorporated into the Potable Water Sub - <br />Element of the comprehensive plan. <br />Currently, the SJRWMD is preparing a regional groundwater model that will provide an updated <br />estimate of groundwater quality and quantity in the surficial and Floridan aquifers. Indications from <br />the SJRWMD suggest that there will be no significant reduction in the quantity or quality of water <br />available in the Floridan aquifer in Indian River County through at least 2025. With respect to the <br />surficial aquifer, however, there are preliminary indications from the SJRWMD of potential <br />drawdown impacts in the Fellsmere and Vero Beach wellfield areas. <br />In 1988, the U.S. Geological Survey published a water resources investigations report on <br />geohydrology in Indian River County. Because it has been 20 years since that report was completed, <br />the County Agriculture Advisory Committee (AAC) recently recommended that the County obtain <br />an updated countywide geohydrologic survey, with seismic profiles or comparable data. Going <br />forward, the County should heed the AAC's recommendation and adopt a policy to obtain an <br />updated countywide geohydrologic survey. <br />Consistent with the County's landscape ordinance, all new developments are required to install <br />irrigation systems and connect to wastewater effluent lines when available. Additionally, the <br />ordinance requires a minimum of 50 percent of all new landscape material associated with new <br />developments to be drought tolerant ("xeriscape") vegetation. (Xeriscape refers landscape plants that <br />require little or no artificial irrigation beyond natural rainfall). <br />Within the county, non -regulatory water conservation measures include fee simple purchases of <br />scrub lands through the County's Environmental Lands Program. This has resulted in the <br />preservation of large tracts of open space in groundwater recharge areas. <br />Over the last several years, drought -like conditions have persisted in Florida, with the year 2000 <br />being the driest year on record in south Florida. To promote water conservation in light of these <br />droughts, the SJRWMD has prohibited the irrigation of lawns and landscapes between 10 a.m. and 4 <br />p.m. district -wide since 1991. Recently, additional watering restrictions were adopted. The newly <br />adopted regulations limit the irrigation of lawns and landscapes to a maximum of two days per week, <br />with all watering prohibited between the -hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The current watering <br />restrictions are projected to reduce overall water consumption by 15-20%. <br />Rather than adopt a water conservation ordinance duplicative of the SJRWMD's watering time <br />restrictions, Indian River County's approach has been and will continue to be to promote public <br />education on water conservation measures and to conserve water by means other than restricting <br />watering times, such as requiring drought tolerant species in the county landscape ordinance and <br />Community Development Department Indian River County 100 <br />
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