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Comprehensive Plan Potable Water Sub-Element <br /> <br /> <br />Community Development Department Indian River County 12 <br /> <br />FRANCHISED WATER SYSTEMS <br /> <br />In addition to the county’s public potable water treatment facilities, there are three private franchised <br />systems which also provide potable water to portions of the unincorporated county. By agreement <br />with Indian River County, the franchised systems are permitted to serve a specified geographic area <br />of the county. The area that a franchised system serves may be larger than a single development <br />project. <br /> <br />With the exception of the Fellsmere Management Corporation operated plant at the Fellsmere Trailer <br />Park, each of the franchised water plants will eventually be decommissioned, and their customers <br />will be connected to the regional system. Because it serves an area outside of the county’s urban <br />service area, the plant at the Fellsmere Trailer Park will not be decommissioned. <br /> <br />Table 3.B.3 lists the existing franchised water systems and gives their treatment method, source of <br />water, and design capacity. <br /> <br /> <br /> TABLE 3.B.3. <br /> WATER FRANCHISE FACILITIES IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br /> <br />FRANCHISE <br /> <br />TREATMENT <br />METHOD <br /> <br />SOURCE OF <br />WATER <br /> <br />DESIGN CAPACITY <br /> <br />Sun Agriculture <br />Facility <br /> <br />Chlorination <br /> <br />Surficial aquifer <br /> <br />575,000 GPD <br /> <br />Countryside <br /> <br />Reverse Osmosis <br /> <br />Upper Floridan <br />aquifer <br /> <br />85,000 GPD <br /> <br />Fellsmere <br />Management Corp. <br /> <br />Aeration and <br />Chlorination <br /> <br />Surficial aquifer <br /> <br />115,000 GPD <br />Source: Indian River County Utilities Department <br /> <br /> <br />PRIVATE WELLS <br /> <br />Currently, there are approximately 17,000 private potable water wells within the unincorporated <br />portion of Indian River County. These wells serve residential and non-residential land uses. <br />Generally, private wells are designed to serve single land uses; therefore, distribution is limited to the <br />site of a residence or other land use. Approximately 310 new private potable water wells are <br />established annually within the unincorporated county.