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Comprehensive Plan Potable Water Sub-Element <br /> <br /> <br />Community Development Department Indian River County 14 <br /> <br /> TABLE 3.B.4 <br /> INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br /> HISTORICAL AVERAGE WATER DEMAND PER DWELLING UNIT <br /> <br />YEAR <br /> <br />AREA <br /> <br />SINGLE-FAMILY <br /> <br />MULTI-FAMILY <br /> <br />North County <br /> <br />197 GPD/Unit <br /> <br />236 GPD/Unit <br /> <br />1983 <br /> <br />South County <br /> <br />172 GPD/Unit <br /> <br />94 GPD/Unit <br /> <br />North County <br /> <br />204 GPD/Unit <br /> <br />204 GPD/Unit <br /> <br />1984 <br /> <br />South County <br /> <br />170 GPD/Unit <br /> <br />95 GPD/Unit <br /> <br />North County <br /> <br />208 GPD/Unit <br /> <br />187 GPD/Unit <br /> <br />1985 <br /> <br />South County <br /> <br />182 GPD/Unit <br /> <br />108 GPD/Unit <br /> <br />North County <br /> <br />211 GPD/Unit <br /> <br />170 GPD/Unit <br /> <br />1986 <br /> <br />South County <br /> <br />200 GPD/Unit <br /> <br />100 GPD/Unit <br /> <br />1996 <br /> <br />Countywide <br /> <br />234 GPD/Unit <br /> <br />234 GPD/Unit <br />Source: Indian River County Water System Master Plan <br /> <br />With respect to infrastructure planning, an important consideration is level of service. Generally, a <br />Level of Service standard is an indicator of the degree of service provided by, or proposed to be <br />provided by, a facility based on the operational characteristics of the facility. For water usage, the <br />Level of Service provides the basis for determining the design capacity of a potable water system, <br />including treatment capacity, storage capacity, and the capacity of high service pump stations. <br />Calculation of future demand, projection of required plant capacity, and estimation of the need for <br />future expansion are based on the established level of service. <br /> <br />Based on the historical demand figures shown in Table 3.B.4, future levels of service by land use <br />classifications were established. Table 3.B.5 shows the future level of service standards. While the <br />residential level of service is based on the average daily demand from single-family and multiple- <br />family units and is expressed in terms of gallons per day per unit, the demand for <br />commercial/industrial water uses is expressed in terms of gallons per day per gross acre.