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Comprehensive Plan Potable Water Sub-Element <br /> <br /> <br />Community Development Department Indian River County 19 <br />To meet current and future demand, the county has in the past implemented all potable water capital <br />improvements identified in the county’s potable water sub-element. In the future, additional capital <br />improvement projects will need to be undertaken. These include the extension of main water <br />distribution lines, the expansion of treatment capacity, the construction of reuse water lines, the <br />construction of infrastructure associated with the alternative water supply facilities and the <br />construction of new intake surface water lines. <br /> <br />As shown in the graph below, total 2030 potable water demand in the county will be 18.90 million <br />gallons per day. At that time, the projected capacity of the county’s water treatment plants, based on <br />the county’s potable water master plan, will be 24.65 million gallons per day. To achieve the 24.65 <br />mgd capacity by 2030, the county completed a potable water plant expansion in 2008 and plans to <br />undertake another expansion in 2025. While the 2008 water plant expansion was 7.18 mgd, the 2025 <br />expansion will be 6.44 mgd. These are shown in the chart below. <br /> <br /> <br />Figure 3.B.2 <br /> <br />Water Capacity vs Demand <br />11.411.411.411.711.7 11.911.91212 12.412.4 13.6513.65 <br />15.1515.15 <br />16.916.9 <br />18.918.9 <br />11.7511.75 <br />13.25 <br />1717 <br />11.03 <br />24.65 <br />11.03 <br />18.21 <br />24.65 <br />18.21 <br />15 <br />0 <br />5 <br />10 <br />15 <br />20 <br />25 <br />30 <br />2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 <br />Blended Capacity <br />Demand with Concurrency <br />Demand without Concurrency <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Presently, the County Utilities Department has a Consumptive Use Permit from the SJRWMD that <br />allows a maximum Upper Floridan aquifer withdrawal of 13.79 million gallons per day by the year <br />2021. This permitted amount of water withdrawal is significantly less than the projected demand for <br />that same time period. To remedy this situation, the County Utilities Department recently applied to <br />SJRWMD for 3 additional wells at the north county water plant and is applying for a revised <br />Consumptive Use Permit to allow more Upper Floridan aquifer water withdrawals to meet projected <br />demand. <br /> <br />In response to the county’s request, the SJRWMD recommended that the county install 6 new wells. <br />The district has indicated that the 6 wells will be permitted at a withdrawal rate lower than the 3