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Miami Dade <br />The Miami Dade report's emphasis was to identify commercial and Industrial areas in or near <br />transportation corridors lacking sewers. The intent was to maximize economic development and <br />job creation. This study was finalized by their consultant in January 2014 and the ranking of the <br />projects was prepared by the Research Section of RER Planning Division, Miami Dade County. The <br />projects were ranked based on the following criteria and points: <br />1. <br />Current Business Environment <br />720 <br />2. <br />Existing Socio-economic Conditions <br />600 <br />3. <br />Environmental Considerations <br />600 <br />4. <br />Land Use Considerations <br />350 <br />5. <br />Special Economic Areas <br />250 <br />6. <br />Planning Considerations <br />250 <br />Iotar z,//U <br />As a result, the study identified 29 projects. The projects were dispersed throughout all <br />Commission Districts with the exception of Commission Districts 5, 11, and 13. These districts <br />did not have any projects as they are currently served by sewers. <br />ArcNLET <br />Finally, the County partnered with FDEP where FDEP consulted with FSU to prepare a groundwater <br />model in order to estimate nitrogen loads from septic systems in the SRC drainage area. The load <br />estimates from the drainage basins can be used directly for TMDL implementation as well to help <br />assess for future septic tank phase-out projects. <br />ArcNLET is a simplified conceptual model of groundwater flow and solute transport that is <br />implemented as an ArcGIS extension and calculates the nitrate plume and nitrate load. FSU has <br />completed the groundwater transport model and currently FDEP has installed ten (10) monitoring <br />wells strategically located in the study area to calibrate the model. The calibration of the model may <br />not be completed until fall of 2016. As part of the calibration of the model, FDEP installed ten (10) <br />monitoring wells in the SRC basin. These wells will monitor water quality and groundwater <br />elevation along selected simulated plume migration pathways to help calibrate the predicted <br />nitrate concentrations, denitrification and groundwater gradient. Four (4) out of the ten wells are <br />dedicated to obtain real-time data such as temperature, velocity, flow direction and conductivity. <br />Figure 1 below, indicates the well locations: <br />F•\Utilities\UTILITY - Engineering\Projects - Utility Construction Permits\IRC - Sewer Feasibility Studies UCP # 4101\Agenda Items\Agenda-Septic to <br />Sewer.doc 78 <br />