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Consent Item <br />Indian River County, Florida <br />Department of Utility Services <br />Board Memorandum <br />Date: November 16, 2022 <br />To: Jason E. Brown, County Administrator <br />From: Sean C. Lieske, Director of Utility Services <br />Prepared by: Harrison Youngblood, PE, Utilities Engineer, Utility Services <br />Subject: Tetra Tech Work Order No. 11- Water Supply Facilities Work Plan <br />Background: <br />In 2005, the Florida Legislature enacted Senate Bills 360 and 444. That legislation significantly changed <br />Chapters 163 and 373, Florida Statutes (F.S.) to require coordination of water supply and land use <br />planning. In so doing, the legislation strengthened the statutory linkage between regional water supply <br />plans prepared by the state's water management districts and comprehensive plans prepared by local <br />governments. Because Indian River County (IRC) is included in the St. Johns River Water Management <br />District's (SJRWMD) regional water supply plan, the county must coordinate with the district to assess <br />future water needs. F.S. Section 163.3177 requires local governments within areas projected to have <br />insufficient supplies of water from traditional sources to amend their comprehensive plan to incorporate <br />alternative water supply projects, either developed by the local government or included in the regional <br />water supply plan, and adopt a work plan covering at least a 10 -year planning period for building water <br />supply facilities, including the development of alternative water supply projects, conservation, and reuse <br />to serve existing and future development. <br />Analysis: <br />IRC, as part of SJRWMD, falls under the Central Springs/East Coast (CSEC) Regional Water Supply Plan <br />(2022-2040), which was recently prepared in February 2022. In addition to this plan, the Indian River <br />County Department of Utility Services (IRCDUS) desires to utilize Tetra Tech, Inc. (Tetra Tech) under its <br />CCNA 2018 contract, renewed and extended in 2021, to provide a proposal to complete a work plan <br />covering a 10 -year period for alternative water supply projects. This 10 -year plan will incorporate <br />population and water demand information, potable water and reuse demand analysis, conservation and <br />reuse practices, maps, levels of service for water, areas served by other suppliers, and an alternative water <br />supply plan. <br />Funding: <br />Funds in the amount of $43,469.00 for this study will be split between Wastewater Treatment (218) and <br />Water Production (219) accounts and are available in the Utilities/WW Treat/Other Professional <br />Services account, number 47121836-033190, and Utilities/Water Prod/Other Professional Services <br />47121936-033190 in the Utilities operating fund. Utilities operating funds are derived from water and <br />sewer sales. <br />156 <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />