Many areas of the nation are facing water supply shortages and a need to develop alternative
water supplies. Central Florida utilities must cease additional groundwater use by 2013 and
begin to use water from the alternatives supplies such as the St. Johns River. Recognizing
this challenge, Seminole County, Florida is refining plans for a regional surface water treatment
plant on at its Yankee Lake property. This unique property, just north of Lake Monroe, has
over 2,000 acres and 3 miles of shoreline on the St. Johns River located between Seminole,
Volusia, and Lake Counties. Currently, the County has interest from 17 utilities requesting
nearly 80 MGD by 2030. Development of this plant and requisite transmission system assets
will require capital project investments of $740 million, and thereby represents perhaps the
largest regional investment in water resource infrastructure in the history of the tri-county
region. As such, regional utility managers and elected officials will face profound financial
management and stakeholder communication challenges. In addition, the project has
highlighted environmental concerns related to potential surface water withdrawals, water use
efficiencies, and economic development - again presenting significant utility management
and stakeholder engagement imperatives. These challenges are being addressed through an
open and collaborative regional decision process and extensive stakeholder involvement and
communications program led by Seminole County and its partners. The regional project
partners are all committed to environmentally sustainable development of the region's
precious and limited water supplies, while continuing to meet the water service delivery
needs of their growing communities. Includes tables.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
| File Size : | 1
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| Number of Pages : | 39 |
| Published : | 11/01/2008 |
