Tampa Bay Water is Florida's largest wholesale water provider and supplies potable
water to over two million residents in the Hillsborough-Pasco-Pinellas tri-county areas,
including the cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and New Port Richey. As a part of its water
conservation initiative, Tampa Bay Water developed a Demand Management
Implementation Plan (DMIP, 1998), that included development of water conservation
best management practices (BMPs) for reducing interior and exterior potable water
demand, and methods to facilitate and encourage implementation of these BMPs.
Although designed for estimating conservation savings and reductions from average
annual water demand projections, only some member governments used the DMIP
annually to develop their five-year water conservation plans. The plans are required
under a partnership agreement with the Southwest Florida Water Management District.
This study was undertaken by Tampa Bay Water to evaluate the selection of
BMPs previously provided to and used by member governments over the past five years.
Existing BMPs in DMIP were updated and reclassified with respect to water savings
rates, implementation costs, and interactions with other BMPs. New water-saving BMPs
that could be applicable to the Tampa Bay region were identified and included in the
BMP implementation plan.
A water savings calculator software product was developed to enable members to easily
evaluate water savings and cost associated with various BMP implementation scenarios.
The program will eventually allow for regional compilation of member government five-year
water conservation plans, maximum conservation potential by member and the
region, and the ability to track BMP implementation on an annual basis. Includes tables.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
| File Size : | 1
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| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 10 |
| Published : | 01/11/2004 |
