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Fort Lauderdale staff outline how water and sewer capacity letters are issued, what developers must pay
Summary
City engineers and a Public Works modeling team described how Fort Lauderdale evaluates water and wastewater capacity requests, how equivalent residential connections (ERCs) and impact fees are applied, and when capacity becomes committed or must be funded by developers or the city.
Fort Lauderdale staff and the Public Works capacity-modeling team explained on June 2 how the city evaluates requests for water and wastewater capacity and how those determinations affect developers and the public.
The update matters because the city’s capacity letters and underlying calculations determine whether new projects can connect to existing water and sewer infrastructure, whether developers must pay to expand systems or wait for capital projects, and how impact fees and reserved capacity are tracked.
At the meeting, Igor Masilyev, a capacity modeler funded by Public Works and based in the city’s Development Services Division, described the application and modeling process for a capacity-availability letter. “For that, they submit application to us, with all the numbers, the ERC calculations, ERC, Residential Connection, calculations and their flows and site plans. We look at it and we determine how…
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