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Zephyrhills hears consultants'''update on water permit, options and risks to future growth
Summary
Consultants told the City of Zephyrhills that a 2020 permit and subsequent modification authorize up to 4.49 million gallons per day but carry a 87 gallons-per-capita compliance metric and a five-year reporting obligation; they presented options (wells, reclaimed reuse, purchases) and model results that moving an agricultural well north could yield roughly 600,000 gpd more.
Consultants briefed the City of Zephyrhills on Nov. 17 about the status of its water-use permit and the options the city can pursue to meet projected demand through 2040. Mike Clark of Jones Edmunds and Associates and Michelle Hayes of Liquid Solutions told the council the city's 2020 permit initially authorized roughly 3.3 million gallons per day and that a later modification increased the authorization to 4.49 million gallons per day to support projected growth.
The consultants emphasized a central condition: the district set a compliance limit of 87 gallons per day per capita and requires the city to continue returning flows to rapid infiltration basins (RIBS) as part of the permit. "The permit authorizes 4.49 MGD," Clark said, "and it keeps the compliance per capita rate of 87 gallons per day and also requires continued return flows to the RIBS." That compliance metric, consultants warned, will be part of the district's five-year status…
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