My apologies. Afternoon again, Mayor, Council. I am Michael Vaca, Public Utilities Infrastructure Manager. Before you today, I am requesting your approval to award the potable and reclaimed water meters to Badger Meters Consolidated…
…in fact, the the drinking water supply system. So drinking water, meaning that if I'm home and I'm brushing my teeth, Or if I drink the water in my house, I would be exposed to this potentially.
…it's the capacity commitment reservation agreement and the associated sections. Also we will allow some flexibility in our rate tariff to try new technology for reclaimed water.
Currently, this roadway is posted speed limit of 25. The pavement is in a poor condition. The reclaimed water services throughout this corridor are at the end of useful life, and there is minimal drainage infrastructure throughout these limits.
Board of County Commissioners on 2025-12-09 9:00 AM ·
If you re drawing down that groundwater for your stormwater improvements or something like that, you could be sending the contamination in all different directions if proper precautions aren You're typically going to do those groundwater monitoring before construction does occur, but oftentimes in the context of commercial or industrial development, you might do that groundwater monitoring after, because there's not as much of a risk of exposure, as you might have with like residential development.
…seawalls to have been done by homeowners. Number 6 was reclaimed water. Reuse Reuse application rate management alternate disposals, an educational program, nutrient reduction in Overspray region reduction.
And what one water is, it is an integrative approach to all things water. That's water supply, quality, quantity, protection, conservation and surface groundwater, freshwater, marine water, potable water, wastewater, reclaimed water, all of it falls under one…
So they have found what they can do is sell it to municipalities and spread it very thin and put it in the water supply. As a fluoridating agent, there are no safety studies on this substance.
I was going to say we needed to speak on that. But Mr Chairman, I was just going to give everyone a heads up that DEP water supply grant program has been extended to July 15, so we might have some additional applicants in the first meeting in July.
And they were all pursuant to the city's 10 year water supply facility work plan. And regional water supply planning initiatives. So it was the basis of two Florida statute conditions that we had to make some minor changes…
…we're finalizing the bid package right now to advertise on the street for construction. groundwater monitoring is one of the grant funded projects we have, and I'm trying to get To king street.