Okaloosa County BOCC — August 1, 2016 — Water and Sewer Presentation

-37,000+ water service connections -34,000+ sewer service connections -33,000+ water meters read each month -31,000+ customer accounts/bills sent each month -< 1.0% bad debt written off -2,500,000,000+ gallons of potable water produced per year from 21 wells and 19 tanks -746+ miles of water mains, valves, and 3,980 hydrants -2,600,000,000+ gallons wastewater treated per year at 3 water reclamation facilities -150 sewer pump stations -534+ miles of sewer mains, valves, and 7,696 manholes  Shoal River Area Land Acquisition – purchased 641 acres of land to be utilized for future off-line reservoir and surface water treatment plant.  Camp Rudder Force Main & Lift Station – provided sewer service to Camp Rudder via 1 master lift station and approximately 8.6 miles of piping.  Garniers Area Sanitary Sewer Rehab – installed cured-in-place liners on vitrified clay sewer mains and brick manholes to reduce the inflow and infiltration.  Newcastle Area Water System Improvements – installed new mains, meters, and hydrants serving 271 homes  Poquito Bayou Water Main & Force Main Bores – replaced the aging, deteriorated mains under Poquito Bayou with new directional bores.  Implemented inventory custody and controls as well as segregation of duties, based on independent auditors recommendations.  Replaced approximately 150 aging water meters in hard-to-read locations in the Shalimar area with new, modern meters with transmitters. Replaced 29 large/commercial meters. 145 140 135 130 125 120 115 110 105 FY2008 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 budget includes 2 additional full time positions and 1 shared position: -Utilities Technician I -WWTP Operator or Apprentice -Contracts & Lease Coordinator (expense shared 45/45/10 with Airport and Purchasing) Construction underway in FY2016. Substantial completion should occur in FY2017.  Increases storage, reliability, and redundancy to service area that contains Bob Sikes Industrial Park.  Land acquisition is complete.  Design, permitting, and bid process completed in FY2016.  Construction scheduled to begin this year (FY2017).  Divert East County Flow to Arbennie Pritchett WRF - $3.5M  Brooks Bridge Water Main Bore - $1.2M ($600K from FDEP grant)  Residential Water Meter Replacement - $4.3M  Second year of $13.9M project through FY2019  Septage/Fats, Oils, Grease (FOG) receiving station at Arbennie Pritchett WRF - $1.1 M  Newport/Essex Area Water System Improvements - $300K  Highway 90 West Water Main Replacement - $600K  PJ Adams/Antioch Water Main Relocation - $270K  Begin design on:  Operations Building (FWB) - $1.5M  Reclaimed Water to Niceville & Eglin AFB - $3M FDEP grant