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Technical Advisory Council Meeting AGENDA

I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Pledge of Allegiance IV. Moment of Contemplation V. Public Comment VI. Approval of Previous Meeting Summary, October 17, 2017* (p.2) VII. Presentation: Ivana Kajtezovic, Tampa Bay Water VIII. Consistency Recommendation:

a. Port Tampa Bay Permit No. 64343* (p.4) b. Port Tampa Bay Permit No. 63932* (p.18)

IX. Other Business a. Article: Potable Reuse Projects* (p.26)

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October 17, 2017 Meeting Location: 1:30 p.m. Tampa Union Station, 2nd Floor 601 N. Nebraska Avenue Tampa, FL 33602

Technical Advisory Council Meeting Summary

*Denotes TAC Member or Alternates **Denotes Staff Ex- Officio Members I. Call to Order Chair Brown called the meeting to order at 1:35. II. Roll Call Members were sufficient to establish a quorum. III. Pledge of Allegiance Chair Brown led in the Pledge of Allegiance. IV. Moment of Contemplation Chair Brown led in the moment of contemplation. V. Public Comment

Chair Brown opened public comment. There was none.

VI. Approval of Previous Meeting Summary, August 15, 2017 Motioned by Derek Doughty and seconded by Heather Young, the TAC approved the summary unanimously.

VII. Hillsborough River Wastewater Spill, Eric Weiss, COT

Mr. Weiss presented the projects planned by the City of Tampa as a solution to the Wastewater spill, which occurred on August 28, 2017. Mr. Weiss explained how and why the events happened.

VIII. Consistency Recommendation:

Present Rich Brown, HC Citizen* Richard Formica, COT Citizen* Derek Doughty, Planning Commission* Shawn College, RB Exec. Dir. Heather Young, TBRPC* Stu Marvin, TT Citizen*Kathleen Venzon, TPC Eric Weiss, COTBeth Barthle, EPC* Jackie Jordan, EPCChris Cooley, Port Tampa Bay* Joe Gross, HC**Tom Borroni, TT Staff** Absent Darlene Dannels, ACOE* Heather Maggio, COT Staff**Joel Brown, SWFWMD* Cindy Zhang-Torres, FDEP*

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a. Port Tampa Bay Permit No. 63389, Tampa Preparatory School Motioned by Stu Marvin and seconded by Chris Cooley, the permit was unanimously recommended to be found consistent with the River Master Plan. b. Port Tampa Bay Permit No. 64051, Domingues Motioned by Stu Marvin and seconded by Chris Cooley, the permit was unanimously recommended to be found consistent with the River Master Plan.

IX. River Flows and Levels

Hillsborough River flows and levels were discussed by the TAC. Mr. Formica shared data observed from different times and locations along the river.

X. Other Business Mr. Gross mentioned the upcoming concert by the Florida Orchestra at River Tower Park. Mr. College reminded by TAC of the Community Design Awards being held on October 19, 2017 and reported that he would be on vacation for the November River Board meeting with Melissa Dickens as his replacement. Chair Brown announced the Friends of the River Holiday Boat Parade occurring in December, and invited all to join. Mr. College stated that the TAC meeting will not meet in December and that the election of officers will take place in January.

Meeting was adjourned.

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AGENDA ITEM IX.

a. Article: Potable Reuse Projects

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Chlorinated water flows over a weir at the Howard F. Curren AdvancedWastewater Treatment Plant. Tampa officials are talking about usingreclaimed water - essentially, highly treated waste water that's nearly pureenough to drink - to augment the citty's existing water supply. Ttreated wastewater that comes out of the Curren plant would be pumped int the aquifer 900feet below-ground, then withdrawn from 300 feet down, treated further andadded to the city's drinking water supply. CHRIS URSO | Times

Tampa not alone in eyeing highly treated waste water as possible drinking water source

Friday, October 13, 2017 5:00am

TAMPA — The Tampa Bay area has a long history of local governments jockeying to control sources of water, butnot water into which people have pooped.

That could change.

Tampa and Hillsborough County both want to take reclaimed water — essentially, highly treated waste waterthat's nearly pure enough to drink — and put it to a new use. For Tampa, this would mean taking several extrasteps to purify the water further and adding it to its drinking water supply, something already done fromCalifornia to Israel.

Currently, Tampa's Howard F. Curren Advanced Waste Water Treatment Plant discharges up to 55 milliongallons of treated waste water into Tampa Bay.

But city officials say that water could be used to meet the demands of growth, make the Hillsborough River morehealthy, keep the city's reservoir full year-round and even provide surplus water for use by other governments.

Here's how it would work:

Instead of dumping reclaimed water directly into Tampa Bay, the city would build a pipeline and pump the water9 miles to the north.

Up to 50 million gallons a day would be pumped 900 feet underground into the Floridan Aquifer, the massiveunderground source of much of the state's drinking water.

The city would pump it back up from a depth of 300 feet. As the water moved "through that 600 feet, you'll getnatural treatment," top Tampa utilities official Brad Baird said. Roughly half of the water recovered from theaquifer would be sent to the city's David L. Tippin Water Treatment Facility. The other half would go into theHillsborough River reservoir upstream from the city dam at Rowlett Park.

There, officials say, it would keep the reservoir full even during the winter dry season. It also would let the cityprovide an estimated 20 million gallons of water a day to the Tampa Bay Water treatment plant north of EAdamo Drive and near U.S. 301.

Tampa estimates its system would cost $250 million to $300 million. City officials think they could startconstruction on the system within five years.

Hillsborough County has its own pilot program, known as SHARP. For the past two years, the county haspumped 2 million gallons of water a day underground at a facility near Port Redwing in Gibsonton. The originalgoal was to form a bubble that would keep salt water from intruding on the freshwater aquifer, thoughHillsborough officials have discussed pumping it back up, too.

But in recent months, a potential disagreement has come up. On one side are the city and county. On the other, Tampa Bay Water, the multi-county agency created in 1998 to providedrinking water to the region and prevent local government fights over the resource. The agency consists of six member governments: Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties, plusTampa, St. Petersburg and New Port Richey.

Tampa Bay Water officials say Tampa's plans raise the question of whether the city has the ability within the agreement that created the agency to create a source of potable water foritself" or other member governments. One scenario that's been raised would be sending reclaimed water from Tampa to Tampa Bay Water's treatment plant. Local officials have saidthat would mean later buying water they created back from the regional agency.

Hillsborough County Commissioner Sandra Murman, who sits on Tampa Bay Water's board, described an executive committee meeting in September on the topic as "three hours ofhell."

Since then, she said the discussion between Hillsborough officials and Tampa Bay Water staff has become more cooperative. She now expects Tampa Bay Water's board will sooncreate a committee where local government utility directors will have a say on a data-driven approach to consider how reclaimed water ought to be handled.

"I feel like everybody is getting on the same page," Murman says.

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn remains skeptical.

"I'll believe it when I see it and get a chance to participate in it," he says. Reclaimed water is "a product we create. We are not going to create this product and be forced to buy it back."

After talking to Tampa officials, state Sen. Dana Young, R-Tampa, said she plans to file a bill to give cities and counties that produce reclaimed water the authority to determine how itis used.

In 2012, Young successfully sponsored a similar bill while serving in the Florida House of Representatives, but that was aimed at preventing the state's water management districtsfrom commandeering control of reclaimed water produced by local governments. It did not address an agency like Tampa Bay Water.

"This is concerning to me, because what Tampa is looking to do is cutting-edge," Young said. "Filing a bill to clarify what appears to be unclear will solve this."

Meanwhile, Tampa Bay Water is updating a long-range master water plan that is considering the use of not only reclaimed water, but also more surface water, such as from a secondreservoir, or the Alafia River, as well as additional water from existing well fields and expanded use of desalination.

The agency expects new sources of water to be needed by 2028, and it takes about 10 years to plan, get permits for and build a new source, so Tampa Bay Water aims to have a short listof projects for its board to consider by December 2018. For now, it is looking at the feasibility of different options, with plans to ask the public for its comments soon.

Richard Danielson, Times Staff Writer

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"Once the studies, cost estimates and public outreach are completed, the project concepts will be ranked based on a set of criteria that meet our board's over-arching goal of findingfuture water supplies that are cost-effective, reliable and environmentally sustainable," Tampa Bay Water spokeswoman Michelle Stom said in an email. "The selection of a project foractual construction will not be made for several years."

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