Draft Water Supply Facility Work Plan

The Florida State Legislature enacted new legislation that links future water supply planning for all Florida Public Utilities to Municipal Comprehensive Plans. To comply with this mandate, the City of Sunrise Utilities Department has prepared a detailed engineering analysis and water supply plan to provide sufficient potable water for future growth within the Sunrise Utilities service area (which includes all of the City of Sunrise, the City of Weston, the Town of Southwest Ranches, and portions of the Town of Davie).

This draft Water Supply Facility Work Plan (WSFP) provides a road map of new infrastructure required to provide the water supply needs of Sunrise's service area for the next 10 years. Estimated to cost approximately $125 million, the plan provides detailed project descriptions for new treatment facilities, as well as a schedule for implementation. The plan is "draft" in that it must be reviewed and approved by the Florida Department of Community Affairs as part of the State's concurrency program, as well as other State agencies to insure that rules pertaining to the allocation of limited water resources are appropriately followed. The target date for final adoption of the WSFP is August 15, 2008, as mandated by legislation. The Sunrise City Commission will review the revised draft plan a second time in summer 2008 prior to final adoption. Once approved by the Commission, the WSFP will become part of the City's Utilities Master Plan as the water supply element.