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Approve Memorandum of Understanding with Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC and South Ft. Meade Partnership, L.P., LTD. Regarding Water Supply and Water Reservoir Planning and Development (Action)
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The PRWC Combined Projects Implementation Agreement was executed by the PRWC members in March 2017 for the purpose of implementing approved candidate projects. In 2019 the PRWC and its members amended the Combined Projects Implementation Agreement to include the Peace River Surface Water Supply Project and the PRWC and Southwest Florida Water Management District (District) executed a Cooperative Funding Initiative agreement for $961,100 (District provided 50% funding) to perform a feasibility study of the project. In May of 2022 the PRWC completed a draft report and provided it as a deliverable to the SWFWMD. The report included a conceptual plan for a surface water intake, reservoir, and water treatment facility on the Peace River south of Fort Meade. The projected annual average raw water capacity of the project was estimated at 28 MGD.
In November 2023, the PRWC and District amended the funding agreement to postpone the project until the District completed its reevaluation of the minimum flows for the Upper Peace River. At that time, the District was unwilling to move forward with several project tasks until final revised minimum flows were adopted.
The District is now in the process of adopting revised minimum flows for the Upper Peace River. The revised minimum flows are undergoing peer review with rule adoption scheduled for late 2026. The PRWC Board of Directors allocated funds at the November 19, 2025 meeting for TeamOne to participate in the peer review/rule process to review the technical competence of the proposed revised minimum flows. However, even if the revised minimum flows were implemented by the District, technical analysis by TeamOne indicates that the PRWC would still have access to an estimated annual average capacity of 17...
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