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Potable Water and Wastewater The City of Sunny Isles Beach pumps groundwater from wells that draw from the Biscayne Aquifers. The Biscayne Aquifer is a water supply for Miami-Dade and Broward Counties and is of high quality, Approximately 330 million gallons per day (mgd) are withdrawn from the aquifer to meet the needs of South Florida communities. The City is serviced by both potable water and sewer; however, the City of Sunny Isles Beach does not provide either service to its residents. The City of North Miami Beach provides the supply of potable water and sewer services are provided by Miami-Dade County. The City of Sunny Isles Beach receives water through North Miami Beach's Norwood Water Plant. This plant is the second largest water provider in Miami-Dade County and contains two Hydro Water Treatment Units. The Norwood Water Plant has currently a capacity of 28 million gallons per day (MGD) and appears to have adequate capacity to meet existing and future needs. Additional capacity may become available when the City of North Miami Beach starts expanding its system to 40 MGD. The Norwood Water Plan has met and exceeded all state and federal drinking water requirements and has consistently been proactive in replacing its infrastructure as needed, According to LOS standard, the total daily need for the City is 150 gallons of water per person which includes residential, commercial, and industrial use and public needs. At this time, North Miami Beach is the single water supplier for the City of Sunny Isles Beach. Although the City of North Miami Beach is meeting its required level of service standards, Sunny Isles Beach will need to begin exploring its options for alternative water supply sources. One option is to enter into multiple interlocal agreements with adjacent municipalities for water service. This will lessen the impact on the Norwood Water Plant. A second option is to investigate the opportunities to utilize Miami-Dade's infrastructure for water supply services. The South Florida Water Management is currently updating the 2000 Lower East Coast Regional Water Supply Plan (LECRWP). The Regional Water Supply Plans are updated every five years. Completion of the updated regional water supply plan is anticipated in 2006, The goals, objectives and strategies of the plan update will provide sufficient direction to the water provider's 10- year work plan, The City will assist the City of North Miami Beach Utilities in identifying options for water supply infrastructure. The City of Sunny Isles Beach currently receives sewer service from Miami-Dade County. The adopted LOS for sanitary sewers for the City is 315 gallons per day per equivalent residential unit. The County's Level of Service is based upon the average daily flow from the preceding year. In order to meet the standard, the system must accommodate 102% of the preceding year's daily average and one hundred gallons of wastewater per day per capita. The estimates provided for future demand are calculated with the County's LOS of one hundred gallons per day, City of Sunny Isles Beach - 2005 Evaluation and Appraisal Report Rev. 9/15/2005 Page 47