Water Conservation Month resolution

42:24Alright, R S three.

42:26Is anyone here for Water Conservation Month? Please step up to the podium. Thank you.

42:33All right.

42:36Resolution number twenty two dash one hundred, a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, declaring the month of April as Water Conservation Month in Pasco County. Ras safe, clean, and sustainable water sources are essential to Pasco County's environment, economy, citizens, and visitors. And whereas, although Pasco County has a limited supply of fresh water in our lakes, rivers, and underground occupiers, the county's population in need. For water resources continues to increase, and whereas droughts and water shortages serve as a reminder to that

43:06Florida's water sources No matter how diverse or finite. Enras, Florida has established the encouragement and promotion of water conservation and reuse as state objectives in chapters 373 and 403 Florida statutes. ANRAS, every business, industry, school, and citizen can make a difference when it comes to conserving water, thus promoting a healthy community and economy. And RAS, the State of Florida Water Management Districts, Tampa Bay Water, and

43:36its member governments. And the Florida Governmental Utility Authority are working with other community supporters to increase awareness about the importance of water conservation. And whereas the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners supports and encourages water conservation measures within Pasco County. And whereas, in order to preserve potable water resources, Pasco County treats wastewater to public access standards, stored more than 712 million gallons. At two reservoirs and eleven tanks and deliver and

44:07delivers approximately twenty-five million gallons per day of high quality reclaimed water to four hundred forty one thousand two hundred residents and a variety of other customers and locations. And whereas the state of Florida, the Southwest, Water Management District in Pasco County have previously dedicated April, typically a dry month when potable water demands are most acute, as Florida's Water Conservation Month to encourage citizens to help preserve Florida's precious water resources, and whereas The continued

44:37support of April as Florida's Water Conservation Month reinforces conservation messages, ordinances, and efforts put forth by the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners. Now therefore, be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, that said the Board hereby declares the month of April 2022 as Water Conservation Month in Pasco County and calls upon each citizen to help protect this precious and shared resource. Dunan resolved in regular session with a quorum president in voting this fifth day of April, twenty twenty two.

45:06Approval?

45:07Say. All

45:08in favor?

45:09Aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? Okay. Welcome. You know it's kinda apropos just this week the county came to my house. and told me my water meter w meter my water meter was running like twenty four hours a day. And then we had a a plumber come yesterday and our soft water machine. Apparently has a leak. We had no idea. So I'm very very grateful that we found out and we're having that fixed. But it's very important um that we do conserve water. So

45:39um who's whose is this? Is this mine? Yeah, so um it's the second time I've had that happen to me.

45:51Turns turns out the I was hit by uh lightning and it messed up my sprinkler um computer system and I had some zones running for hours and we didn't know. So thank you, C T Bowen.

46:07Does anyone else wanna um speak about this? I

46:10do so. But uh Pasco County's been up front for a long, long time in water conservation and I certainly appreciate all that they've done, all that our utility department's done. in this area. Um Yeah. I've I've had this in my mind and and studied it since 07 till now I'm finally a chairman of Tampa Bay Water. But Water is very important. I told people the other day at at our

46:40meeting, I think Mr. Arkey had to leave early, but knowledge is when you know the difference between potable water And reclaim water. Wisdom comes when we know how to use it in the future for our citizens. So it's very important. That we take care of our water, conserve it. And it's a very valuable product that we have That's a natural product, so

47:04You know, Commissioner Oakley, I would add that we have a lot of people who m have moved here and didn't know about the water wars and what we went through twenty, thirty years ago and I I can tell you On our ranch we had wetlands dying and uh lakes had no water in them. People had docks that went to nowhere. um in in some of our lakes and it was a really, really challenging time so

47:28Yeah, and for the project we have at four G Ranches brought back cypress heads and things of that nature. Yeah. So there's a lot of good things that come from reuse in that reclaim water in certain areas. So Mike, did you want to speak? Okay, go ahead.

47:44Uh first we just with the continue we support we get from the board and from our staff. Uh it starts from uh supporting operations and maintenance because then we can fix uh and um realign mains that might be leaking. We also have it where we do outreach education, poster contests, we have then uh boards of members been part of that and the community getting involved, our c our cooperation we have with Tampa Bay Water and The cooperative extension, all of that comes together and makes a difference. It's water is one of those things that most people feel entitled. You see it everywhere, you

48:14used to turn on the faucet, you want it to be there, and often you don't realize until you get a bill sometimes that you have a leak, or you turn it on and the water's not there, your well goes dry. But it's one of those things that takes a community effort, ongoing thing. You're never too young to learn and never too old to learn about the importance of water conservation. We just truly appreciate everybody's support. everywhere from operations to water conservation to education and outreach. Thank you.

48:39Wonderful. Did you want to thank him? I'd just like to thank you for your ongoing support. Um as you mentioned, it is so important for the ongoing uh quality of life in in our community and um we always appreciate everything that you do. Thank you.

48:56We do need your need your name for the record and then let's all go down and take a photo.

49:00Phoenix McKinney. Okay.

49:04Yeah you take that off. Is this gun too? Yes. Oh so they would give it to the nation. We can't hold one I guess.

49:14Never mind. Yeah. Um I think this is a function.

49:24Mr. Ron Oakley. Oh, is that the

49:27one I guess? One on the R side?

49:42Yeah.

49:50What do I have about three here for you? One, two, three, four, four.