§ 28-552. Statement of legislative intent.

The board of county commissioners adopts this enabling ordinance to:

(1)

Facilitate the planning and the construction of a reclaimed water distribution system in Hernando County in order to conserve the county's limited water resources, encourage the use of reclaimed water and stormwater, and to provide an environmentally sensitive method for the county to dispose of wastewater effluent; and

(2)

Facilitate future cost share agreements with the Southwest Florida Water Management District for reclaimed water interconnects with municipalities and other counties to produce regional benefits such as less use of potable water for irrigation and the ability to move reclaimed water where it is needed most; and

(3)

Allow the county administrator, or the county administrator's designee, to pursue grants and other financing for the construction of a reclaimed water distribution system; and

(4)

Allow the county administrator, or the county administrator's designee, to negotiate with existing potable water customers and existing or planned subdivisions/developments for their connection to a reclaimed water distribution system, including, if necessary, the construction of retrofitted reclaimed water irrigation systems.

(Ord. No. 2014-18, § 2, 8-26-14)