Water Conservation Summit
Marathon Govt Center,
BOCC Mtg Room, 2nd Floor
April 29th, 2009
Goal: 80% Reduction of Emissions by 2050
Special Thanks to our Sponsors:
Monroe County, South Florida Water Management District
and Cristiano's Cafe and Catering
GLEE’s Main Points:
- The Florida Keys are on a fixed water withdrawal and have to create our own if we need more. When water demand doesn’t match supply, the reverse osmosis machines turn on, hiking our water costs.
- The cheapest gallon of water is the gallon we don’t waste. Current building codes still use 1998 standards of water efficiency technologies. Other municipalities have shown that changing the efficiency of what we use is the easiest step towards reducing water use.
- Sewer bills are determined by water usage. If an individual or business reduces water use, they reduce their water and sewer bills. If as a community, we reduce our water use, we reduce the size of sewage plant needed.
- Power is needed to pump water from our aquifer, treat it for drinking, distribute it, use it and treat it for disposal. If we reduce our potable water usage, we reduce our collective carbon footprint.
Featured Speakers:
Water Conservation 101 – Implications and Plans for…
The State of Florida - Century Commission
South Florida - Tom Genovese, South Florida Water Management District
Florida Keys – Jim Reynolds, Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority
The Carbon Connection - Pacific Institute
Stealing the Wheel: Existing Water Conservation Success Stories in other Areas
Water Efficiencies - Alliance for Water Efficiency
Stormwater Management - HarvestH20
Keys Successes - Colleen Tagle, Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority
Ordinances - Maribel Balbin, Water Use Efficiency Manager, Miami Dade Water and Sewer