STATE OF FLORIDA

DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

IN RE: CITY OF TEMPLE TERRACE, ) CONSUMPTIVE WATER USE PERMIT )

APPLICATION NO. 76-00450, ) CASE NO. 76-1734 SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER )

MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. )

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RECOMMENDED ORDER

After due and proper notice, an administrative hearing was held on September 21, 1976, before the undersigned Hearing Officer, Division of Administrative Hearings, at the District Headquarters, Southwest Florida Water Management District, Brooksville, Florida.

APPEARANCES

Jay T. Ahern, Esquire, Counsel for Southwest Florida Water Management District

Mr. Frank Moses appeared on behalf of the applicant.

FINDINGS OF FACT

1. Application No. 76-00450 is for a consumptive use permit from 10 wells located in Hillsborough County, to be used for public water supply for the City of Temple Terrace.

   
   

2. The permit seeks to withdraw 2.028 million gallons a day average annual withdrawal and 4.564 million gallons per day maximum daily withdrawal.

   
   

3. The sought for withdrawal may affect other wells by drawdown of an average of 1" in a surrounding well. Such a drawdown will not seriously and adversely affect the surrounding wells.

   
   

4. The Southwest Florida Water Management District's staff recommends issuance of the permit with the following conditions:

   
   

   1. That the applicant shall install totalizing flowmeters of a type acceptable to the district on all withdrawal points covered by the permit.

   2. That the applicant shall record the pumpage on a weekly basis and shall submit a record of that pumpage to the district quarterly beginning January 15, 1977.

   3. All individual connections supplied by withdrawals permitted will be metered. Records of meter readings will be made available to the district upon request.

   4. That the permit shall expire on December 31, 1980.

      CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

      
      

5. The procedural requirements of Chapter 373, Florida Statutes, and the rules promulgated pursuant thereto, have been complied with as they pertain to this application.

   
   

6. The intended consumptive use appears to be a reasonable beneficial use which is consistent with the public interest and will not interfere with any legal use of water existing at the time of the application.

RECOMMENDED ORDER

It is hereby RECOMMENDED that a consumptive use permit in the amounts sought for by the subject application be issued subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph 3 above.

ENTERED this 13 day of October, 1976, in Tallahassee, Florida.

CHRIS H. BENTLEY, Hearing Officer Division of Administrative Hearings Room 530, Carlton Building Tallahassee, Florida 32304

(904) 488-9675

COPIES FURNISHED:

Jay T. Ahern, Esquire Staff Attorney Southwest Florida Water Management District Post Office Box 457

Brooksville, Florida 33512

Mr. Frank Moses

City of Temple Terrace

113 No. Glen Arven Avenue Temple Terrace, Florida

Docket for Case No: 76-001734

Orders for Case No: 76-001734