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Mayor Craig Cates,District 1
Mayor Pro Tem Holly Merrill Raschein,District 5
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Michelle Lincoln,District 2
James K.Scholl,District 3
David Rice,District 4
County Commission Meeting
December 7, 2022
Agenda Item Number: M.3
Agenda Item Summary #11466
BULK ITEM: No DEPARTMENT: BOCC District 5
TIME APPROXIMATE: STAFF CONTACT: Corie Abel 3054538787
10:30
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: The Everglades Foundation is going to give a presentation on
"Your Water" which is a public education campaign that educates South Florida residents on where
their water comes from.
ITEM BACKGROUND: NA
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: NA
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
DOCUMENTATION:
Re Water Presentation for BOCC Meeting
Drinking From the Everglades
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Corie Abel Completed 11/18/2022 12:44 PM
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Lindsey Ballard Completed 11/21/2022 12:27 PM
Board of County Commissioners Pending 12/07/2022 9:00 AM
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Abel-Corie
From: Keely Weyker <kweyker@evergladesfoundation.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 1, 2022 11:04 AM
To: Abel-Corie
Cc: Raschein-Holly
Subject: Re: Water Presentation for BOCC Meeting
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Good Morning Corie,
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We will just have a few slides that we would like to share during Eric's presentation. The presentation will be a
on our "Your Water" campaign which is a public education campaign that educates residents on where their
water comes from. We did a survey earlier this year and found that 95% of South Florida residents did not
know where their drinking water comes from. We launched a multimedia campaign back in June and plan to 0
ramp it up again in mid-November. Let me know if you need anything else.
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From: Abel-Corie <Abel-Corie@ Mon roeCountyM FL.Gov>
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2022 11:40 AM
To: Keely Weyker<kweyker@evergladesfoundation.org>
Cc: Raschein-Holly<Raschein-Holly@ Mon roeCounty-FL.Gov>
Subject:Water Presentation for BOCC Meeting
Good morning,
I just wanted to check in and see if you had any technical requirements for the presentation. If so, I can put you in touch
with Jethon Williams our Multimedia Mgr.
Can you give me a little information on your presentation for the meeting?
Thanks,
Corie
Corie Abel
Executive Assistant
Holly Merrill Rasc ein
Monroe County Commissioner District 5
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Yet, in a recent survey,,9.5% of residents in Miami-Dade and Broward counties didn't know the source of their
drinking water. If you're part of that vast majority, you may be wondering, where does the water in your faucet
come from?And the answer is just below your feet: an underground reservoir of freshwater recharged by the
Everglades.
If you live in Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe, or parts of Palm Beach County, a vast subterranean world links u:
to the River of Grass. Unfortunately, 50%of the Everglades has been drained, While alterations to hydrology,
pollution, invasive species, and climate change threaten What remains. Efforts to restore the Everglades are
underway to help secure our drinking Water and clean Water economy. Keep reading to learn more about
how Water flows, seeps, and pours from the River of Grass to your tap.
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limestone called the Biscayne Aquifer, which covers of all Miami-Dade County, almost all of Bro►xiard County, an
the southeast portion of Palm Beach County. It also covers part of Monroe County.
Millions of residents and tourists in South Florida rely on freshwater pumped from the Biscayne Aquifer and
more than 300 million gallons of water are pumped out of this aquifer every day.That would cover nearly 70C
football fields in one foot of water! More than half of this water is used for drinking and bathing, while an
additional 12% is used for landscaping and recreation. This freshwater is also used for agriculture and other
industries.
If your memories of Earth Science class are a little fuzzy, aquifers are underground water-bearing layers that
hold and transfer water to wells.This underground water is called "groundwater." In fact, more than g8% of
available freshwater is groundwater. Some aquifers can be recharged directly from rainfall, while others are
covered by impermeable layers and recharged through underground sources of water from other areas.
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surface. It has large, interconnected voids that store and allow water to pass through. So, when a drop of
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aquifer some time ago. Because of the shallowness of the Biscayne Aquifer, interactions with the surface
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