May 20 - Jun 2, 2011 www.coastalbreezenews.com ...a Fresh Perspecve! INSIDE COASTAL BREEZE ALL THAT GLITTERS B/27 ART UNCOVERED B/16 BEYOND THE COAST A/8 BOOK REMARKS B/6 BREEZEWAYS B/10 CALENDAR OF EVENTS A/26-27 CHEF’S TABLE B/5 CLASSIFIEDS B/22 COASTAL COMMENTS A/6 COASTAL HISTORY A/19 CRUISING LIFE B/13 ENTERTAINMENT B/26 FITNESS DIVA B/8 FOLLOW THE FISH B/12 GOODLAND LIFE A/16 OFF THE MENU B/4 PEDAL IN PARADISE B/9 PIERRE’S PROTREPTIC A/18 READ MY TIPS B/11 RESTAURANT GUIDE B/25 SOUTHERN SKIES B/18 SPEAKING OF TRAVEL A/21 COVERING MARCO ISLAND, GOODLAND, ISLES OF CAPRI TO EVERGLADES CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS PHOTO BY VICTORIA WRIGHT/COASTAL BREEZE NEWS Local photographer, Victoria Wright, snapped a picture of this alligator hatchling. There are typically 20 to 50 hatchlings per nest. The hatch- ling will lose its yellow stripes as it matures. The stripes are temporary camouflage for blending in with marsh grasses. FREE! By Coastal Breeze News Staff This is the third year the agents of the local Keller Williams office have participated in a huge national Red Day event with a purely local twist. All around the country, the offices of Keller... A/3 The best of daytime televi- sion soap stars returned to Marco Island for the 13th year to raise money for various area charities and give fans a chance to mix and mingle. The weekend events kicked off... A/10 Marco Island Charter Mid- dle School held its annual Student Athletic Awards ceremony in the school’s gymnasium recently. Roger Raymond, Athletic Director and Coach was the Master of .... B/14-15 ANNUAL RED DAY ATHLETIC AWARDS SOAPFEST WEEKEND Read more MEMORIAL DAY, A/5 Memorial Day Ceremony If you see little American Flags planted along the median on Col- lier Boulevard, you know the time is near for the annual Memorial Day ceremony scheduled for Mon- day, May 30th at the Marco Island Cemetery at 11:00 am. The cer- emony is conducted by the Marco Island Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 6370. Veterans from all Wars will be attending including vets from WWII up to our current conflicts. A community address will be presented by Commander Lee Rubenstein. The Marco Island Strummers will be playing with Anna Schilling and Craig Greusel singing. Prayers will be offered by local clergy. City and county lead- ers will be in attendance. Police and Fire Departments, Civil Air Pa- trol and even local Boy Scouts will be present. A flyover is a popular part of the event. Audience should bring a chair or blanket for their comfort. Water Conundrum: When using less is running the system dry Negative elasticity of demand is a com- plicated way of saying that the more some- thing costs, the less consumers will use it. It was the leading concern expressed by councilman Bill Trotter at the May 12 meeting to asses city water rates. Complicated is also an apt description of the new cost of service study, termed by the consultant himself as a convoluted way of getting to reasonable water rates for the island. As consultants study a way to create a cost structure for city water bills, South Florida itself is mired in especially vicious drought conditions. From a conservation point of view, using less water should be a boon to a stressed system; however, the city is also wrestling with a drought of rev- enue that is draining the budget for water and sewer operations. Jeff Poteet, acting general manager of the city’s water utility, sums up the chal- lenge: “We have one of the most complex water systems in the state because of our location. We have no fresh water source to pump to the surface.” Instead the island gets water from three sources: an aquifer storage and re- covery system (ASR well) aka, the ‘bub- ble’ aquifer, 15 on-island wells that pump brackish water and convert it via reverse osmosis (RO), and a nascent reuse system that was meant to grow with the STRP and alleviate irrigation of green space with drinking water. According to the Florida Division of Emergency Management, the state is in the middle of the largest rainfall deficit since the 1950’s. While the rest of the county goes into conservation mode, Marco Island is granted an extra irrigation day thanks to the water reserve provided by the ASR wells. It’s the cost of the wa- ter that forces many to rethink that extra sprinkle. Inland cities like Naples have a cost advantage, explains Poteet, because they pump water directly from a freshwater source close at hand. “Using the surface water from the lake (ASR) is more eco- nomical than the water from the reverse osmosis plant.” The city pumps its first 6 million gallons (a daily average) from the surface water. Daily demand beyond the 6 million gallons is then supplied by the more expensive RO plant, an average of 2 million gallons a day, estimates Poteet. Reuse water would ideally come to the rescue, and currently does for about 3%, mostly condo properties. The sewer system that feeds the reuse plant is not at a capacity to provide a large amount of irrigation-only water. “We are at year 5 of the 7 year sewering plan,” says Poteet. “If By Danielle Dodder Read more WATER CONUNDRUM, A/4
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May 20 - Jun 2, 2011 www.coastalbreezenews.com ...a Fresh Perspective!
INSIDE COASTAL BREEZEALL THAT GLITTERS B/27ART UNCOVERED B/16BEYOND THE COAST A/8BOOK REMARKS B/6BREEZEWAYS B/10CALENDAR OF EVENTS A/26-27CHEF’S TABLE B/5CLASSIFIEDS B/22COASTAL COMMENTS A/6COASTAL HISTORY A/19CRUISING LIFE B/13ENTERTAINMENT B/26FITNESS DIVA B/8FOLLOW THE FISH B/12GOODLAND LIFE A/16OFF THE MENU B/4PEDAL IN PARADISE B/9PIERRE’S PROTREPTIC A/18READ MY TIPS B/11RESTAURANT GUIDE B/25SOUTHERN SKIES B/18SPEAKING OF TRAVEL A/21
COVERING MARCO ISLAND, GOODLAND, ISLES OF CAPRI TO EVERGLADES CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS
PHOTO BY VICTORIA WRIGHT/COASTAL BREEZE NEWSLocal photographer, Victoria Wright, snapped a picture of this alligator hatchling. There are typically 20 to 50 hatchlings per nest. The hatch-ling will lose its yellow stripes as it matures. The stripes are temporary camouflage for blending in with marsh grasses.
FREE!
By Coastal Breeze News Staff
This is the third year the agents of the local Keller Williams office have participated in a huge national Red Day event with a purely local twist. All around the country, the offices of Keller... A/3
The best of daytime televi-sion soap stars returned to Marco Island for the 13th year to raise money forvarious area charities and give fans a chance to mix and mingle. The weekend events kicked off... A/10
Marco Island Charter Mid-dle School held its annual Student Athletic Awards ceremony in the school’s gymnasium recently. Roger Raymond, Athletic Director and Coach was the Master of .... B/14-15
ANNUAL RED DAY ATHLETIC AWARDS SOAPFEST WEEKEND
Read more MEMORIAL DAY, A/5
Memorial Day Ceremony
If you see little American Flags planted along the median on Col-lier Boulevard, you know the time is near for the annual Memorial Day ceremony scheduled for Mon-day, May 30th at the Marco Island Cemetery at 11:00 am. The cer-emony is conducted by the Marco Island Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 6370. Veterans from all Wars will be attending including vets from WWII up to our current conflicts. A community address will be presented by Commander Lee Rubenstein. The Marco Island Strummers will be playing with Anna Schilling and Craig Greusel singing. Prayers will be offered by local clergy. City and county lead-ers will be in attendance. Police and Fire Departments, Civil Air Pa-trol and even local Boy Scouts will be present. A flyover is a popular part of the event. Audience should bring a chair or blanket for their comfort.Water Conundrum: When using less
is running the system dry
Negative elasticity of demand is a com-plicated way of saying that the more some-thing costs, the less consumers will use it. It was the leading concern expressed by councilman Bill Trotter at the May 12 meeting to asses city water rates.
Complicated is also an apt description of the new cost of service study, termed by the consultant himself as a convoluted way of getting to reasonable water rates for the island.
As consultants study a way to create a cost structure for city water bills, South Florida itself is mired in especially vicious drought conditions. From a conservation point of view, using less water should be a boon to a stressed system; however, the city is also wrestling with a drought of rev-enue that is draining the budget for water and sewer operations.
Jeff Poteet, acting general manager of the city’s water utility, sums up the chal-lenge: “We have one of the most complex water systems in the state because of our location. We have no fresh water source to pump to the surface.”
Instead the island gets water from three sources: an aquifer storage and re-covery system (ASR well) aka, the ‘bub-ble’ aquifer, 15 on-island wells that pump brackish water and convert it via reverse osmosis (RO), and a nascent reuse system that was meant to grow with the STRP and alleviate irrigation of green space with drinking water.
According to the Florida Division of Emergency Management, the state is in the middle of the largest rainfall deficit since the 1950’s. While the rest of the county goes into conservation mode, Marco Island is granted an extra irrigation day thanks to the water reserve provided by the ASR wells. It’s the cost of the wa-
ter that forces many to rethink that extra sprinkle.
Inland cities like Naples have a cost advantage, explains Poteet, because they pump water directly from a freshwater source close at hand. “Using the surface water from the lake (ASR) is more eco-nomical than the water from the reverse osmosis plant.” The city pumps its first 6 million gallons (a daily average) from the surface water. Daily demand beyond the 6 million gallons is then supplied by the more expensive RO plant, an average of 2 million gallons a day, estimates Poteet.
Reuse water would ideally come to the rescue, and currently does for about 3%, mostly condo properties. The sewer system that feeds the reuse plant is not at a capacity to provide a large amount of irrigation-only water. “We are at year 5 of the 7 year sewering plan,” says Poteet. “If
By Danielle Dodder
Read more WATER CONUNDRUM, A/4
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