Utilities Services Department Offers Update on Easy Street Water System

Posted: September 11, 2008

The city will soon be able to provide potable water service to more than 80 properties on the south side of Easy Street and to the portions of Cassia Drive, Bamboo Drive, Balsam Drive, Papaya Drive and Yucca Drive that are south of Easy Street. All of these properties are located within Phase 1 of the City’s North U.S. Highway 1 Utility Main Extension project.

Phase 1 Project Schedule

The city is committed to water service being available to the Phase 1 properties by the end of this calendar year. However, the ability to keep that commitment is dependent on receiving the required permits from St. Lucie County, the North St. Lucie River Control District, and FPL. So long as regulatory permits are obtained in a timely manner, the following schedule should apply to the Phase 1 project:

Description	Calendar Days
Survey, Design, Permitting & Easements	45
Construction	60
Phase 1 total days	105

Customer Information

Once construction is complete and water becomes available, connection to the city’s system will not be mandatory unless a potential customer’s existing well fails or becomes contaminated. Properties connecting to the city’s water system will still be able to use their private wells for irrigation purposes.

Customers will be allowed to participate in the city’s popular 10-year interest free connection fee payback program.

The anticipated single-family residential customer connection fees for 1 Equivalent Residential Connection (ERC) of water capacity with a standard 5/8” x 3/4” water meter will be as follows:

Description	Fee
Water Plant Capacity Charge	$926.00
Water Line Capital Charge	522.00
Meter Installation Charge	544.00
Security Deposit	50.00
Total	$2,042.00	*
* Based on FY 2008-09 fees and charges

The $2,042.00 total includes all connection and installation costs. The city’s Utility will install the water service and will perform all related construction from the main to the house. Customers will not have to hire a plumber to do any part of their on-site installation.

For more information, contact:
Donna M. Rhoden
Utility Public Information Manager
City of Port St. Lucie
(772) 873-6400