The City of Naples, which is an affluent coastal community located in southwest Florida as shown in Figure 1, serves a population of approximately 75,000. Historical irrigation demands have historically been above average when compared to state wide values, and at times reported to use significant amounts of potable water above the amount used from the City's reclaimed water system. In fact, the City's reclaimed water system is incapable of meeting the irrigation demands without supplemental flow. Presently, the City uses all of its reclaimed water to meet irrigation demands with the deficit supplied with potable water. Meeting the large irrigation demand is a concern to both the City and the South Florida Water Management District (District) since potable per capita usage is higher than desired. In addition to meeting irrigation demands during normal conditions, the City faces additional challenges during wet weather conditions which at times requires surface discharge or reclaimed quality water. Wet weather conditions result in the loss of large volumes of reclaimed and surface waters due to periods with lack of demand and storage. Under these conditions, valuable resources are discharged to tide and loss as a renewable resource.
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