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WATERWAYS & CANALS Click here for Waterways & Canals Information
Subject: Hillsborough County Enforcing Law Effecting all Residents with Wells Attention all residents with well water irrigation systems. Hillsborough County is aggressively enforcing a law that will effect all Symphony Isles residents that have a well driven irrigation system. There is a Florida State law that requires all properties with an alternative source of pressurized water (in our case wells) to have County certification that there is no connection between the alternate water source and the County Water source, and that a special Backflow Prevention Valve be installed within 2 feet of the water meter. If you have a well installed and do not comply with this law (most of our properties with wells do not comply) you will be served violation papers over the next few weeks that state you have 48 hours to hire a licensed contractor to certify that there is no connection and 30 days for the installation of a Backflow Prevention Valve. If you do not comply you will be subject to fines and denial of water service. Many of our residents have already been served with this violation, with the retainer to be server in the next few weeks. The average price to engage a contractor for compliance with this law is between $700 and $1000 dollars. We have a been in contact with the County and as a community have been offered a delay on these violation dates so that we can coordinate efforts to engage a contractor that can give us a reasonable price for the volume of work we present as a community and hopefully save all our effected residents some money. While the Symphony Isles Board will not actively solicit a contractor for this purpose, we can tell you that Jeff Wortner has offered his assistance in privately coordinating this effort to try and save everyone the effort and money that otherwise would have been required. Additionally, we think it is in the best interest of all our residents if we promote awareness of this impending situation and support the residents efforts to comply with the County in the most efficient and timely solution for all. To accomplish this we have added this to the agenda for the next board meeting on Tuesday Aug 14th 7 P.M. A county representative will also be at attendance to answer all questions. Please contact Jeff Wortner at wortner@us.ibm.com if you want to be added to the interested parties list to be kept abreast of the current situation and proposed solution. Again, please
understand that these violations require almost immediate action
so this is an issue that will have to be settled in the next few
weeks to comply with the County mandates. If you have a well, it
is advisable, but not required, that you participate in this group
effort to if you want to realize the savings that will be realized
by the strength of our numbers. Hillsborough County COUNTY LINKS Hillsborough County Office of Neighborhood Relations Hillsborough County Office of Neighborhood Relations - "County Events" Calendar HTV22 Calendar Schedule of Hillsborough County "County Events" Hillsborough County Office of Neighborhood Relations - "2007 Neighborhood Mini-Grant Program"
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