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Community Recycling
Drop-off Points
Green Waste Facility
Develop Recycling
Ordinance
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Water Conservation & Quality
Miami-Dade County’s main source of drinking water is the
Biscayne Aquifer, which is a finite source that must be protected
and managed sustainably in order to meet the county’s needs
over the long-term. By reducing our consumption of water,
we contribute to the preservation of groundwater as our solesource of drinking water and potentially off-set the costs of
developing infrastructure for new drinking water sources in the
future. Conserving water also helps avoid, or at least lessen, the
likelihood of future water shortages and salt water intrusion.
By protecting and enhancing water quality of our waters,
the city will:
• Avoid economic costs of pollution mitigation and
remediation of impaired waters.
• Preserve quality of life and values of waterfront
properties.
• Preserve the safety and viability of water-related
recreational activities that support the local economy
such as boating, diving, fishing, swimming, jet skiing, &
kayaking.
• Preserve the habitat of the aquatic ecosystem including
fish, birds, marine mammals, invertebrates, corals, sea
grasses, which includes threatened and/or endangered
species protected by federal and state law.
Goals:
• Decrease water consumption at the community and
municipal levels.
• Maintain or improve water quality of discharges
entering Biscayne Bay and surrounding water
waterways.
• Maintain or improve the capacity of the city’s
stormwater system to reduce the risks of flooding on
public and private property.
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Indicators Baseline Targets Existing
Initiatives
Future
Initiatives
Atlantic Ocean
# of days the Miami-Dade County
Health Department issues health
advisories annually. No Downward Trend Monitor beach
closings
Waterways
% of city waterway assessment areas
rated as clean or very clean.
No Downward Trend Waterway Cleanliness
Contractor
Marinas
# of participants in FDEP Clean
Marina Program
Upward Trend Educate marinas
Urban Runoff
TBD*
* At this time, Biscayne Bay, which
receives all of the city’s stormwater
runoff, is not listed by the state as an
“Impaired Waterway” that requires
additional pre-treatment of runoff.
DERM is responsible for monthly water
quality monitoring of the bay. It is not
currently required that the City begin
funding a separate and additional
monitoring program. Therefore, the
existing initiatives under this indicator
are specifically intended to enhance
and prevent the degradation of
Biscayne Bay water quality.
No Downward Trend
Green Alleys,
Green Parking Lots &
Pocket Parks
Stormwater Pollution
Prevention Education
NPDES Curb Marker
Program
MS4 Maintenance
Stormwater Master
Plan
Stormwater
infrastructure
improvements
Engineering
infrastructure design &
plan review
Water Conservation
Community
Per capita daily use
Municipal Operations
Volume of water consumed by municipal
operations
Volume of water delivery system loss
Downward Trend
Downward Trend