The Florida Keys promotes action for water resiliency.
Monroe County, Florida, home to Key West, Key Largo and the rest of the Florida Keys, revamped the ROGO/NROGO law to help manage water supply and reduce load on wastewater treatment plants all while being better prepared for hurricanes.
This Monroe County comprehensive plan update, known as Article II, Energy, and water conservation standards, Sec 114-46, clearly defines the county’s new Potable Water Conservation Standards. Under this law, developers who include the greywater systems that Ecovie provides will qualify for Energy and Water conservation points, accelerating permitting.
In fact, all new construction projects are required to make provisions for water conservation with the incorporation of alternative water source systems such as greywater re-use and on-site rainwater collection. A dual Rate of Growth Ordinance (ROGO/NROGO) was also implemented to provide for the safety of residents in the event of a hurricane evacuation and to protect the significant natural resources of Monroe County.
To help developers, the new Monroe County ROGO and NROGO ordinance will offer further incentives and faster permitting for building projects recycling greywater. Essentially, including an Aqualoop greywater system in a building project helps projects move to the front of the line for permitting.
Both ROGO (residential) and NROGO (non-residential) are competitive permit allocation systems, where those applications with the highest scores are awarded building permits. The competitive point system guides development toward areas with infrastructure and away from velocity zones and environmentally sensitive areas such as habitat for threatened or endangered species.
The Energy and Water Conservation system includes two points for greywater reuse in Tier III lands. With this new law going into effect, Ecovie Water Management of Miami Beach, Florida is ready to assist developers with AQUALOOP greywater system and a host of other world class water conservation products.
AQUALOOP meets all Florida requirements for greywater systems. A key requirements is NSF 350 certification. AQUALOOP is the only system tested and certified by NSF international to the standard of NSF 350C and has been already permitted for several Florida projects in the Keys, Miami, and Tampa area.
Florida building code requires NSF350C certification for greywater recycling.
The AQUALOOP greywater system is the only system certified by NSF International with the NSF 350C Standard for commercial and residential applications.
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