Florida DEP Approves Nearly $39 Million for Water Pipeline Projects
6/23/2017
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs recently selected seven clean water and drinking water pipeline projects around the state for $38.6 million in low-interest loans and grants. Both programs provide low-interest loans to communities for planning, designing and constructing water systems.
“We are pleased to allocate state revolving funds for important projects like wastewater, stormwater and drinking water treatment facility upgrades, and rehabilitation of aging infrastructure,” said Trina Vielhauer, director of the Division of Water Restoration Assistance.
The projects receiving grants include:
- Citrus County: $5,234,218 for the construction of an interconnect along Suncoast Parkway and between the Charles Black and Sugarmill Woods water treatment plants
- Fairpoint Regional Utility System: $5,129,848 for the construction of a new water supply well with treatment and transmission pipe from that well to the distribution system as well as a new water storage tank and booster pump station
- Hollywood: $21,426,000 for the replacement of approximately 25 miles of water mains in the neighborhoods bordered by Hollywood Boulevard to the north, US 1 to the west, Moffett Street to the south and the Intracoastal to the west
- Orange City: $474,977 to increase funding for the upgrades to the town’s water treatment system, including treatment improvements and pipe replacements
- Cape Coral: $1,500,000 for the installation of approximately nearly 200 miles of both water mains and reclaimed water irrigation lines to the residents of northeast and northwest part of town as well as construction of two canal pump stations used for irrigation
- Fort Myers Beach: $4,664,430 for the replacement of old water mains under the main road, Estero Boulevards and extension to their side streets.
- Taylor Coastal Water & Sewer District: $204,000 for a preconstruction grant for the planning and design of necessary upgrades to water storage and distribution system in the coastal communities of Taylor County, including, but not limited to, Dekle, Ezell and Keaton Beaches.
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