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.
Related News
From Archive
Sign up to Receive Our Newsletter
- OSHA issues 16 citations following fatal sewer confined space incident
- 27 pipeline safety violations tied to deadly Pa. chocolate factory explosion
- Contractor gas line strike triggers home explosion in Missouri
- LA recovery reports call for $650 million power line burial, major utility upgrades in Pacific Palisades
- Comprehensive microtrenching FAQ: Key insights on the Vermeer MTR516 microtrencher
- T-Mobile to expand fiber broadband infrastructure footprint with $4.9 billion Metronet acquisition
- First tunnel boring machines complete testing for Hudson Tunnel Project
- NWPX grows water infrastructure portfolio with Colorado precast facility
- Cityside launches $100 million fiber build in Corona, Calif.
- FiberLight to build 1,400-mile West Texas dark fiber network in $350 million expansion
Comments