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Tarpon Springs Water Treatment Plant On Track
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Published: November 5, 2008
TARPON SPRINGS - City water treatment officials say plans to construct a reverse osmosis drinking water treatment plant are on track.
Tuesday night city commissioners praised the job staff members have done in moving the project forward.
At the same time commissioners approved a plan to prequalify five firms that will submit bids to design and build the plant.
The city should be able to begin transforming brackish well water into potable water in two years. The plant is being designed to produce an average of 5 million gallons a day of water, or up to 6.4 million on a peak day.
The plant represents a significant opportunity to develop drinking water self-reliance that will benefit city utility customers, said Paul Smith, assistant public services director.
The plant will be constructed in an industrial park on the north side of the Anclote River.
City Engineer Bob Robertson, the project manager, said test wells and performance testing are complete. Pilot testing using a model of the proposed treatment plant was completed a month ahead of schedule.
A preliminary design draft of the treatment facility is also complete, he said.
The city is in the process of acquiring land for the wells that will produce the brackish water for the desalination plant. Pipelines for the plant will be installed in public rights of way or along existing utility easements.
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