The Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department continues to lead south Florida’s environmental protection efforts with a new reclaimed water facility to serve the central part of the county. A grand-opening ceremony will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 9 a.m. at the facility located in the northwest corner of Century Village in West Palm Beach. The public is invited to attend and learn about the process and environmental impact of reclaimed water.
Built on the former site of a County wastewater plant, the new state-of-the-art facility will treat and distribute three million gallons of reclaimed water a day to area lakes used for irrigation. Additional filters can be installed to treat up to six million gallons a day. The $3.7 million facility uses disk filters for cleaning and then disinfects with chlorine. The disk filters last for several years and are cleaned through a back flushing processes.
The facility will filter treated effluent from the East Central Regional Wastewater Plant which processes wastewater from Lake Worth, Riviera Beach, City of West Palm Beach, Town of Palm Beach and Palm Beach County. Previously, effluent from the East Central Regional Wastewater Plant was sent down a deep well for disposal.
The Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department is a department of the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, serving approximately 475,000 residents with drinking water, reclaimed water and wastewater services.
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