Water Works
Water Works is a vigorous program for achieving the highest water quality.
The Water Works program was designed to improve the City’s water aesthetics and to upgrade the City’s current wastewater, reuse, and stormwater infrastructure. Water Works is a multi-year program that began in 2011 and focuses on improving City facilities and infrastructure related to water. These projects encompass all the City utilities, including the three water treatment plants, both wastewater treatment plants, the water distribution and sewer collection system, the reuse system and augmentation plant, and the stormwater system of ponds, culverts, and pipelines.
Phase 1, which began in 2011, included $3.5 million for the construction of the Lake Jessup Reclaimed Water Augmentation Plant and a $6.3 million drinking water system upgrade in 2015 at Water Treatment Plant No. 1. The Water Treatment Plant upgrade targeted the removal of undesired minerals and improvement of water quality. In addition to improvements to the drinking water system, Phase 1 also included four major stormwater projects. These projects identified and cleaned out debris and sediment from Hurricane Irma and focused on the stabilization of streambanks.
Phase 2 of this intensive plan includes improving the taste and smell of the drinking water. The City has engaged two of the World’s leading engineering firms Carollo Engineers, Inc. and Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. to consult with the City on how improvements can be realized. This phase is currently underway with exciting improvements on the horizon.
The final phase of the program is the replacement of the City’s two wastewater plants.
In 2019, the City contracted with Veolia Water North America - South, LLC (Veolia) to assume the operation, maintenance, and management services for the City's drinking water treatment, wastewater treatment, and reuse utilities.
Latest Water Works Projects Update
At the March 22, 2021, City Commission meeting, Veolia engineer, Rob Nicholas, presented the latest updates regarding the City's Wastewater Treatment Plant projects to the Commission.
View more updates on our YouTube Channel.
Below is the projected timeline of work to be completed in 2021:
The Waste Water Priority Improvement Plan is designed to improve the existing wastewater plants. The two City wastewater plants are 40-year-old round steel plants reaching the end of their useful life. Parts of the plants are breaking and undergoing priority repairs, causing challenges for the nearby residents. The City is starting the complex process of replacing them. The process requires planning, financing, design, and construction, which takes time. This will be one of the most expensive projects the City will undertake and needs to be well thought out and organized. The list below provides the steps and status of the process.
While the City of Winter Springs drinking water exceeds the standards set by the Safe Drinking Water Act; we have created this improvement plan to eliminate the taste and odor complaints with the City’s drinking water. The plan follows a series of projects to generate improvement. The list below provides the current status of the process.
As a part of the multi-year program to improve the City's water aesthetics, repairs are in progress to update the water facilities and infrastructure. These videos will provide additional information as upgrades move forward. Please CLICK HERE to visit our City YouTube channel to see other Water Presentations.
