1. August 30, 2019 Robert Beltran, PE , BCEE
Potable Reuse in a Decade
August 30, 2019
Robert Beltran, PE , BCEE
Changing World
Depended traditionally on Fl Aquifer
Florida is growing
Seeing impacts from over pumping
See impacts on Water Quality
More areas are looking to switch to Large Regional AWS
Direct Potable Reuse

2. 12/6/2019

3. 67% of Florida is Designated as Water Resource Caution Area
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4. 11 of 16 Counties in SWFWMD is Designated as Water Resource Caution Area
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5. Population (millions)
Year
2016
2020
2025
2030
2035
2040
2045
Population (millions)
20.15
21.43
22.94
24.24
25.39
26.43
27.38
% Increase from 2016 6%
14%
20%
26%
31%
36%
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6. Natural Systems Water Resources Needs Nutrients & Constituents
Balance Wetlands Rehydration
Florida’s Springs, Lakes & Rivers
Nutrients & Constituents

7. Reuse Leader 190 mgd beneficial reuse out of 363 mgd (FDEP 2018)
2,240 mgd reuse out of 32 billion gpd (USEPA)
In fact, we have been incredibly successful in beneficially reusing our treated wastewater.
Florida reuses 34 percent of its wastewater compared to the national average of about 7 percent.
Southwest District, reusing 52 percent
148,000 residences
189 golf courses
426 parks
180 schools
11 power plants
6,600 acres of agriculture
39 Cooling Towers
Using reclaimed water for irrigation helps save potable supplies, but it’s not the most efficient use.
It’s not a one-to-one ratio.
People tend to use reclaimed water more freely than they would use potable water.
Using reclaimed water for purposes such as manufacturing or power production are more efficient uses.
And the future of reclaimed water will lie in its conversion to a potable supply.

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9. IPR the Region
South Hillsborough Aquifer Recharge Expansion (SHARE) up to 14 mgd
Tampa Augmentation Project (TAP) Studies
up to 28 mgd
Clearwater Groundwater Replenishment Project mgd
Plant City McIntosh Park IPR Feasibility Study up to 0.75 mgd
Dover/Plant City WUCA & Northwest Polk Recharge up to 1.5 mgd
Clearwater IPR (N665) $35.2M with District share $17.6M
Tampa TAP (N751 & Q028) $5.3M studies, with District Share $2.65M
Hillsborough SHARP/SHARE (N287) 1-2 mgd Pilot $2.76M with District Share $1.38M, N855 SHARE up to 14 mgd and costs of $9.7M, District Share $4.85.
Plant City McIntosh Park IPR Study (Q113) $0.6M, with District Share $0.3M
Dover/Plant City WUCA & Polk Recharge (N899) $1.19M, with District Share $0.594M
Additional Notes: more than a dozen additional reuse recharge/IPR studies and projects funded since FY1994 (list below)
F011 TBW Section 21 Wellfield Rehydration Study
K081 Auburndale Tenoroc Wetland Recharge
F026 TBW Starkey Wellfield Rehydration Study
H306 Tampa Downstream Augmentation Study
N304 Polk Recharge Study
N286 Winter Haven Recharge Feasibility
N666 Pasco 4-G Wetland/Recharge
N739 Winter Haven Recharge Study
N755 Hillsborough Recharge Study
N796 Winter Haven Recharge Study 2
N842 Bradenton Recharge Study
N888 Haines City Recharge Study
N912 BRU ASR/Recharge Feasibility

10. Florida’s Water is ….
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