Dade County to replace aging water-treatment backwash tank using SPLOST funds

Oct 3, 2025

County water staff told commissioners the plant’s backwash tank — in use since 1962 — is leaking at the base and cannot be repaired. The county requested SPLOST capital funds to buy a larger replacement tank (96,000-gallon capacity) at a contract price of $453,312; the vendor will supply temporary tanks during the swap and maintain the new tank.

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Dade County presented and secured SPLOST funding on Oct. 2 to replace a leaking backwash tank at the county water treatment plant.

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