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Utilities director warns of major capital needs: PFAS, AWT and deep-injection wells drive projected $700M-plus work plan
Summary
Brevard County Utilities described a broad capital program driven by federal/state water rules and nutrient/BMAP requirements that will require bonds, connection-fee updates and higher rates to fund advanced wastewater treatment and deep-injection disposal.
Brevard County Utilities staff told commissioners on March 27 that new federal and state rules, rising construction costs and nutrient-reduction requirements in Basin Management Action Plans (BMAPs) have produced an estimated $700 million-plus capital-improvement program over the coming decade.
Presenter Eddie (utilities presenter) described six service areas with separate systems, roughly 1,100 miles of pipe, more than 320 lift stations and multiple treatment plants. He told the board that some existing wells have detected PFAS above the federal four parts-per-trillion screening metric in areas including…
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