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Titusville provides update on Osprey Water Reclamation Facility; pond sampling shows variable bacteria levels, follow‑up testing underway
Summary
Staff summarized the Osprey facility’s capacity, maintenance needs and a recent water‑quality sampling effort around the plant pond and nearby river; initial multiday sampling showed elevated counts that later declined, and staff recommended expanded outfall testing and added an aeration project funded by a grant.
City utilities staff provided an update on the Osprey Water Reclamation Facility at the July 22 meeting, describing the plant’s role in the sewer system, needed capital work and recent sampling that tested water quality in the pond adjacent to the plant and nearby river locations.
A utilities presenter said the Osprey facility, opened in 1960, treats roughly 40–45% of the city’s wastewater flow and that the plant’s “max capacity” average daily flow shown in staff materials is about 2,750,000 gallons; plant throughput varies with rainfall and can spike above daily averages. Staff said the city has invested about $2 million in ARPA funds to reduce inflow and infiltration in the…
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