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City outlines wastewater upgrades and consent-order obligations; advanced treatment and reuse planned
Summary
City staff told commissioners the wastewater plant faces state-ordered constraints and must expand treatment and implement reuse or deep-well injection under a consent order and Senate Bill 64. Initial cost estimates put full compliance in the tens of millions of dollars.
The Flagler Beach City Commission heard an overview of the city wastewater system and near-term obligations driven by a state consent order and by Senate Bill 64, which the city manager and plant staff said require eliminating the plant’s existing surface-water discharge and installing advanced treatment and reuse capacity.
City wastewater operations manager and plant staff summarized system capacity and performance: the plant was built in 1987, has a current permitted capacity of about 1 million gallons per day, and treats roughly 700,000 gallons daily. Plant managers said inflow…
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