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Brevard commissioners OK sending Space Florida a cost estimate to tap Sykes Creek sewer; staff gave $130 million conceptual figure
Summary
The board authorized staff to send Space Florida a letter estimating $130 million in upgrades to allow Cape-area growth to connect to the county's Sykes Creek wastewater system and asked that any final deal protect ratepayers and include strict monitoring and liability terms.
The Brevard County Board of County Commissioners on Jan. 28 approved sending Space Florida a staff-drafted letter that estimates about $130,000,000 in improvements would be needed to allow Space Florida developments to connect to the county's Sykes Creek wastewater collection and treatment system.
Commissioners approved the step after staff said the figure is a short-term, high-level estimate intended to let Space Florida and state partners know the likely scale of needed upgrades. County staff and Space Florida representatives emphasized the number is conceptual and that detailed design, permitting and negotiations would be required before any contract or firm cost is approved.
County utilities staff told commissioners the estimate covers upgrades to the Sykes Creek plant and related collection improvements and stressed any formal agreement would require protections for county ratepayers, a prohibition on indirect industrial waste discharges to the plant, aggressive monitoring, on-site pretreatment where needed, and indemnification for…
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