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Seminole County reviews utilities master plan: PFAS, aging pipes and SCADA upgrades top concerns
Summary
County staff and consultant Jacobs Engineering presented a third utilities master-plan workshop Jan. 28 that identified aging infrastructure, PFAS regulation, SCADA replacement and a plan to divert wastewater flows to limit plant expansion to Yankee Lake.
The Seminole County Board of County Commissioners received a third workshop on the utilities master plan Jan. 28, where Interim Utilities Director Johnny Edwards and Jacobs Engineering project manager Steve Riley outlined treatment, transmission and renewal-and-replacement priorities through 2045.
Steve Riley said the county’s water utility system is "entering its mature phase," with components more than 50 years old and a growing need to move from reactive repairs to a proactive renewal program. The master plan will guide investments, operations and replacement schedules across water treatment plants, wastewater facilities and reclaimed-water transmission.
At a high level, the county operates five water treatment plants across its service areas. Riley and staff presented demand projections out to 2045 showing that, if conservation measures and reclaimed-water expansion are implemented as…
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