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Tampa Bay Water approves South Hillsborough well field, cuts scope of brackish‑water desalination study
Summary
The board voted unanimously to prioritize the South Hillsborough Well Field — a lower‑cost, higher‑yield groundwater project — and to reduce further study of a brackish‑water expansion of the seawater desalination plant because of limited groundwater credits in southern Hillsborough County.
Tampa Bay Water’s board on Monday voted to advance the South Hillsborough Well Field as an early implementation water supply while reducing the scope of a feasibility study into expanding the seawater desalination plant with brackish groundwater.
The board approved a single motion to reduce the desalination expansion study and to designate the South Hills Well Field as a new water‑supply and treatment capacity project. The vote was unanimous.
The well field could produce between about 3 million and 12 million gallons per day (MGD) depending on final permit quantities and potential purchase of groundwater credits from Hillsborough County’s South Hillsborough Aquifer Recharge Program (SHARP). Staff told the board the full build would include eight production wells (one is already built), roughly four miles of collector main, a new point of connection and metering facilities adjacent to a Hillsborough County…
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