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South Hillsborough Pipeline work underway; $478.4M pipeline 2.4% complete, SWTP expansion at 3%
Summary
Project leads reported the 26‑mile South Hillsborough Pipeline — budgeted at $478.4 million and designed to deliver up to 65 MGD — is about 2.4% complete; the Surface Water Treatment Plant expansion is 3% complete with a $167 million construction budget.
Tampa Bay Water staff provided a construction update on May 18 for two major capital projects: the 26‑mile South Hillsborough Pipeline and the Surface Water Treatment Plant expansion.
Maribel Medina, planning and projects director, said the pipeline is designed to deliver up to 65 million gallons per day to growth areas in South Hillsborough, includes 17 tunneling locations and presently shows several completed major crossings. She said open‑cut installation accounts for roughly 90% of the pipeline construction and that active work is underway at multiple locations including State Road 60 and the Alafia River. Medina reported the pipeline construction is about 2.4% complete by linear footage and that spending is aligned at 14% of the $478.4 million construction budget; at this stage staff have not identified budget or schedule impacts.
Medina also updated the board on the Surface Water Treatment Plant expansion, which is designed to add 12.5 MGD through a fifth treatment train and related supporting systems. Construction for the SWTP expansion is currently about 3% complete and spending is aligned at approximately 12% of the $167 million construction budget. Medina said public outreach handled 195 stakeholder interactions in April, including five complaints, and that community coordinators are stationed in the field to assist residents and businesses.
Project managers said they continue to monitor schedule and budget alignment as construction activity increases.
