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Palm Bay outlines new water treatment projects, schedules South Regional facility for summer 2026
Summary
Palm Bay Utilities said a new South Regional Water Reclamation Facility will come online in summer 2026, initially treating 1 million gallons per day with plans to expand to 2 million; the utility also described treatment-plant upgrades and systemwide operational statistics to meet growth in southeast Palm Bay.
Palm Bay Utilities said the city will bring a new South Regional Water Reclamation Facility online in summer 2026 and is planning capacity expansions and upgrades across its water and wastewater system, officials announced in a utilities presentation.
The presentation said the South Regional Water Reclamation Facility will initially treat 1 million gallons of wastewater per day for southeast Palm Bay — including the Babcock Street and St. John's Heritage Parkway corridor — and that planning is already under way to expand the plant to 2 million gallons per day. "The new South Regional Water Reclamation Facility is scheduled to come online summer of 2026," the presenter said.
Palm Bay Utilities framed the projects as steps to stay ahead of population growth while protecting system stability, public health and the environment. Design for the South Reclamation project is nearly complete, and the presentation said construction of the second phase is scheduled to begin within six months of the first phase coming online.
The utilities update also described work at other treatment sites. Construction is under way at the South Regional Water Treatment Plant to increase capacity from 6 million to 8 million gallons per day, the presentation said, and the North Regional Reverse Osmosis Plant is advancing with an initial capacity of 3 million gallons per day and room to expand to 10 million in the future. Officials said the reverse osmosis project will allow the city to phase out the aging North Regional Lime Softening Plant and modernize the water-treatment system.
The presenter emphasized that the utilities team is continuing day-to-day maintenance while building new capacity. The update listed system metrics to illustrate scale: more than 700 miles of water mains, more than 250 miles of gravity sewer mains, 111 miles of wastewater force mains, 138 lift stations, over 3,300 fire hydrants and roughly 1,400 routine water-quality tests each year.
City staff described the work as generational investments intended to support growth in southeast Palm Bay and strengthen long-term community resilience. Design milestones and the timing for phase-two construction were given as the next procedural steps; no vote or formal council action was reported in the presentation.
