For Immediate Release:
May 22, 2008

Media Contact:
Frank Calderon
fcald@miamidade.gov
786-552-8251



Miami-Dade Board of County County Commissioners awards contract to design reclaimed water transmission line to MetroZoo


(Miami-Dade County, FL) -- 
The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners recently awarded a contract worth $2,750,000 to A & P Consulting Transportation Engineers Corp. for the design of a pipeline to transmit reclaimed water from the South District Wastewater Treatment Plant to Miami-Dade’s MetroZoo.  When completed, the pipeline is expected to pump approximately 23 million gallons of highly purified reclaimed water daily into the moat surrounding MetroZoo, to recharge the groundwater aquifer. 

The pipeline is part of a larger series of projects that include the construction of a state-of-the-art reclaimed water facility adjacent to the South District Wastewater Treatment Plant.  These projects will allow Miami-Dade County to comply with the requirements of the 20-year Water Use Permit (WUP) issued to the County by the South Florida Water Management District last year, and they will ensure the County becomes one of the largest users of reclaimed water in the State of Florida. 

For more information on the 20-year WUP, visit Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department’s WUP Central website at http://www.miamidade.gov/wasd/wup.asp.


 

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