Industrial
Uses of Reclaimed Water
Curtis Stanton Energy Center:
The 2 large, hyperbolic cooling towers at this power plant use over 8.0 mgd of
reclaimed water to cool the plant’s boilers. The plant receives its high-level
disinfected reclaimed water from the Orange County Easterly domestic
wastewater treatment facility in Orlando.
Vero Beach Municipal Power Plant: The Vero
Beach wastewater treatment facility provides this power plant with
0.1 mgd of high-level disinfected reclaimed water for use in its
cooling tower.
McIntosh Power Plant: The 5.4 mgd of reclaimed
water used for cooling purposes at this plant receives intermediate
level disinfection from Lakeland’s domestic wastewater treatment
facility.
Falkenberg Road Resource Recovery Facility:
Hillsborough County’s Falkenberg Road wastewater treatment facility
provides 1.0 mgd of high-level disinfection reclaimed water to this
waste-to-energy facility for cooling water purposes.
McKay Bay Refuse to Energy Facility: This Tampa
facility receives 4.9 mgd of high-level disinfection reclaimed water
from the Howard F. Curren WWTF to be used for cooling water.
University of Florida Co-Generation Facility: The
cooling towers at this facility use about 0.4 mgd of high-level
disinfection reclaimed water for cooling water. The facility receives
its reclaimed water from the University of Florida wastewater treatment
facility.
Florida Power Plant (south of Bartow): This plant
uses reclaimed water for non-contact cooling using large cooling ponds.
It receives 2.0 mgd of basic disinfection reclaimed water from the
Bartow WWTP.
