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- Indian River Avenue Force Main Replacement
- Mourning Dove WTP Improvements
- Osprey Nutrient Removal Upgrade
The City of Titusville has performed an analysis and modeling of its sewerage system and is moving forward with an aggressive schedule of pipe replacement and improvements to reduce and/or eliminate potential vulnerabilities to breaks and leaks and their negative environmental impacts.
Indian River Avenue Force Main Replacement Replace existing force main from South Street to the Osprey Water Reclamation Facility on Buffalo Road. | |
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Objective & Issues | Spills, leaks, and/or breaks from the Indian River Avenue sewer force main would have detrimental effects on the Indian River Lagoon. Age, erosion, extreme weather (hurricanes & storms), maintenance, or human error, could all cause this main to fail, which would cause irreparable harm to this fragile estuary. |
Solution | Replace existing force main with new force main (9,400 feet of 16-inch PVC piping). New force main to be located on the west side (opposite from lagoon) of rights-of-way. |
Mourning Dove WTP Solids Train Upgrade Mourning Dove Water Production Facility | |
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Objective & Issues | Improve operational flexibility and redundancy. Increase the cost-effectiveness of solids disposal. |
Solution | Demolition of the existing dewatering building, replacement of the existing dewatering trailer equipment with vacuum drum dewatering equipment, construction of a new dewatering building and secondary sludge thickener, and replacement of the existing recovery pond. |
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Titusville Water Resources is currently partnering with both the Save Our Indian River Lagoon (SOIRL) Project Plan and the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) on the Osprey Nutrient Removal Upgrade Project. The project is to develop and construct biological, chemical, and physical process upgrades that will reduce the Total Nitrogen (TN) and Total Phosphorus (TP) in the reclaimed water (treated effluent) produced by the plant.
Osprey Nutrient Removal Upgrade Upgrade the Osprey Water Reclamation Plant treatment so that the treated effluent (reclaimed water) produced by the facility has reduced levels of Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorus. | |
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Objective & Issues | Applying reclaimed water for irrigation can result in nutrients leaching into the groundwater and ultimately surface water bodies, including the Indian River Lagoon. Excessive irrigation results in runoff, which enters the stormwater system and ends in local waterways such as the Indian River Lagoon. The greater the amount of nutrients in the reclaimed water, the increased likelihood that nutrients will end up in waterways and cause nutrient overloads. |
Solution | Titusville has been awarded $9.1 million dollars from Brevard County Save Our Indian River Lagoon (SOIRL), $1.3 million dollars from St. Johns River Water Management District, and $500,000 from the State of Florida for the upgrade project. The upgrades are designed to reduce the effluent concentrations of Total Nitrogen (TN) to 3 mg/L and Total Phosphorus (TP) to 1 mg/L. |