US County to Upgrade Water Treatment Facilities

Seminole County in Florida, US, is to invest $50m in upgrading three old drinking water treatment facilities.

The treatment plants to be upgraded are the Country Club, Lynwood and Southeast Regional facilities, which treat up to 16 million gallons of water a day.

The project work includes upgrading the well-pumping systems, ground storage tanks, chemical systems, and electrical and back-up generator systems.

Design work for the upgrade will start by July 2011, according to orlando.bizjournals.com.

Work is scheduled to be complete by 2013 and will comply with US Environmental Protection Agency regulations.