For Immediate Release:
 March 28, 2008

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



Miami-Dade County takes major step forward in the treatment of wastewater

Groundbreaking for high-level disinfection projects

 


(Miami-Dade County, FL) -- Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez, Commissioner Katy Sorenson, Commissioner Natacha Seijas, Commissioner Rebeca Sosa and County Manager George Burgess join the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD) in a ceremony to break ground on 14 related High-Level Disinfection (HLD) projects in south Miami-Dade on April 1st at 10 a.m. at the South District Wastewater Treatment Plant. 

The HLD projects will allow WASD to provide a high level of treatment to wastewater treated at the County’s South District Wastewater Treatment Plant, and will also serve to expand the plant’s maximum (peak) treatment capacity to 285 million gallons per day (MGD), from 225 MGD. 

For additional information, please contact Frank Calderon at 786-552-8251 or e-mail fcald@miamidade.gov.
 
Who: Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez
Commissioner Katy Sorenson
Commissioner Natacha Seijas
Commissioner Rebeca Sosa
Miami-Dade County Manager, George Burgess
WASD Officials
Miami-Dade Department of Health
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
South Florida Water Management District

What:Groundbreaking Event for High-Level Disinfection Projects

When: April 01, 2008

Where:The South District Wastewater Treatment Plant
8950 SW 232 Street
Miami, Fla.
(Near the Black Point Marina and the South Dade Landfill)


 

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WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT
3071 SW 38 Avenue, Miami, Florida 33146
(786) 552-8088