Only one month ago, precisely on April 1, 2008 Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez along with Commissioners Katy Sorenson, Natacha Seijas and Rebeca Sosa, broke ground on 14 projects at the County’s South District Wastewater Treatment Plant (SDWWTP).  Once completed, the series of projects will allow Miami-Dade County to treat wastewater to a very high level. High-level disinfection of wastewater will remove a much larger amount of harmful bacteria than the current treatment process does, and is a precursor to the planned future reclaiming of wastewater treated at the plant.

Site preparations are moving rapidly and are on schedule. The above-captioned photo depicts the duct banks on which the electrical conduits will be situated. These conduits will carry power to the filter project for the next five years.