FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 26, 2014
DEP PROVIDES $4.4-MILLION GRANT FOR
WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY IN WALTON COUNTY
~New facility will provide much-needed infrastructure for the region~
TALLAHASSEE – The
Florida Department of Environmental Protection is investing $4.4 million for
the construction of a wastewater treatment facility in the Northwest Florida
Commerce Park located between Interstate 10 and U.S. Highway 90.
In addition to the
construction of the wastewater treatment facility, this grant will go to
design, permit and construct an extension to the wastewater collection system
infrastructure to the park and surrounding Mossy Head area.
“This infrastructure is
necessary to support the new businesses that will occupy the Northwest Florida
Commerce Park, and we are happy to be part of this exciting project,” said DEP
Secretary Herschel T. Vinyard Jr. “This project will have a direct positive impact
on Walton County’s economy and the environment.”
“I'm very pleased we
were able to secure funding for the Mossy Head Wastewater Treatment Facility in
the 2014 state budget,” said Senate President Don Gaetz. “This key
infrastructure project will make possible the business development that will
bring good jobs to north Walton County.”
“I am pleased that the
legislature was able to fund the Mossy Head Wastewater Treatment Facility
project,” said Representative Marti Coley. “This project provides necessary
infrastructure that is essential for growth and economic development in Walton
County. Having infrastructure in place will help Walton County attract new
businesses, which in turn will continue to strengthen our economy and provide
more jobs.”
“The state’s support for this project will allow Walton
County to complete the infrastructure at the Mossy Head Industrial Park site,”
said Walton County Public Information Manager Louis Svehla. “This park has become an attractive site for
potential businesses to locate, and the completion of the infrastructure will
allow the county to expand on the site’s recent procurement of businesses that
have currently created 175 new jobs.”
This project includes
piping, ultraviolet disinfection systems, mechanical dewatering, an absorption
field irrigation system and a utility pump station. The facility is expected to
be operational by summer 2017, at which time it will have a capacity of 250,000
gallons per day.
Walton County acquired
the property for Northwest Florida Commerce Park about 13 years ago to spur job
creation and provide an economic boost to the area. The addition of the
wastewater treatment facility will help make the mixed-use commercial and
industrial park a more viable place to do business.
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